NEWS!
May '08...
I'll be teaching again at Chris Howes' Creative Strings Workshop in Columbus, OH this July. We had a great time last year, and I'm really looking forward to this year's camp. The dates are 6/30-7/6. I highly recommend this experience to all my students, and all aspiring string improvisers! Click here for info.
March '08...
It appears that I did not survive the latest purge of the Mahavishnu Project (MP news here). With mixed feelings, I join the lengthy list of luminaries who comprise the former membership of this excellent ensemble.
November '07...
I recently returned from a trip to Italy with The String Trio of New York. Among other things, we recorded a new CD in Milan for the Black Saint label. Look for it in May or June of next year. It's quite good, I think!
April '07...
I guested (along with Randy Brecker) on a Florida tour with Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge big band, after which we made a studio recording in Tampa. The project was a tribute to the late Michael Brecker and featured new arrangements by Chuck and others of his music. The CD should be released sometime next year. Mike was/is a huge influence on me, and I was deeply honored to be included in this undertaking.
February '07...
The Mahavishnu Project has released a new live recording, "Return to the Emerald Beyond". Recorded in Sept. '06, this double disc revisits the music on The Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Visions of the Emerald Beyond", along with some bonus material. The original "Visions" featured McLaughlin's revamped 1975 M.O. lineup, which included the great Jean Luc Ponty, as well as one of my other violin heroes, Steven Kindler (who later did some incredible work with Jan Hammer).
Anyway, you can check out the new disc here, and read a couple of reviews here, and here.