Every year NYJW hosts a composition intensive. This one will be completely online and is always a lot of fun. I get the students into the basics of composition and Alan takes it to the next level with orchestration. More info: NYJW

As part of a four day summer series hosted by Hudonjazzworks I will be performing with long time collaborator Armen Donelian (piano) and the infamous Rufus Ried (bass). This is the 15th year hudsonjazzworks is in action and this again promises to be

This release is inspired by Gabriel Fauré, a French composer of the impressionist time period who taught and influenced Sati, Ravel and Boulanger. I was captured by the human nature of his music, warm, gentle and kind. His requiem was criticized as n

On JULY 16 2021, we (NYJW) will present a team-building session getting into the history of jazz, leaderships styles, form, structure, communication, risk-taking, trust, mistakes, opportunities, innovation and setting the stage for creative developme

Today, JUNE 9 2021, we (NYJW) had a fantastic teambuilding session, streaming online, getting into the history of jazz, leaderships styles, form, structure, communication, risk-taking, trust, mistakes, opportunities, innovation and setting the stage

May 10, 2021. Inspired by the great french composer Gabriel Fauré nine new compositions of mine will be performed at the Samurai Hotel recording studio in Queens, NY on June 11th. The systems two crew will be taking care of the engineering, mixing an

May 29, 2021. To celebrate the brand new news/blog section here a first inspiring post highlighting the composers talk series hosted by me and Armen Donelian as co-founders of Hudsonjazzworks.org. The special guests are Chris Washburne, Jean-Michel P