Know what the gig is- Sorry to hear about the loss of singer David Johansen, a charismatic and multi-talented musician.   He taught me...

I've heard the phrase "Improvisation is the courage to choose the next note." On the piano, you have certain choices (actually you have...

I'm finishing up reading "Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times" by Dr. Alan Walker. I've really enjoyed it. Two things that stand out to me...

Decades ago I was playing in a nightclub where I had a steady gig accompanying singing waiters (these days referred to as "servers.") As...

For the last couple of years I've been using Logic Pro software to not only record my compositions, but to orchestrate them. Using...

I just had a phone conversation with an old friend, an older man who has Parkinson's. He used to do comedy and comedy writing, and he's a...

Okay, maybe I'd rather have skipped the pandemic and not improved my playing, or better yet, skipped the pandemic and still improved....

Chick Corea died a year ago today. He and Keith Jarrett were the gods of jazz piano for me. I could probably name 150 plus pianists who...

In March of 2018, Keith Jarrett disappeared. Keith (Jazzers sometimes call the greats by their first name as a tribute to how intimately...