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2025 Starting off with a BANG!!
2025 off to a great start!!
First Grammy Award!!!
Hey everyone!
Just a quick update: on February 2nd I made yet another trip around the sun and this one was very special because I became a first time Grammy Award Winner!! So happy to have the opportunity to work with all the wonderful crew at Hell's Kitchen: The Hit Broadway Musica from Alicia Keys! Also, the pianist from Sound Reformation, Zaccai Curtis won the grammy for best Latin Jazz Album which I am so excited about! Finally, check out the press and home pages as out latest release Un Mundo en Soledad has been garnering a lot of attention and lots of radio play so I'm hopeful for more great things with this album. Album release parties will start in April so stay tuned for that!!
2024 was a great year!!!
Happenings in 2024!!
What's happened and what's in store.
Hey everyone! Again I apologize for not checking in here all the time as life gets busy, but this year has been my busiest by far! I've traveled to Pittsburgh for educational clinics and a performance earlier in the year followed by a west coast tour with the guys, and shortly after I got back from tour I was in rehearsals for Alicia Keys broadway musical, Hell's Kitchen where I have been working nonstop since with the occasional Sound Reformation performance in there as well!! Sound Reformation performed our very first Tribute to Wayne Shorter series consisting of three performances, one being with trumpeter Sean Jones. Now we are starting October and I'm excited to announce that my third album will be coming out exactly a month from today!! My third album, Un Mundo en Soledad was released on November 1st 2024, and has received some great reviews thus far along with making the best of 2024 list for Arts Fuse Magazine!! To top things of Hell's Kitchen received a Grammy nomination for best cast album!! Needless to say 2024 has been one of the best years of my career and it's only gonna get better in 2025 as we start CD release shows for the new album in April so be on the look out for more!!
Latest in 2023
Hello everyone!! It's been awhile yet again since I've updated this so there's quite a bit to tell! I ended 2022 with a string of performances including a recording session that has just been recently released, entitled “We R the Church” so please be sure to check that out. I had an amazing time bringing in my 41st birthday at Smalls Jazz Club here in New York City as well as playing at Chris' Jazz Cafe back in April. It's definitely been a busy year, but deinitely the highlight thus far has been going back to Japan after five years and having the opportunity to reconnect and connect for the first time with so many great musicians! It truly is a privilege to play there and experience such an amazing culture, and I look forward to the next time.
Now for some things to look forward to…. I'll be playing with Sound Reformation at the Englewood Public Library this Thursday August 17th as part of their Jazz Under the Stars series, which I am looking forward to. September brings many blessings with an upcoming article in the Jazz Magazine “The Walkers” which will be out then along with a return to Chris' Jazz Cafe featuring Orrin Evans on piano, Eric Wheeler on bass, and Byron Landham on drums. Finally, the band and I will be going back into the studio to record my next album very shortly which will be out in 2024. So many things to look forward to so be sure to check back in and stay tuned!
Looking towards 2023
Hey everyone! Sorry it's been awhile since I've given any news as I've been busy, which is always a great thing. Sound Reformation had a great end of the year last year touring in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and returning to Spokane, WA. Along with that we had many other great performances including Chris' Jazz Cafe, the Jazz Under the Stars series again and much more. In 2023 I'll be doing a residency overseas for a month and I'll be announcing more about that soon, but via my newsletter so be sure to sign up for it on my website if you haven't done so yet! We have plans to get back out on the road in the fall once again so things are on the go with us. Stay tuned for more!!