The original name was Paradox Jazz Trio and after the drummer and bass player died in a car accident on their way to a gig, I decided to change the name as I continued the seminars. It seemed appropriate at the time.

We did seminars in schools and local communities for young aspiring jazz musicians. Later we began playing in clubs and doing other venues for funds.

I had a chance back in the 70's and turned it down. My family and teaching career were more important. I had already experienced being on the road and being AWOL just didn't seem fair for my young family to have to bear. To day? Way too late!

The original name was Paradox Jazz Trio which goes back to the early 70's. There were only piano, double bass and drums. The main idea with the band was to teach young aspiring musicians about the art of jazz. After a fatal car accident the bass player and drummer were replaced. I still do stuff together from time to time with the new guys. I added a guitar and a sax players back in the late 90's. Today they live across the big pond, I do the guitar parts also and we do stuff via internet.

We got together back in 2007 to do a re-union tour which turned out to be a disaster.

I had some mentors that worked with me on a personal level: Max Roach, Peter Nero, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck. I also had a chance to play with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton Bands as a side man.

real instruments

Technology in this day and age had made the jazz musician let alone others somewhat obsolete. Less young individuals are playing real instruments these days because software along with samples have made it too easy for anyone to become an artist. Basically, if you know how to cut and paste and have some music samples and a music program, you are an artist. Playing from the heart and intellectually means nothing today. Everything has one volume level. LOUD!

From my experience in teaching those that have ended up playing a little guitar or keys,for example, have no clue as to what they are doing musically. If I asked them "what scales would you use to improvise off certain chords?" they have no clue as the only one they know is the blues scale. There is a lot more out there than just the blues scale!