Happy Thanksgiving! Vince Guaraldi (piano/composer) with Tom Harrell (trumpet) and Mike Clark (drums)
youtu.be/Vp1a1S7QS2Y?...

Sorry to hear that the pianist/composer/arranger Jim McNeely has passed away. His music had a profound impact on myself and many others. I am grateful for several interactions: a guest artist visit to Eastman when I was a student and the 2024 ISJAC Symposium where he stopped by my poster session.

It's official, I've been promoted to full professor at Valdosta State University! Thanks to all my colleagues and students, past and present (and future), for making this a most enjoyable journey. I am looking forward to many more years and only feeling a little bit old 😁

Tonight at 7:30pm! We are excited to present a wide variety of Latin Jazz compositions with fantastic arrangements by Eric Richards, Mike Tomaro, Michael Philip Mossman, Fred Sturm, John Clayton, and Bob Curnow.
The concert will also be livestreamed at: youtube.com/live/Ilbsj44...

Working on a Horace Silver transcription - Walkin’

Very happy to have this new book about my favorite musician/composer Kenny Wheeler!

Doing a thing in Los Angeles

Here’s my original composition “Nothing but the Truth”, dedicated to the late Shaun Martin.

The recent release of more music from Keith Jarrett's September 1992 performance at the Deer Head Inn prompted me to dig into my archives where I found the calendar of events from that week and my hand-scrawled list of the tunes they performed. A $10 cover for three sets of amazing music!