4/26 Guest Soloist at the Clintondale High School Jazz Festival. 8pm.

5/3 solo piano at mangiamo in Grand Rapids. 7 - 11pm.

5/4 with the Steve Talaga Trio at First Presbyterian Church in Allegan. 5pm.

5/9 solo piano at Mangiamo in Grand Rapids. 7 - 11pm.

5/10 with the Charlie Hoats Trio at Bistro Bella Vita in Grand Rapids. 8:30 - 11:30pm.

5/15 solo piano at Gill's in the B.O.B., downtown Grand Rapids. 6:30 - 9pm.

5/17 with Dan jacobs at Naya in Grand Rapids. 9pm - 1am. This gig is NOT happening. Naya backed out on us! They broke their agreement with us!

5/22 with saxophonist Mike Michewicz's Quartet at Zeytin Turkish Restaurant in Ada. 7 - 10pm.

5/27 with Evidence, Live on Blue Lake Public Radio! 10pm.

5/29 West Michigan Jazz Society's "Jazz Musician of the Year" celebration, Wege Center, Aquinas College.

5/30 solo piano at Mangiamo in Grand Rapids. 7 - 11pm.

6/1 with the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra at Founders in Grand Rapids. 6 - 8pm.

7/17 with Mind's Eye at Grand Rapids Symphony' Picnic Pops, Cannonsburg. 5:30 - 7pm.

7/18 with Mind's Eye at Grand Rapids Symphony' Picnic Pops, Cannonsburg. 5:30 - 7pm.

7/28 with Evidence at West Michigan Jazz Society's Jazz at the Zoo, John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids. 6 - 8pm.

I've recently finished recording a new 16-movement piece I wrote for the members of Mind's Eye and five guest instrumentalists (violin, viola, cello, trombone, and alto sax). The music, an ecclectic mix of jazz and classical styles, was commissioned by Linda Nemec-Foster, Grand Rapids' first poet laureate. She asked me to write the piece as a companion to her poem cycle, "Contemplating the Heavens." The CD, "Contemplating the Heavens," is finally here! If you get a chance, go to CDBaby.com to audition it and tell me what you think.

The members of Mind's Eye are thrilled to have been asked to compose and perform music for the grand opening of a community enrichment center known as WMCAT. Click the link below for more info.

Click here to visit the WMCAT Website

	A shot from the 2004 Aquinas College Summer Jazz Camp Hard at work! Or should I say, hardly working?  This was taken during the faculty concert at the 2004 Aquinas College Summer Jazz Camp.  My good friend Paul Smith took the pic.  Paul's also a great drummer I have the pleasure of working with sometimes.