I’ll be doing some dates with Concord Records artist Spencer Day in March and April! Stoked to be playing these clubs for the first time. March 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rockwell – CD RELEASE SHOW April 9 & 10 – Seattle, WA @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley April 11 – San Francisco, CA @ [...]
News
SXSW and more.
February 23 2013
Spain’s got some dates coming up: March 5 – Venice, CA @ Del Monte Speakeasy March 9 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress March 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom March 13 – Austin, TX @ Brass House (official SXSW showcase) Here’s a mini-documentary of our performance at BB Mix Festival in Paris on [...]
major label debut.
February 23 2013
In Feb 2012, I did a recording session at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles for singer/actress Emmy Rossum (from the Showtime series Shameless). Stuart Brawley produced, and the band was Giulio Carmassi (piano), Joe Corcoran (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (upright and electric bass), and myself. We tracked all these instruments together live with no [...]
november.
November 5 2012
One last push of gigs before the Spain tour takes me away for the rest of 2012! Here they be: Nov 5 – LA, CA @ Bootleg Bar with Sanglorians Nov 6 – LA, CA @ Blue Whale with Chris Speed (tenor/clarinet), Jeff Parker (guitar), Devin Hoff (bass) Nov 7 – LA, CA @ Rockwell [...]
Fall.
October 1 2012
More news regarding the band Spain: This week, on October 4th, KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic will air a studio session and interview we taped for them last month with special guests Petra, Rachel, and Tanya Haden, a.k.a. the Haden Triplets. Tune in! Also, we are gearing up to head back to Europe in November/December. The [...]
more Spain stuff.
August 7 2012
This week I will be heading back to Europe with the band Spain for a couple of shows. The first is at the Klinkers Brugge 2012 Festival in Brugge, Belgium on August 9th, followed by a club show at Cafe Glocksee in Hanover, Germany. Our show in Belgium on the last tour (pic above) was our [...]
roll tape.
August 1 2012
Random fact: I played drums on this commercial for Cotton and Emmy Rossum. Also, I just beefed up the Music section of the site to include some fun things from the past. Check that out.
this month – a new record and tour with Spain.
May 4 2012
That’s the front cover image of the new Spain record, to be released May 8, 2012 on iTunes in the States, and on Glitterhouse Records in Europe. I played the drums on this record, along with founding member and bassist/vocalist Josh Haden (son of legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden), lead guitarist Daniel Brummel, keyboardist/guitarist Randy Kirk, [...]
activities.
February 14 2012
Upcoming performances: 18 Feb 2012 – L.A. @ BLUE WHALE with Kathleen Grace and her Country music project with Erik Kertes (bs), John Storie (gtr), and Marcel Camargo (gtr) 19 Feb 2012 – L.A. @ HUMAN RESOURCES with Spain. We are opening for Rachel Haden 22 Feb 2012 – S.F. @ BENDERS Bar with Soft [...]
november trio dates
October 31 2011
Flyer by Me! This is happening! Doing a few dates this month with Adam Benjamin (piano) and Tim Lefebvre (bass). Details below: November 7th, 2011 2pm : Cal Arts Jazz Forum November 7, 2011 9pm : Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA November 10th, 2011 2pm: Masterclass at Willamette University, Salem, OR November 10th, 2011 7:30pm [...]
