Interviews

“So I’m driving up there and while I’m doing do it is like Barney Kessel is driving up with me and sitting right beside me! I’m experiencing these bolts of Barney and I can almost […]

“It was the perfect transition. I got into Chick Corea Electric Band, Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny to name a few. This was obviously before Internet so […]

“I don’t really think in terms of chords, scales and theory when improvising (unless I don’t know the tune well). I am just trying to hear melodies in my head and play them as I […]

“Having a life in music has led me to meet incredible people who are talented and passionate about what they do. Making music and improvising with these people has transformed my life.” Colin Oxley I […]

“I must admit that I do miss the “in the moment” experience of playing music “live” — interacting with a good rhythm section and the exchange of energy, the action and reaction, between musicians and […]

“Jazz, as any music, is a performing art. There are certain aspect of jazz knowledge and data that can be taught: history, theory, basic execution. But, there are also elements that cannot be easily transferred, […]

“So I had Pat’s music and it was really deep and I thought this is something that I figured I would never do! But I loved this music so I began to pick the tunes […]

“I can only give what I can give. Good or bad, I try my best and put it all out there. Sometimes it’s bad and I think sometimes it’s pretty damn good. If anything, it’s […]

“When I came into Jazz, I wanted more than what rock and blues had to offer and the first stuff that spoke to me was, you know, the earliest Be-Bop 101 with Charlie Parker and […]

“I was so young when I met him and I just thought everyone had a Pat Martino in their life that acted as a Jazz Guitar mentor. It wasn’t until I lost my own father […]