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My Brazilian Journey
As with most, my interest in Brazilian music started with Stan Getz and The Girl from Ipanema. A local radio station played his music, along with Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, frequently during my high school years, as I was starting to take playing saxophone seriously. I was just attracted to Brazilian music. In fact, read more
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Peru, June 2019 – Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain
I am not all that fond of personal ‘bucket lists’. There are so many places that I want to visit, to learn about first hand, that a bucket could not hold them all. That said, I have always been keenly interested in visiting Machu Picchu. It just fascinates me and has such an air of read more
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Ecuador, May 2019 – Quito, Loja, Guayaquil
Returning to Quito for my second residency at the Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) Escuela de Música. Great to be back with all my friends at UDLA. It feels like I never left. I will once again spend three weeks working with numerous ensembles, improvisation and jazz history classes, repertoire session and saxophone master classes. The schedule will read more
