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Come down to the Rex next week and join the Danjam Orchestra for 2 nights of music - different tunes each night! We will be premiering a new arrangement featuring Dave Neill and William Carn. We will also be brushing the cobwebs off of my arrangement of "I've Never Been In Love Before," featuring Nick Morgan. Other exciting highlights will include: Mike Malone on "Alone Together," Jeff King on "At This Point," and "Phantasm" is always a treat with Alex Goodman and Florian Hoe

The WDR Big Band in Germany performed my arrangement of "Yesterdays" featuring Joshua Redman a couple weeks ago conducted by Rich DeRosa).

I'm pleased to announce I just got my first commission from the WDR Big Band in Germany. This band has a rich history and has featured many of the finest soloists and writers in the jazz tradition. I will be writing an arrangement of "Yesterdays" to feature saxophone soloist Joshua Redman . The music will be performed on January 24th and 25th, 2015 led by conductor Rich DeRosa. There will be an online broadcast and I will share a link once I have it. -Concert Info Link-

Come to the Jazz Gallery in NY this Thursday night to hear my music performed alongside the music of Miho Hazama and Scott Ninmer! Thursday, January 8th, 2015 Sets at 8pm and 10pm The Jazz Gallery 1160 Broadway, New York, NY 10001 http:// www.jazzgallery.org/ -Facebook Event Link- Saxophones : John O'Gallagher, Ben Kono, Jason Rigby, John Lowery, Andrew Gutauskas Trumpets : Nathan Eklund, Jon Challoner, Dave Smith, Matt Holman Trombones : Mark Patterson, Matt McDonald, Noah

Come down to The Rex next week and join the Danjam Orchestra for our annual summer appearance in Toronto! The band will premiere my arrangement of Alex Dean's "Nice Guys" featuring low notes played by Justin Gray on the bass and Shirantha Beddage on the baritone sax. Other exciting firsts include: Tara Davidson's take on "Alone Together,"  Florian Hoefner's reimagining of "Song for Anna," and Alex Goodman's interpretation of "Phantasm." Dates : Tuesday August 12th '14

You may remember a band from the 90s entitled Live, most famous for the album Throwing Copper, released in 1994. Their lead singer, Ed Kowalczyk , left the band in 2009 to pursue his own career. This past June, he performed at the Pink Pop Festival in the Netherlands backed by the incredible Noordpool Orkest . I arranged two of the songs for this concert, and you can watch them below! Iris:  http://youtu.be/RcjQkXWbqpg?t=17m15s Pillar of Davidson:  http://youtu.be/RcjQkXWbq