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Music, music … & more music! 29 Oct 2012 | 12:00 pm
Greetings now from Cologne, Germany, where I’m about to begin work with the great WDR Big Band, conducted by Vince Mendoza, playing Vince’s arrangements of Jaco Pastorius compositions in honor of Jaco...
Back in the saddle again… 20 Oct 2012 | 06:54 pm
To all of my website visitors, followers and fans: APOLOGIES for the 5 month absence of updates! Things have been so busy, all for which I’m extremely grateful, but … wow, no time to TCB sometimes. Fr...
My new app is here !!! 17 Jun 2012 | 01:54 am
Peter Erskine releases bargain PlayAlong app for entire rhythm section The album “Joy Luck,” featuring my New Trio with Vardan Ovsepian on keyboards and Damian Erskine (my nephew) on electric bass, g...
Back home again in Indiana 23 Apr 2012 | 01:57 am
Greetings from Bloomington, Indiana where I just completed a 3-day residency at the Jacobs School of Music along with my pals Randy Brecker, Alan Pasqua and Bob Hurst. We were here to honor our profes...
Greetings from Genk! 16 Apr 2012 | 03:02 am
Here in Belgium to play at the C-MINE Jazz Festival in Genk (about 1 hour’s drive from Brussels), where I saw my old friend Miroslav Vitous who played a magnificent set of solo bass. I played with a t...
new Vic Firth video 8 Apr 2012 | 10:22 am
Joe Testa @ Vic Firth, Inc. just sent me this link to an excerpt from the new full-length documentary, “The Vic Firth Video Factory Tour.” Please watch the entire clip, there’s a nice short drum solo ...
New Video re: Bob Mintzer’s Big Band/new album 3 Apr 2012 | 01:15 pm
Titled “Not All Big Bands Are Created Equal” and created by “Jazz Video Guy” Bret Primack, this video features interview excerpts with Bob Mintzer and yours truly talking about Bob’s new big band reco...
Filmography, updated 3/30/2012 1 Apr 2012 | 05:32 am
Since updating the website, visitors looking to peruse my discography can view the work I’ve done as leader/co-leader on many albums. or visit allmusic.com by way of link) to browse my entire discogra...
Welcome to my new website! 4 Mar 2012 | 01:50 pm
Hey … a big shout out and THANK YOU to music and all-things-modern genius Janek Gwizdala for designing my new website. With big thanks, too, to Steve Orkin for getting me up and running in the first p...
To a New Year! 18 Jan 2012 | 03:02 pm
Happy New Year, a couple of weeks into 2012! I sent out the following message as part of an emailed family greeting card … here it is, minus the photos: ”Things are looking up … Hey, we’re an optimi...
