Now in production: My first recording as leader, an album of all original music featuring members of the seminal jazz bands Oregon and the Pat Metheny Group: Mark Walker on drums and percussion and 13-time-Grammy-winner Steve Rodby on bass.
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I’m a pianist, composer, producer and music educator based in Oakland, CA. I’ve performed and recorded with internationally-known artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially in Latin and Brazilian music, including guitarist/composer Ray Obiedo and Latin jazz legend Pete Escovedo.
Check out samples from my recordings with Tanaóra (Brazilian and Latin jazz) and La Moderna Tradición (Afro-Cuban charanga). In addition to playing piano, I co-produced these CDs.
These unreleased solo piano improvisations are a far cry from anything else I’ve recorded. For the adventurous listener.
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COMING UP
Friday, March 29 – with Ray Obiedo & Phil Hawkins’ Sugarcane Sweet at The Sound Room, Oakland, CA. Caribbean music and Latin jazz with the Bay Area’s finest. Featuring singer Harry Best, with Ray Obiedo – guitar; Phil Hawkins – drums; David Belove -bass; Jeff Cressman – trombone; Jeff Narell – steel drums; Derek Rolando – percussion; and Sandy Cressman & Leah Tysse – background vocals.