Dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Highway of Tears, featuring the wonderful artwork of Christi Belcourt youtube.com/watch?v=uWkLDS…

The Highway of Tears

Christi Belcourt Jon Bentley Waxwing Your Artistry is an honor to them, thank you for using your blessings🕊❤

So happy to celebrate the life of our friend Scott Tucker tonight. We played some of his favourite tunes, including this classic Four on Six.

Thank you LumaTouch 📱🎞 team for creating the tool that allowed this special project to come to life. Your constant continued enhancements to the app are so great! youtu.be/uWkLDSrPRtc

Highway of Tears video aspires to ‘healing and awareness’ coastreporter.net/local-arts/hig… via Coast Reporter

Great to be nominated for Instrumental Artist of the Year by BreakOut West for our Songlines Recordings album Flicker Down! #breakoutwest

Here’s a preview clip from an album I’m working on for Arnie Eigenfeldt and SFU. The project is called ‘A Walk to Meryton’ which mixes improvising jazz musicians and AI. I created the video in this clip using the soprano saxophone solo audio file playback and some visual effects.

Awesome to return to Capilano University today with Sharon Minemoto Quartet to play for the jazz studies students. The first photo is Sharon and I on the day of her graduation recital 25 years ago. The great teachers we studied with inspired us to become full time pro musicians ever since

Happy to be a part of this project nominated for a Juno. Even happier for John Korsrud and Hard Rubber Orchestra who create so many musical opportunities for Vancouver musicians over so many years.

Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker. I randomly picked this cool module to try first: Major 7th intervals in minor 3rds. In the book, Brecker cites hearing Mike Stern using this sound. Works great on Dom13 b9 chords (from the b9 etc) / diminished. Thanks for the inspiration MB!

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Have a great jazz fest everyone! Here’s the gigs I’ll be on, it’s a privilege to play with all these fine musicians.

I’m excited to share this preview of my upcoming March 2025 release “Go Ahead!” for Cellar Music. Join us March 14 & 15 Frankie's Jazz Club for our Album Release! youtu.be/DGetf5kxgjY

“Balcony Jogger” - the first single off of my new album “Go Ahead!” is officially released on all streaming platforms to the world today! Here’s my solo on it, thanks for checking it out. youtu.be/xxGuzY11TF8

Chris Gestrin’s great B-3 organ solo on the song “Balcony Jogger” from my new album “Go Ahead!” youtube.com/shorts/ZrgBzo9…

Lots of great music happening this weekend at Jazz at the Bolt! I’m excited to close out the festival with my band, we will be joined by the great Nick Peck on organ for the last show of the festival on Sunday 7:45-9pm

“Movin’ Further Wes” is the second single off my new album “Go Ahead!” Inspired by the incredible music of Wes Montgomery, I wrote this melody over the snaky bassline from his song “Movin’ Wes”. Here’s a 60 second clip of the melody and improvised solo. youtube.com/shorts/HgUjrS9…

Nice to have my new album “Go Ahead!” recognized along with these fine musicians and friends. BreakOut West Cellar Live

youtu.be/Ym0f0TrKqkY?si… Stanley Turrentine’s incredible solo on Jimmy Smith’s song “Midnight Special”. An absolute masterpiece in soulful expression and playing the blues.