June '97 Rumour has it that Dave Weckl will soon be launching his solo career. So catch him on the current tour playing with Mike while you still can. The new album is now mastered and being pressed. One track features Gil Goldstein who's also producing the album. Don Alias will play percussion on some tracks.
Recording is done, mixing is in progress.
February '97 Mike will play some gigs as a sideman with Danilo Perez in early february. Between The Lines has been nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Contemporary Jazz . Most of the material is more or less written, but not 'finished'. In the summer of '96 Mike will be touring Europe to promote his new album Between The Lines with Jeff Andrews and Dave Weckl, and Don Sheppard on saxophone.