Shout out to the top five ares of all time, are you for real, are you kiddin' me, are you lonesome tonight, are we there yet and ARETHA DAMN FRANKLIN!!!

It was a joy to be a part of my dear friend Fred Sherry’s 70th birthday celebration.

Abby and Béla coming over to play a concert at our house tonight. #banjoblessings

Catching a nap in the bass case (in the dressing room) prior to this evening’s concert

Cleaning up my old papers I came across a piece I wrote in 2012. Here is page 14. Notation software not so much.

🤣🤣🤣 Preach, Rosanne!

So sad to lose Tony Rice. He defined so many beautiful aspects of music for me.

It appears that the very top of our magnolia tree is going to have a flower this year.

Beginning of week 2 of impending magnolia flower watch

Beginning week 3 of impending magnolia flower watch. Happy Mother’s Day!

Week 4

Week 5

The wait is over

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Am fairly ambidextrous, then realized that doing rhythms in my feet, the left always had the downbeat

Just rediscovered my anti passion for LAX.

That feeling when you are transcribing your own part from your own record from 20 years ago to play next week and the note is so out of tune that it is a 50/50 note.

Jan 2. From L to R, Holly, Connie, Connie’s husband, and Holly’s husband Victor. V and H did me the honor of listening thru a runthru of my 3 concertos the night before I flew to NY to record them with the Knights. Always inspiring to be around V and H.

Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future. He was ready for his rebirth. As it is with every human being, he is irreplaceable . . .

This is from 2008, early on in the association of Zakir with Bela and me. There is no way to summarize or describe in words the loss of Zakir. In a world that is more than ever full of darkness, Zakir brought so much beaty and light that one could dare to be hopeful.