saxophones, clarinets, flutes, bassoon

  •   Milwaukeeans now have an excellent resource for finding local jazz.  Milwaukee Jazz is a new blog launched by trumpeter/educator Jamie Breiwick.  Navigation along the top gives the reader the who and the where.  Not only is there space where every current…

  • As you might already know, I am a fan of all things Apple, Mac, and iPhone related.  I own an iMac G5, MacBook, Airport Extreme, Apple TV, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic 160gb, and iPhone 3G.  Since Apple opened the App…

  • In doing research for my interview with Paul Hanson, I came across his old website, jazzbassoon.com. Though he now has a new website (paulhansonmusic.com), I found some of that content very informative, and worth a reposting.  So please enjoy the…

  • “What the amazing Paul Hanson does on bassoon — an exceedingly difficult instrument to play and one almost exclusively associated with classical music — is akin to what other innovators like guitarists Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan, banjoist Bela Fleck…

  • I had the pleasure of meeting Sal Lozano back in 2008.  I was in the Los Angeles area and he invited me to sit in on a recording session for Disney. No, I wasn’t playing, just sitting back and listening…