The Recurring Topic of Sanity

The Recurring Topic of Sanity

Since almost the beginning of the pandemic, my sisters and I started a weekly family zoom call – to help cheer up my 92 year-old father, who was feeling the isolation of Covid rather starkly.  We are still doing this.  My beloved dad is now 96.  Yesterday on the...
Waking Up

Waking Up

It seems that people from all over the globe had shared a fervent hope that the US would turn the page on a man who hated and divided. So many of us thought that a more inclusive, wider perspective would be clearly seen as the better way forward. So now what?  Sadly,...
New Album

New Album

Imagine my surprise seeing this on the Mass Pike today… OK … imagine how surprised I would be if I saw that. My band, Heart of Hearing, has a new album that was released yesterday. We recorded it a few weeks ago, on June 3 and 4 at WGBH Fraser Studio in Boston. ...
Jazz Cats On The Scene

Jazz Cats On The Scene

As you know, the Lilypad has been a kind of home, where I have played regularly for the last 15 years; on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM.   I deeply value the intimacy of playing with my band in a small room full of attentive friends and students —...
What Colors Your World?

What Colors Your World?

I’ve been writing year-end messages in the midst of uncertain times for years now. And perhaps like me, when you stop to think about things, there is a feeling of puzzlement bordering on despond – that we could have — or should have — been doing better as a...