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Needless to say, this was a fantastic summer.  I visited Holland, Germany, lovely Ohio, Toronto (which lived up to its “Rush’s hometown” vibe - it rocked), and England.  I also played Lincoln Center in NYC, and spent 30 hours in Ireland (had Guinness at the airport at 10am on a Saturday - it was excellent, [...]

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Interested in studying jazz at New England Conservatory?  Already a student, but wondering about auditions, registration and the upcoming schedule of events (”When do classes start?”  “When do ensembles start?”  “Lessons?”)?  As you probably know, I’m on the faculty at NEC, in the School of Preparatory and Continuing Education.  I work for David Zoffer, Chair [...]

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It’s Sunday afternoon here in lovely (and I really mean it) Boston.  It doesn’t really feel like Sunday afternoon, though, but that’s because of the crazy schedule I managed to keep in the past week.  Briefly, it involves a drive to NYC on Tuesday for a 5 hour rehearsal, a gig at Lincoln Center on [...]

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I’m back in Boston for a few minutes, packing up and heading to Logan in order to make my way to our gig in Ireland tomorrow. Pretty fun summer, I must say. Anyway, last night we played a great concert for a million of our closest friends (seats 3500, standing room only, people [...]

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Speaking of Joel, he stars in this video, which was filmed on an Either/Orchestra tour of Holland and Germany last May. He’s the “Spanish” speaking talking head at the end. Musinetwork is run by E/O pianist Rafael Alcala, the gent in the blue hat who introduces the whole thing.
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My friend Joel (groovy trombone player in the Either/Orchestra) sent me this link to still-more Ethiopiques audience video from our concert at the Barbican in London. This song is Ashkaru (aka Embi Ba, aka Gouragigna), sung by the great Mahmoud Ahmed.
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I am slowly, but surely, crafting some thoughts on teaching to be posted here. There is a new page (look at the top of this page) entitled Teaching, and in the coming weeks I’m hoping to get some reviews posted of key materials I use in helping guide aspiring musicians. Specifically, I’m a [...]

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The videos just keep on comin’…
Here’s another Youtube video (audience recording) of the Either/Orchestra playing with Mulatu Astatke at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. It starts in the middle of Charlie Kohlhase’s brilliant solo on Yegelle Tezeta, the third movement of Astatke’s Broken Flowers Suite (arranged by Russ Gershon).
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