I am a pianist and composer whose repertoire spans jazz performance, live electronic music, and avant-garde concert music. My current favorite people to play with include the Bob Gluck Trio (bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Dean Sharp), and Synapse Brothers (guitarist John Myers and, from a distance, sound designer and synthesist Patrick Gleeson). Chronogram describes my work as "...an accomplished and passionate pianist in the most elusive tradition of avant-garde masters Cecil Taylor, Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner, and Don Pullen. Keyboard magazine named me their "Unsigned musician of the month" for June 2009. You can hear more of my work on my web site and YouTube channel.
My latest recordings are Electric Brew (2007) and, on the British jazz label, FMR, Sideways (2008), about which Jay Collins writes: (Cadence magazine): "... a sense of openness and improvisational acumen with shards of daring ... What the trio excels at most prominently is its use of sparse sensibilities that speak to emotional cores, whether following thematic elements within the context of a groove or along an explorative plane..."
What interests me now as a writer is early encounters between the jazz and electronic music worlds (Herbie Hancock Mwandishi Sextet, collaborations between Anthony Braxton and Richard Teitelbaum...) and the development of electronic music in regions beyond Europe and North America.
Hey Professor Gluck! It's been a while. I am glad to see/hear things are going well. I will try to stop by and pay a visit at some point in the near future.
