“……everything has affected everything…” - Braxton. Personal heroes include Andrew Hill, John Prine, Morton Feldman, Curtis Mayfield, Solomon Burke, Ornette, Monk, Henry Threadgill, Breton clarinet ensembles, Prince, Wadada Leo Smith, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Tyrone Davis, Madvillian, Anthony Braxton, Jim Baker, Le Sony'r Ra, Joanie Sommers (of course, that's based entirely on the masterpiece "Johnny Get Angry"), Charles Ives, Skip James, Stevie Wonder, The Zombies, Joanna Newsom, Fred Anderson, Mr. James Brown, Steve Reich, Talking Heads, Marvin Gaye, Muhal Richard Abrams, Wayne Shorter, Paul Brady, The Bothy Band, Captain Beefheart...
Currently an ethnomusicology student at University of Wisconsin. Previously a composer, pianist, fake accordionist and shaker/hitter of miscellaneous instruments. Formerly Jazz Music Director for WNUR, Chicago's Sound Experiment (www.wnur.org)----------------------------
"Evening Stroll" and "Souls 2" are originals for my nonet project from 2005-2006. Featuring Joe Feruzzo - trumpet, Matt Martin - tenor, soprano sax, Matt Oliphant - french horn, Dan Berkowitz - trombone, Adam Gross - trombone, Noa Even - bari sax, myself - piano, Robert Meier - bass, Brent Jordan - drums.--------------
"Clarinet Quintet" is a poorly-recorded version of a clarinet quintet I wrote summer of 2006 featuring some Northwestern music students.--------------------------
"Collina," a song I wrote with Andrew Hill in mind, features Matt Martin - tenor sax, Rob Meier - bass, Max Krucoff - drums, and myself.--------------------for videos of performances on accordion, guitar (w/ butter knife), home-made percussion, bamboo flute, recorder, mbira, misc. and house-hold objects visit: http://bighouse.northwestern.edu ---- go to "ghost of a dance" and then view performances. This was for "Bighouse Disclosure," a multi-media piece by Keith+Mende Obadike where three of us performed 4 variations of 25 different graphic scores
