MY MUSIC MISCELLANY
Articles
Links
I serve on the Board of Trustees at VanderCook, the only college in the United States
dedicated exclusively to educating music teachers.
Eddie Oyer
Eddie was my first music teacher. I still remember my first lesson: May 27, 1972
Articles
- "Jazz Brings KC State of Mind to New York" (2005) (PDF of hardcopy article)
- "Jazz Brings KC State of Mind to New York" (2005) (Link to Kansas City Star)
- My first gig in NYC (and what has to be the world's most concise, five-syllable quote) are
mentioned in this Kansas City Star article
- This Kansas City Star guest column by wonderful pianist Paul Smith describes an
especially gratifying gig I was on
- From down beat magazine. Anyone ever heard of that young organ player who also
submitted his own profile? One of us went on to an amazing music career ...
- Man what a night. This Kansas City Times article mentions my solo on "When The Saints
Go Marchin' In" but the real high for me was trading solos on "That Old Black Magic" with
Bobby McFerrin — "The Voice."
Links
I serve on the Board of Trustees at VanderCook, the only college in the United States
dedicated exclusively to educating music teachers.
- Visit the VanderCook Web site
- Read my July 2006 Commencement Address to VanderCook's master's students
- Click "play" below to listen to the audio recording or right click HERE and "save as" to
download the audio to your computer.
Eddie Oyer
Eddie was my first music teacher. I still remember my first lesson: May 27, 1972
- Read an interview with Eddie from The Northeast News
- I talked about Eddie in my Commencement Address at VanderCook
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My good friend Tom Giovagnoli took this shot of
my drums nearly 25 years ago. I've always
loved it. Very artsy ...
my drums nearly 25 years ago. I've always
loved it. Very artsy ...
Dr. Menghini and I laugh easily together, even on
stage during my commencement speech this July.
stage during my commencement speech this July.
Another artsy shot I like. This one by Andrea
Fischman, who was shooting the party I played
with Warren Vache in early 2007.
Fischman, who was shooting the party I played
with Warren Vache in early 2007.
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