New CD – Just Out

I am excited to tell you about this new CD, which I am calling “Lima Beans.”For the past year I have had the great privilege of rehearsing with the legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllon. My band mates on this CD, Jorge Perez Albela and Jorge Roeder, introduced me...

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What I do when I meditate

Sometimes I am asked to explain something about meditation or Buddhism and more than occasionally I find it difficult to know where to begin. The explanations about what I am doing and why are always evolving. Of course, some of the reasons why I meditate remain...

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About the new CD “Near and Far”

I am very happy to announce the release of a new CD"Near and Far KJB"Kazumi Ikenaga ... drumsJohn Lockwood ... bassBert Seager ... pianoThis is the third CD that this trio had recorded and released. It features many more of my original tunes (7 of 10) than the...

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The MacDowell Colony

For the past two years I have been accepted as a fellow at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This is an artists colony that was started by Marion MacDowell, the wife of Edward MacDowell one of the first famous American composers of classical...

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