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  • A variety of gigs.

    July 30, 2008

    • Hi All,My friends are beating me up to write something here so I guess it's time. I've always said being a jazz musician has taken me to places I would never have gone to. July is a good example both ends of the spectrum. July 15th, I played at Yoshi's San Francisco with the Dick Conte Trio. July 27th at San Quentin Prison with the Bread and Roses program, an organization that arranges musicians, ...
  • Readings at Home: A Rock Star Welcome

    April 20, 2008

    • This past week I had the opportunity to give a reading on my home turf in the University of Idaho’s Administration Building Auditorium. The crowd numbered between 200 and 300 people and I was pleased/embarrassed/thrilled that a group of my former students—led by two whom I will refer to here as “T.J.” and “Julie”—actually printed up bootleg T-shirts with my photo on them. And not ...