My rare blood cancer remains in remission. While I have the energy, I’m taking big bites from the apple of life and am looking for collaborators. I don’t need to do every part of every project and working with others makes everything better. If you
My John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Mastercut Edition will have its first playing at Maiden Voyage (562 1st Ave S #201, Seattle) on March 7. This is #91 of 500 that were cut one at a time onto Japanese lacquer blanks from the original master
Thanks to Tom Marriott, I am honored to interview Seattle Jazz Fellowship artist in residence Julian Priester. I will share my research of this 89-year-old living legend and ask him about significant stories from his life with artistic giants like Max Roach, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra,
The Seattle Jazz Fellowship will present a 90-minute matinee at 2pm on December 7, 2024, of the Steve Griggs Ensemble performing Panama Hotel Jazz. The award-winning program of stories and music was commissioned by 4Culture and chronicles the experience of Seattle Japanese Americans during World
KIRO 7 reported on my role in John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle. Watch here.
On May 9, 2022, I hosted a celebration at the Chapel of Jim Knapp (July 28, 1939 – November 10, 2021) with Scrape and the Jim Knapp Orchestra playing his original music.
We performed excerpts from Panama Hotel Jazz at the September 14, 2022 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restoration of the Tsutakawa gates at the Seattle Arboretum.
On September 11, 2022, I accepted the award for Historical Record of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association because of my role in finding the source tape for John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle.
December 17 1:30-3:00pm at the Panama Hotel (605 S Main St) for Japantown Jingle, I will be performing with guitarist Milo Petersen and bassist Phil Sparks.