Thank you for visiting my website.
Please check out the tabs on left that represent various fields of my performing and teaching career.
I will be adding  material on a regular basis with a special focus on jazz education. I hope you find this material useful and enlightening.

My recent trips to Sao Paulo, Brazil (July) and the region of Marche, Italy (August) were just fantastic. The music, people and local culture were amazing - not to mention the food in Italy!

For more information on my trip to Brazil visit www.iasj.com
For information on the Arcevia Jazz Festival where I taught and performed, please visit www.arceviajazzfeast.it


Wishing you and yours a blessed and happy festive season - see you in 2012!

un caro saluto!
Mike

Look out for the release of my new book in February 2012  Uncommon Bebop from Common Bebop Practices and Concepts, ISBN 978-3-89221-118-1, available at Advancemusic.com

Recently released cd with Darius Brubeck entitled:  Two and Four/To and Fro www.dariusbrubeck.com
ranked as one of the top forty cd releases of 2011 by JAZZ  RENDEZVOUS - see pdf below.