flautist Gary Thomas. Gary has performed with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Dave Holland and numerous other jazz luminaries. The band will be John Toomey: piano, Jimmy Masters: bass, and drummer Howard Curtis, who will be visiting from Austria, where he has lived and worked for the last 15 years. Go to www.vafest.org, for info.

There are four songs from my CD loaded on

the player. You can advance any song by

clicking onthe wave graph above or click

at the end to get to the next tune.

To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

These wonderful photographs were taken by the following photographers, who were all kind enough to permit

me to post them here: Eddie Williams, John Toomey, Drew Landman, Mark Robbins, Thomas Fusaro and David Beloff.

Timely was released on the legendary Cadence Jazz Records label in February, 2015.

3 1/2 Stars in Downbeat

Fluidity, released on the wonderful Summit Jazz label in early March, 2015. 4 stars in Downbeat!