Check out highlights of some projects that I’ve been blessed to partake in!
Here is some footage from my recent work with Colin Dorion and Garrett Spoelhof, one of four videos to emerge from his newest record “Turning”. This was a last-minute addition to the project, but it turned out to be a blast. You can download the record via Bandcamp or stream on Spotify!
The second of the four clips from Colin Dorion’s “Turning” project. This is one’s of Colin’s originals that serves as an homage to the Bill Evans Trio. I’m no Scott LaFaro, but I truly enjoyed contributing some upright bass to this tune.
Clip #3 from the “Turning” project with Colin and Garrett. With this next tune channeling the sounds of Robert Glasper, Roy Hargrove, Butcher Brown and others of the same ilk, it’s safe to say that Colin offers expansive range as a composer. For Garrett and I, this project was very engaging due to the challenges of playing with conviction across these many “subgenres” of jazz. Nevertheless, I’m proud of what we created!
Last but not least, the fourth clip from “Turning”, featuring our take on a great Coltrane standard. The unison hits on the head were a nod to some of the modern-day jazz heavies such as Gilad Hekselman and Ari Hoenig. I always love hearing the transition from those hits to swing during Garrett’s piano solo. Can’t wait to work with those two cats again!
This next clip is a bluegrass tune that I co-wrote with my good friend Josée Weigand when we first connected in NYC. Keep your eye out for more collaborative work with her, now that I have taken up residence in Nashville! I hope to stretch my legs more as a composer by combining the jazz and Americana traditions, as there is more harmony between them than what one might expect.
The next clip is a product of my cabin fever days during the early months of quarantine in NYC. My buddy Gabe Warshaw began posting drum breaks on Instagram and offered them up publicly for other musicians to arrange on top of them. This is one that I was particularly pleased with, the obvious Thundercat influence notwithstanding. Hope ya dig!