Brown M&M's or I'm Out!!!
Playing jazz for a living has taught me many things about good buisness. Perhaps the most important lesson I've learned is to take your...


Requiem For A Guinea Pig
Anyone that knows me knows I am a huge Eric Clapton fan. Perhaps it started because he has my first name - or I have his, whatever...but...
Don't ask - you may get it
I almost never ask for opinions. Why? I just may get one. Let me be clear: it's not that I am not open to criticism...quite the...
R - E - L - A - X
I love going to the beach. If you know me – more importantly, if you have seen me – I am probably in no need of tan. But I love love...
Which Came First: The Chicken or The Gig?
I am unabashedly old school. I secretly long for the days of Dr. J with the big afro and the red, white and blue basketball. I remember...
Be a Lexus
Sometime around the mid 2000’s I was experiencing a career hangover and considered ‘early retirement’ from major league jazz playing; I...

Dear President Trump
Dear President Trump, I appreciate your time in (potentially? possibly?) reading this letter. I know you must be busy so I will keep...


Ride the Bench to Success
I love my kid. Shocking, I know. Actually I love all of my kids but this blog is about just one of them. For about 5 years now my almost...


What You Don't Is More Important Than What You Do Do (do do??)
This is a quick one...still getting used to this idea of blogging. But I've always found the title to be very helpful. So I just want...

