Cannonball-Coltrane Project's 3rd CD
     The CCP's 3rd CD, Spectacular!, is now available! Click on the ad below to hear mp3 samples or to purchase CD.

 
Special Gigs
     I have two really special gigs coming up--May 22 with Bobby Shew and many others at the L.A. Jazz Institute's Big Band extravaganza over the Memorial Day Weekend, and August 31 with the Ken Peplowski Quartet at the West Coast Jazz Party. Get further details by clicking the links above for each event.

 
Radio Campaign for Spectacular!
     The nationwide radio campaign for the CCP's third CD began on Feb. 28, 2008. The album debuted on the JazzWeek Radio Charts at #46 in the first week of airplay. On week two, it shot up to #11!

The following stations have reported playing the CD:   ALABAMA: Tuscaloosa (WUAL) // ARIZONA: Phoeniz (KJZZ), Tucson (KUAZ) // ARKANSAS: Little Rock (KABF) // CALIFORNIA:  Carmel (KRML), Fresno (KFSR), Los Angeles (KKJZ), Sacramento (KXJZ), San Diego (KSDS), San Francisco (KCSM), San Jose (KUSP), Santa Maria/Lompoc (KCBX) // COLORADO: Colorado Springs (KCME), Denver-Boulder (KUVO), Ft. Collins-Greeley (KUNC, KFRC) // CONNECTICUT: Hartford-New Britain-Middletown (WWUH) // DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington (WPFW) // FLORIDA: Gainesville-Ocala (WUFT), Jacksonville (WJCT), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood (WLRN, WDNA), Orlando (WUCF), Pensacola (WUMF), Tampa (WUSF) // GEORGIA: Atlanta (WCLK) // ILLINOIS: Bloomington (WGLT) // INDIANA: Indianapolis (WICR) // IOWA: Council Bluffs-Omaha NE (KIOS) // KANSAS: Kansas City (KKFI), Topeka (KANU), Witchita (KMUW) // KENTUCKY: Louisville (WFPK) // MARYLAND: Baltimore (WYPR), Princess Anne (WESM) // MASSACHUSETTS: Boston (WGBH) // MICHIGAN: Detroit (WDET, WRCJ, WEMU), Grand Rapids (WBLU, WGVU) // MINNESOTA: Minneapolis-St. Paul (KBEM) // MISSISSIPPI: Jackson (WJSU) // MISSOURI: St. Louis (WSIE), Kansas City (KKFI) // NEBRASKA: Omaha-Council Bluffs IA (KIOS) // NEVADA: Las Vegas (KNUV) // NEW YORK: Albany-Schenectady-Troy (WAMC), Buffalo-Niagara Falls (WBFO) // NORTH CAROLINA: Fayetteville (WFSS), Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point (WFDD, WSNC), Greenville-New Bern-JacKsonville (WTEB, WKNS), Raleigh-Durham (WSHA, WCNU)// OHIO: Cincinnati (WNKU), Cleveland (WRUW, WCPN, WCLV), Columbus (WJZA), Toledo (WXUT, WXTS) // OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City (KROU) // OREGON: Portland (KMHD), Eugene/Springfield (KLCC) // PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia (WBZC, WRTI), Wilkes Barre-Scranton (WVIA) // PUERTO RICO: (WRTU) // SOUTH CAROLINA: Columbia (WNSC) // TENNESSEE: Chattanooga (WUTC), Memphis (WUMR), Nashville (WMOT) // TEXAS: Austin (KAZI), Houston-Galveston (KTSU), McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen (KHID) // UTAH: Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo (KUER) // VIRGINIA: Norfolk (WHRV), Richmond (WCVE), Roanoke (WVTF) // WASHINGTON: Seattle-Tacoma (KPLU), Spokane (KEWU) //

 
Cannonball-Coltrane Project DVD
     The CCP's live performance DVD recording is now available. You can purchase CCP Live! at the band's website.

 
Special Gigs
     I recently returned from a gig in Switzerland with Niki Haris, and will be performing again with her at the Newport Jazz Party on February 17. I've also got some dates coming up shortly with The Cannonball-Coltrane Project, in particular a gig at the Salt Lake City Jazz Festival on February 23. Check my calendar page for complete details.

 
Mike Barone Big Band Recording
     I'm also on Mike Barone's newest big band CD, By Request. The CD was released in October 2007 and is available for preview or purchasing on Mike's website.