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Hi friends, thanks for your patience through this period of quietude…. I’m very happy to announce that my new album, Erudite Epiphyte, will be released this Spring (2023). Stay tuned for new videos, album launch details, etc etc…. It’s all happening SOON!

I’ll be playing a more intimate version of the album launch in a house concert on Bowen Island on Sat, Dec 1st at 3pm. Contact me directly to RSVP and reserve a spot. This show will be with quartet: Me + Ben Brown (drums), James Meger (bass), and Hilary Ison (vocals).

Planning something for January… to be announced soon!

And Fri, Feb 15th the octet will hit the stage again at Merge (Clark & Powell) at 10pm. So happy to get a chance to play with the full band again – this time with Meredith Bates & Joshua Zubot (violin), Marina Hasselberg (cello), James Meger (bass), Ben Brown (drums), Lee Hutzulak (electronics) and Hilary Ison (backing vocals). Hope to see you there.

Check out this beauty of a video by the inimitable Jay White for “I Disagree”…. This is one of my favourite tracks from the new album. Come here it live TOMORROW (Nov 1st) at Pyatt Hall!!! The band is downright INSANE. details here

In less than 2 weeks, I will be launching my new album, ‘Before You’ at Pyatt Hall on Nov 1st at 8pm, with the gorgeous music of Emma Rose Citrine to open. Big thanks to Sawdust Collector for presenting this show! Tickets ($18 advance/$20 door) and details can be found HERE, and the Facebook event link is HERE if you’d like to share it. You can now listen to and buy a download of the album HERE!

Read all about the album on my homepage HERE.

For this show, I am so lucky to be joined by Jesse & Joshua Zubot (violin), Marina Hasselberg (cello), Hilary Ison (voice), James Meger (bass) and Ben Brown (drums) – an embarrassment of riches! I am very grateful to so many people who helped make this album – especially Jesse Zubot for his gorgeous production that so completely captures and magnifies the essence of this music. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for making this album possible, and for the support of Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia. Thank you to the brilliant John Raham at Afterlife Studios for recording and engineering, and to Peggy Lee and Darren Parris for their beautiful contributions to the album. Thank you Heather Neale for the album design, Jayme Lang for the photography, and everyone who supported me through the making of this music… It has been a joyful and transformative process.

Come on down to Granville Island on Feb 23rd/24th for the Coastal Jazz’s Winterruption festival – lots of great free music. I’ll be playing two sets at Performance Works on Sunday 24th, at 3:45 and 5pm: The first set will be with quartet, playing some old and very new tunes with Ben Brown (drums), James Meger (bass), and Peggy Lee (cello). The second set will feature all the music from my new album (to be released May 2018), “Before You”, with Brown/Meger/Lee, and adding Lee Hutzulak on electronics. I hope to see you there! For more info click HERE.

I’ve been at Afterlife Studio this winter working on a new album (of all new material) with producer Jesse Zubot and engineer John Raham. This album will feature some beautiful contributions by Lee Hutzulak (electronics), Peggy Lee (cello), Darren Parris (bass), and of course Ben Brown (drums) and Jesse Zubot himself (violin). Pretty excited about this one…  I’m now pining for Afterlife’s 1904 Steinway on a daily basis, but there are worse afflictions in life.

I haven’t played these new tunes live yet, and I’m looking forward to doing so at a couple of gigs this Spring. April 18th I’ll be playing solo at The Gold Saucer as part of a ‘piano night’ for the Sawdust Collector series. Doors at 8:30, Show 9pm, $5-10. (Gold Saucer Studio is located inside Dominion Building at Cambie & Hastings. 211-207 W. Hastings.)

May 20th I’ll be playing duo with Ben Brown at Merge (corner of Powell & Clark) and sharing the night with Myles Kump & his band. Doors at 9:30, Show 10pm. $10 cover.

Feel free to drop me a line if you want more details… Hope to see you around.

Very excited to announce that I’ll be opening for the fiendishly-brilliant jazz-pianist phenomenon, Hiromi, in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival on June 24th. I’ll be playing some brand new duo material with Ben Brown and rounding out the set with James Meger on bass, David Sikula on guitar and Peggy Lee on cello. More info and tickets here. Hope to see you at The Vogue!

Ben Brown and I will be previewing some new material on May 28th at Merge. Doors at 9:30, show at 10pm, $10 cover. We’ll be joined in the second set by James Meger, bass and David Sikula, guitar. Hope to see you there!

Looking forward to playing a double-bill this Saturday at The Gallery in Artisan Square on Bowen Island with fellow Islander, Mary Kastle and her band. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm, tickets $20 at the door or here on brown paper tickets.

I’ll be playing with Ben Brown (drums), James Meger (bass) and David Sikula (guitar); Mary Kastle (voice/piano) will be joined by Cam Stephens (drums), Alex Kelly (bass) and Teun Schut (guitar). Hope to see you there!