Pictured is Gordon Foote from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Gordon played a gorgeous solo on Widow s Walk . Here I am playing with Tom Gause. He is not only an incredible player, but a great educator as well. I m very honored to have him as one of my colleagues at Central.
Women participating in jazz is a relatively rare thing across the country.
I am proud to say that we are a part of a new increase in estro-activity. They are two of our better players male or female. Here I am doing a vocal duet with Vijay Singh at the festival. He took over the bass line while I improvised a scat line. Vijay directs Vocal Jazz I and the CWU Chorale.