About me

Trumpeter, music historian and novelist living in New Orleans after moving there from Boston in 2001. Love to write, love to read. You can find out more about me, at [Link removed - login to see]

Interests

Reading, writing, listening to jazz and classical music, movies, popular culture, swimming, news and social issues

About my collections

Music: classical: Bartok to Stravinsky to Bach to Beethoven and Brahms; trumpeters Maurice Andre, Armando Ghitalla and me! Jazz: trumpeters Terrance Blanchard, Ingrid Jensen and Chet Baker; Tony Bennett anytime; big bands like Maynard Ferguson, pianists like John Hicks, ... and on and on