I have been making a commitment to myself to compose or arrange pieces to record, and add to my store. In April, and early May, I released three new pieces – Runway, Chase!, and Snow Globe.

Runway, and Snow…

Up until March 2026, I had been performing on my Buffet Prestige bass clarinet (model #BC1193), and had no plans on ever switching off of it. I loved everything about it, except the fact that it was an expensive instrument…

I’ve recently had several students and band teachers ask me about how to build technique. I have found that when a student practices with a metronome, and plays a full range scale – start on the root, play to the…

I’ve had my bass saxophone for over a year now, and the work that I’m getting called to do is expanding. I really love playing the bass saxophone in any setting. I’m getting more opportunities that are really bass sax-specific…

Oliver Nelson’s book, Patterns For Improvisation, is a book that I worked through in college, and I had picked it up a few times since. Over the last few weeks I have been assigning exercises from the book to some…

As my students get more fluent in arpeggiating chords, chord scales, and key centres, I find that their playing sometimes becomes too eighth-notey – lots of notes, with very few breaks, and it can start to feel predictable.

Here’s an…

Here’s a Joe Henderson line that I’ve been working on. It comes off of his solo on Raincheck, on the recording Lush Life. I’ve attached a PDF with the line in all 12 major keys. Enjoy!

For the last few years, while finishing my degree, I have been performing in saxophone quartets on the baritone saxophone chair exclusively. This year, I moved to the soprano saxophone chair, and it’s been eye-opening to sit on the opposite…

I’ve been part of ERU-ERA, Ed Lister’s horn-driven funk project since 2015. We go through periods where we play a lot, and periods where we don’t – it’s the nature of working with players who keep busy.

When the band…

I believe that it’s important to get away from the page – being able to connect with your instrument strictly on a sound level is extremely important.

I have started assigning exercises from Patterns For Jazz, by Jerry Coker. I…

I was incredibly fortunate to work with the Tango-Nuevo group, Norteño this summer. The group was recreating the music from the recording Summit – a recording of Astor Piazzolla’s music that featured Gerry Mulligan.

Norteño is a a five piece…

I finally, after more than a year, got around to putting my jazz posters, photos, and pictures up in my studio. I never realised how much of an impact it would have on my students after just a few weeks.

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