Thanks for visiting my web site. I am an Ottawa-based jazz musician. I play saxophone - alto, baritone, soprano and tenor - in a trio, quartet and quintet groupings as well as a 10-piece dance band. The quartet and trio are profiled on The Jazz Page [click the button to the left]. If you are looking for a dynamic dance band, Acoustic Flight will be of interest. This 10-piece band performs tunes from the great swing jazz era to rock and roll to funk and blues. A very diverse repertoire - click the 'Acoustic Flight' button at the left for more details - photos and sound clips also there. I also offer a 5-piece dance band, East Side Five, for smaller events where you would like your guests the opportunity to dance the night away to a great blend of jazz and pop/rock/Latin tunes.
From wedding music, corporate receptions, conferences, gala balls to private party celebrations - live music is best. I can provide the appropriate sized group for your live music needs.
The quartet completed a recording of a mini cd to demo original tunes late in 2008.
I've posted information on 'The Jazz Page' about the cd including how to get a copy.
Our tunes have been picked up for airplay at OutboundMusic.com on their jazz channel. Check it out and perhaps you'll hear one of our tunes. Click the button below to load up the channel.
We are also getting great airplay from other radio streaming sources as well including tunes recently picked up by mvyradio.com in Martha's Vineyard and the 'UptownJazzNetwork' in North Carolina and - MusicToGoUSA.com
We are now also on - Indie104 - iRADIO LA, voted as the first "Internet Radio Station Of The Year" by New Music Weekly Magazine, is the world's first and most popular Independent Radio station, playing 100% original music by unsigned bands 24/7/365. Since 1998, iRADIO LA has broken the sound barriers with stellar programming that quenches the world's thirst for great new music.
Tunes also playing here - BandRadio is an innovative 24-hour streaming radio station
Celebrating the Music of Gerry Mulligan - a concert performance
click on the button to the left to go to the Gerry Mulligan concert page
And for something completely different
ACOUSTIC FRONTIERS is a radio program that airs music from the realm of electro acoustic, acousmatic and computer processed sounds
Each Monday at 1 pm until 2:30pm I host/produce Acoustic Frontiers on CKCU FM, 93.1 fm in Ottawa and on the internet at CKCUFM.com For a very different radio experience, tune in and have a listen to electroacoustic and computer-based sounds that cutting edge composers have been creating since the mid-1900's.
If you are looking for jazz events in the Ottawa area, a great web site you should check out is The Ottawa Jazz Scene - just click the link to go there.
And, Alternate Takes is a jazz nonet that has played at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2007. We played the main stage prior to the Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland and Brian Blade quartet in '04 and that was quite exciting. "Alternate Takes is one of my favourite bands." says Jacques Emond, Programming Manager of the Ottawa International Jazz Festival. Alternate Takes has now gone on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
And currently I'm on baritone with a couple of big bands including the Heart and Soul big band. Heart and Soul is a terrific big band if you are looking for the big, full sound of an 18-piece jazz band that also has lots of pop/rock tunes in the repertoire.
I'm also active with a few other things as you will see while wandering through this site. On the Model Railway page, I'll be placing some pictures of my HO layout as it [slowly] develops.
You are welcome to have a look at the photos page. I'll be adding and changing from time to time as new photos become available.
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