It’s been too long…
February 10th, 2010Just getting back to the Journal after three years! Wow.
Eventually I hope to be more mobile with tech and be able to update the Journal more often.
It is February ‘10 and the snow is coming down… I’m in the middle of a long, difficult, but exciting week. The OSU Jazz Lab Ensemble and I are getting ready for our concert coming up this Sunday on Valentines Day. It’s not our usual Valentines Day concert. We’ve been working on the music of my friend Brian Casey (who passed away suddenly last September 2008). His music is very experimental, while swingin’ and grooven like Mingus. It’s been a unique challenge for the band, one they will not soon forget. I know I will not forget it.
After this concert of Brian Casey’s music, I’ll be playing, “Dreamgirls” at the Ohio Theater, finishing up at OSU, and preparing for a fishing trip with my father during OSU’s Spring Break. Lots of great music making coming up with friends and students.
Hope to see you out there… be happy!