Looking forward to playing with the legendary @deedeebridgewater and all my homies under the direction of the great @melvinjonestpt
St. Thomas - let’s goooooooooo!!!!
I'm looking forward to speaking at the #AFAR Music Conference tomorrow. I'll be talking about the steelpan and its place in the the music industry and education.
Great times were had this weekend in Miami with my brothers in music and spirit
@dionparson @ronblakemusic @eltipo79 @sherlokmodi @faye_sing_sing #KennyDavis @robertthomas.j @dionjparson and my beautiful love @see_chelle_photos
Anthony Nelson broke out this arrangement of Misty at Clement’s Place last year. Misty was the first standard I learned and I remember going to sit in with some seasoned players from St. Thomas and being told “you really have to learn the changes next time”. Encouragement but TRUTH always… no wink and nod and smile and let me walk away thinking I sound good when I don’t… that’s how my mentors rolled with me…
Some of you know I was lucky to study with the legendary Charlie Banacos. It’s an honor to be part of this project by Garry Dial and Rich DeRosa and to have contributed this track to the record which features so many of Charlie’s former students. We’ve reimagined some of Charlie’s exercises as unique compositions. This one features the incomparable Dick Oatts @oattsnotes and soprano saxophone and some beautiful drumming by @mzdrums
Link in my bio for preorder
Looking forward to this weekend at the 2023 MAD Jazz Festival! I’ll have some hitters with me - @alexbrownmusic @therealblakemeister @bhampden @billywilliamsdrums !!!
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Plus check out this crazy lineup for the weekend!!!! @etiennejazz @jeanbaylor @marcusbaylor7 @johndearthjazz @jefftainwatts @hidescorpiomoon ++++
Shoutout to the @recordingacademy and special thanks to @drchelseygreen and @alexbrownmusic 🙌🙌
#IAmTheAcademy
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Also check out @christosraf new record, HOME.