Found out today that Bicoastal Collective chapter 6 was nominated for an ECMA Jazz recording of the year!
Full nominations list right here, folks!
Also, in the good news department, take affect just published a really great review of Bicoastal Collective, chapter 6
Bicoastal Collective Chapter 6 gets released on July 21! To say that I am proud of this is an understatement. Pre-orders here!
Super excited to be playing in Ireland this August doing a short tour with the Limerick Jazz Trio!! The trio features Joe O Callaghan on Guitar, Peter Hanagan on bass and John Daly on drums.
Aug 8 Dromoland Castle, Newmarket – On – Fergus
Aug 10 Dolans Kasbah Club, Limrick
Aug 12 Magys Farm, Belfast
Aug 13 The Cooler, Dublin
Aug 14 Crane Lane, Cork
There will also be a clinic – Details TBA and other possible gigs. Watch this Space!
What a ride the past few years have been. Aside from festivals, and other gigs coming back. I’m really excited to share a few projects I have recently been involved with.
My good friend and Albany-based piano player, Rob Lindquist asked me to play on a tune he wrote and then produced a video for. Dig his tune “Mirage” here. It features Joe Abba on Drums, Nick Mancini on Vibraphone , and Trifon Dimitrov on Bass.
And speaking of Joe Abba, his long-awaited album has just been released. It features some bad cats out of NYC! He’s worked with an incredibly wide range of musicians, from John Scofield, to Jessica Simpson, to Tommy and CJ Ramone.
You can dig the whole side here: https://joeabba.com/store. It’s a real mash-up that includes a ton of different sounds: Latin, fusion, funk, and rap.
Short update. Looks like a somethings are returning to somewhat normal!
I’ve been asked to do some guest teaching via video for the FRC Band program in Winnipeg and presenting a jazz composition workshop for the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory in Nepal.
I was fortunate to be involved in Bingly and the Rogues’ album Critical Hit. They just been nominated for the East Coast Music Association’s Children’s Entertainer of the Year at the 2021 ECMA.
Josh and Jake Hanlon’s new album “NSTX” will be released on Armored Records this April. Heres a vid from the project
Quite excited to have been a part of Jake (Guitar) and Josh (Piano) Hanlon’s new recording project NSTX. The album features the compositions of the brothers Hanlon and features Stockton Helbing on drums, James Driscoll on Bass. It’s being released on Armored Records in 2021.
Just picked up a Voco-Loco by Radial Engineering for my pedal bard. This thing rocks! Check it out!
Right now Im using a delay, envelope filter, harmonizer, etc and the Voco-Loco has made integrating my board so much easier. And its fun!
Jake hanlon and I will be bringing our duo to Jazzmandu, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
My latest recording, quARTet is released today on Origin records 
I’ve always enjoyed the relationship between image and sound. In 2015 I began collaborating with some of my favorite artists – many of whom I had personal and/or professional relationships prior to beginning this project – this made it quite personal to me. The process was quite simple. I requested each artist to submit one of their pieces so I could create a newly composed musical work inspired by their art. I printed the work and as I sat with the piece I listened to what manifested in my head. Then I transcribed what I was hearing – on a few occasions I did not feel the first music created represented the image. I saved the piece and went back to the drawing board and listened again. Finally, I fell that I was able to capture the sound in time the image inspired me. Maybe it was already there and I just captured it.
The result is quARTet.
Very excited to announce a new project I’ve been spending some time on recently. It’s a new band that’s composed of musicians based in the Netherlands and Canada called dual chromatic.
We have a new recording coming out in the next few weeks and a potential tour also coming up in the spring – i’ll have more details on that as it gets a little closer!
Keep your ears and eyes open for Paul Tynan new recording “quARTet” on Origin records. A collaboration with six visual artists, Paul created six new musical compositions based on their work.
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