My Romantic Tendencies
I have always been a closet romantic. I enjoy the sentimental side of things. As a pre-teen, listening to my little panasonic transistor radio every night late into the night, it was almost all love …
All in Three Quarter Time
Here’s something you might not have noticed: All the music on “Two Hands” is in 3/4 time. I didn’t really plan it that way. I did have it in my mind to someday do a …
New Piano Works in the works
A couple of years ago I got a case of pneumonia. NOT the rockin’ pneumonia. Just the too-tired-to-get-outta-bed-and-my-lungs-hurt pneumonia. A shot of rhythm and blues did not, alas, cure it. But as I slowly began …
What is Jazz?
I was in the drugstore a few weeks ago, picking up a prescription. While I was waiting a young pharmacist, a guy in his early 20’s, was telling a co-worker about Harvey Mason’s drumming on …