OLD NEWS:

2007 Jan 15th - Monday - 7:30pm with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Joe's Pub Mar 12th - Monday with Dem Brooklyn Bums Big Band somewhere in Albany Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce party at the Egg Building! June 13th - Wednesday as part of Gweneviere Mann's backup band at the 169 Bar @ 7:30 pm. July 14th -  Saturday at Radio City Music Hall as Musical Director / Keys of JUMP on Broadway @ 8 pm. August 10th - Friday at New World Stages as Music Director / Keys for SLIDE @ 8 pm. August 14th - August 21st - Tuesday to Tuesday playing Keys in Skagway, Alaska. Don't come.  It's too far. August 24th - Friday playing keys with Elaine K at the Baggot Inn @ 9 pm. August 24th - Friday playing keys with  Gweneviere Mann at the Baggot Inn @ 10 pm. September 29th - Saturday playing keys with The Gyst at the Crazy Donkey @ 11:00pm 2006 January 9th - Monday at 7:00pm with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Joe's Pub.  We will be playing songs from her new CD coming out soon. Winter- Spring Tour!  I will be touring with "Break the Floor" as both Keyboardist and Musical director.  Here are the tour stops and dates:  2006 Nov 17 - 19 : Greenville, SC Dec 1 - 3 : Phoenix, AZ Dec 8 - 10 : St. Paul, MN 2007 Jan 5 - 7 : Kansas City, MO Jan 12 - 14 : Washington, DC Jan 19 - 21 : Secaucus, NJ Jan 26 - 28 : Houston, TX Feb 2 - 4 : Detroit, MI Feb 9 - 11 : St. Louis, MO Feb 23 - 25 : Chicago Mar 2 - 4 : Los Angeles, CA Mar 9 - 11 : Dallas, TX Mar 16 - 18 : Pittsburgh, PA Mar 23-25 : Denver, CO Mar 30 - Apr 1 : Orlando, FL Apr 13 - 15 : Buffalo, NY Apr 20 - 22 : Atlanta, GA Apr 27 - 29 : Santa Clara, CA May 11 - 12 : Salt Lake City, UT Winter- Spring Tour!  I will be touring with "Break the Floor" as both Keyboardist and Musical director.  Here are the tour stops and dates:  2005 Nov 4 - 6 : Greenville, SC Nov 18 - 20 : St. Louis, MO Dec 9 - 11 : St. Paul, MN 2006 Jan 13 - 15 : Washington, DC Jan 20 - 22 : Secaucus, NJ Jan 27 - 29 : Houston, TX Feb 3 - 5 : Chicago, IL Feb 10 - 12 : Santa Clara, CA Feb 17 - 19 : Kansas City, MO Feb 24 - 26 : Detroit, MI Mar 3 - 5 : Denver, CO Mar 10 - 12 : Dallas, TX Mar 17 - 19 : Atlanta, GA Mar 24 - 26 : Pittsburgh, PA Mar 31 - Apr 2 : Orlando, FL Apr 7 - 9 : Buffalo, NY Apr 21 - 23 : Los Angeles, CA Apr 28 - 30 : Providence, RI May 5 - 6 : Salt Lake City, UT May 12 - 14 : Scottsdale, AZ June 15th  - Thursday at 7:30pm.  With Daphne Rubin-Vega at The Cutting Room in Manhattan. To Support Daphne's new CD "Redemption Songs".  CDs available at the show. June 17th - Saturday at 7:30pm.  Sitting in with Brooks Wood at the Bitter End in Manhattan. July 5 - Wednesday at 8:00pm.  Performing with JUMP on Broadway  as both Keyboardist and Musical director at the Hammerstein Ballroom.   This is the final show for the tour. July 10th - July 14th.  Performing with BOUNCE in Las Vegas as both Keyboardist and Musical Director. July 18th - 20th.  Performing with Shake the Floor as both Keyboardist and Musical Director. July 24th - 26th.  Performing with Break the Floor as both Keyboardist and Musical Director. August 6th - Sunday.  With Daphne Rubin-Vega at the 30th SoNo Arts Celebration in Connecticut. August 19th - Saturday at 7pm. With Teri Lamar at the Interlaken Beach Dance Party - Eastchester. August 26th - Saturday at 11:00pm with Allstar at the Nutty Irishman in Bayshore. Sept 2nd - Saturday at 11:00pm with Allstar at Finley's of Greenstreet - 43 Green Street Huntington, NY 11743 Sept 3rd - Sunday - Wedding with Creations Music Sept 7th - Thursday at 8:30pm with Dem Brooklyn Bums Big Band at Swing 46 in Manhattan Sept 9th - Saturday - Wedding with Peat Moss and the Fertilizers Sept 15th - Friday - Wedding with Peat Moss and the Fertilizers Sept 16th - Saturday - Wedding with Creations Music Sept 17th - Sunday - Wedding with Creations Music Sept 20th - Wednesday @ 4:00pm with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Bloomingdale's Bergen County Store. Sept 22nd - 23rd - Friday & Saturday - Shows with Russian pop star Chicherina. Sept 30th - Saturday - Wedding with Creations Music Oct 14th - Saturday - Wedding in Chicago with Creations Music Oct 20th - Friday - With Allstar at Nappertandy's in Miller place. Oct 21st - Saturday - Wedding with Creations Music Oct 24th - Tuesday - Show with Ashley Furst at the Bitter End.  9:00pm. Oct 28th - Saturday - with Russian pop star Chicherina. Oct 30th - Monday with Daphne Rubin-Vega at The Cutting Room (Record Release Party). Time 7:30pm Nov 8th - Wednesday - Show with Ashley Furst at Kenny's Castaway's.  8:00pm. Nov 30th - Thursday - Show with Ashley Furst at the lions den. 8:30pm. Dec 30th - Saturday - Show with Marcques at the Sugar Bar at 9:30pm. 2005 January 1st - Saturday : "Break the Floor" Performance in Times Square, NYC. January 17th - Monday : 8pm at Irving Plaza with Daphne Rubin Vega March 31st - Wednesday : 7pm at the Copacabana with Tony Danza July 5th - Tuesday : 8:00pm  - I will be performing (and Musically Directing) JUMP on Broadway being performed at the Hammerstein Ballroom. July 14th - Thursday : 7:30pm with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Joe's Pub POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL!! July 30th - Saturday: 5:00pm and 8:00pm - Performing and Musically Directing Shake the Floor off Broadway at the Acorn Theater located on Theater Row. August 13th - Saturday: 7:30pm - Performing as part of Gweneviere Mann's backup band on her original gig at the Bitter End.  Come down and check her out.  She is, in my opinion one of the best female vocalists I've ever worked with and definitely talent deserving wider recognition.  She toured with Shelby Lynne and went to Berklee on a full Scholarship - what more can you ask for? August 21st - Sunday: Times TBA - Performing and Musically Directing Break the Floor off Broadway at the Acorn Theater located on Theater Row. NOT MY GIG - But a good Friend's!  If you want to hear some incredible jazz piano, check out my friend Eunhee Park at ZoneChelsea performing for the Young Korean Music Festival Saturday night (12/17) at 7:00pm.  Cover is $20 and if you've ever heard her play, then you know you're getting a deal.  I urge you to check it out! November 28th - Monday at 11:00 with Marty Thomas at Club XL with the Cast of Wicked for a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. December 5th, 12th, and 19th - Monday 11:00pm with Marty Thomas (Wicked on Broadway) at Club XL 2004 March 5th - Friday - The United Nations - performing with the APR Jazz Trio. (If Teri Lucas could see me now...) March 17th - Wed. - Joe DeJesu's CD Release Party at Suite 16.  8:30 PM 8th Ave & 16th Street. April 3rd - Saturday: 11:30pm at the Crazy Moose Saloon with RadioWave April 9th - Friday: 8:00pm at Ted Milan in Long Beach with the APR Quartet. April 10th - Saturday: 11:30 at Shenanigans in Long Island with RadioWave April 15th - Thursday: 9:30pm at The Bitter End with Joe DeJesu April 30th - Friday to May 1st - Saturday: with Daphne Rubin-Vega (Mimi from RENT) at the Supper Club in Manhattan.  11:00 Show both nights.  Tickets $45.  May 7th - Friday : 8:00am catch me live on the Howard Stern Radio Show May 7th - Friday : 10:00pm at Ted Milan in Long Beach with the APR Quartet. May 14th - Friday : 10:00pm at Ted Milan in Long Beach with the APR Quartet. May 25th - Tuesday: 8:00pm at BB Kings.  I'll be playing Keys for the Queen tribute show. May 27th - Thursday : 11:00pm at the Cutting Room (212-691-1900) with  Daphne Rubin-Vega. June 14th  - Monday : 8pm With Daphne Rubin-Vega at the All-Stars Project at 42nd Street b/t 10th and 11th. June 19th - Saturday : 7pm Playing Piano at the Garden City Hotel June 26th - Saturday : 11pm at Mulcahey's in Wantagh. July 14th - Wednesday : With Daphne Rubin-Vega at The Cutting Room in Manhattan @ 10:00pm Sept. 12th -Sunday: with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Joe's Pub in Manhattan @ 9:30pm Oct 10th - Sunday: with Daphne Rubin-Vega at Kean University @ 7:30pm November 19th - Friday : 9pm with the APR Quartet.  Location: Oasis Cafe, Long Island December 10th - Friday : 6pm with Kim Sozzi at the Crazy Donkey December 19th - Sunday : 11AM Christmas Party for the NY Islanders.   2004 News I'm currently getting ready to go on a mini-tour to Las Vegas for 4 days with the Rock band, RAINE on January 31st.  Hmm... Superbowl Sunday in Vegas...shouldn't be too bad. It was an interesting week last week! (Dec 14-20)  I played an awards ceremony at the Smithsonian, Went on a little 2 city tour from Baltimore to Ellicott City, and I played Giorgio Armani's Christmas party.  It was fun!  Now this week, Silence......... Last week on Thursday night (Nov 13th) I got into a very bad accident and totaled my car on my way to see some live music.  Amazingly I survived and lived to drive another day.  I can't say the same for my car!  Either way, I just felt the need to let you guys know that!  The traffic light turned green in both directions.  Nasty...  Then the police showed up and even though they saw the traffic light malfunctioning, they refused to go down on the record as a witness of that in case I bring a lawsuit against the DOT!  So, special thanks to the Police (especially PO Levine who kept saying ,"There's something going on but I'm not sure what I saw!")  And you guys say you deserve a raise...  Also on the downside, the company that towed my car, MARTINO AUTOBODY is a complete shyster company and they didn't want to release my car to me!  They kept trying to make all sorts of problems and wanted me to send my title to them!  After threatening to have my attorney call them, they relented and let me have my car, but then they nickel and dimed me to death... they charged me $35 for sweeping the street of glass, they charged me $30 for the flatbed guy's helper, they charged me $35 to hook my car to the flatbed...they charged me $75 to winch my car on the flatbed.  All in all, it was a total of $260 that these dirty bastards took from me.  On top of that, they siphoned all the gas from my tank.  I hoped you guys choked.   And who says New York isn't a great place to live?! This Site is going to be undergoing a huge change in both look and content!   A few weeks ago a friend of mine and a fantastic vocalist from Tokyo, Chisa Shimamura, crashed at my place for the entire week.  We had the opportunity to work on some music and had some all-night music sessions (which resulted in the flu I suffered afterward, but it was worth it!)  We laid down over 40 tracks of vocals on  one song! (I told her, once she's back in Tokyo I can't call her back in if there's something wrong with the vocals so we had to cover all bases...)  She's back in Tokyo now and I'm in the process of laying down the rest of the music tracks.  As soon as more of the music gets laid down, I'll post some of the results of those sessions here.

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