I took part in a very interesting concert with Hypatia Creative Women's Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Lorae Farrell. I played tenor saxophone and did some arrangements that featured other special guests, Jim Byrnes and Hugh Fraser.

Band of Rebels CD Release - Dec 6

I took the stage at the Plaza for the CD release of "Band Of Rebels" (for which I provided some saxophone tracks) with the legendary punk band DOA for probably the loudest concert I've ever participated in!

Soulstream at 2007 YamaJam on Sep 30

I had the great honor to perform with Soulstream as host band for the 2007 'YamaJam' featuring some legendary Yamaha artists.

Paperboys at Richards on Sep 16

I performed with The Paperboys at Richards on Richards.

Josh Groban

I performed with Josh Groban at GM Place on Aug 17.

Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival

On Aug 11, I performed with old friends Johnny Ferreira's Swing Machine and Tom Lavin's Powder Blues at the Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival.

West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival

I performed at the West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival with my favourite band, Soulstream, celebrating it's 10th anniversary.

Festival Vancouver

I had the pleasure of performing outside the VAG for Festival Vancouver on Aug 8 with The Festival Big Band lead by Al Matheson.

VEJI

I played with old friends, Hugh Fraser's VEJI (Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation) at the Kaslo Jazz Festival on Aug 5.

Joe Keithley

I contributed a number of saxophone tracks for Joe Keithley's (DOA) latest release, "Band Of Rebels". It was really cool to work with a punk legend and was certainly a unique experience for me.

Dal Richards and Friends

Also in the recording realm I contributed three arrangements for Vancouver big band legend Dal Richards latest Cd release "Dal Richards and Friends".

Christie Grace

Due out this fall is a CD project that I produced for jazz singer Christie Grace. "Contemplation" features some very cool cover tunes and several song collaborations that Christie and I concocted and arrangements by myself, Bob Murphy, and Michael Creber. Some of the top Canadian jazz musicians play on the tracks, including Daryl Jahnke, Jodi Proznick, Dave Robbins, Chris Gestrin, Pepe Danza, and a special guest appearance by Paul Shaffer of Letterman Show fame.

Jim Byrnes Concert

I had the honour of doing horn arrangements and leading an allstar horn section consisting of Derry Byrne/Vince Mai-trumpets, Ross Taggart-tenor sax, Chad Makela-baritone sax, and myself on alto sax for a Jim Byrnes concert at the Vancouver International Folk Festival. There were several notable guests including Steve Dawson, Geoff Muldaur, and Karen Savoca.

Joe Coughlin

I performed with Juno Award winning Jazz vocalist, Joe Coughlin in Victoria, B.C. March 21 at the Hotel Grand and March 22 at Hermann's Jazz Club.

Joe is an amazing singer from Toronto, now residing in Victoria. I'm honoured to have performed on his new CD release, "Things Turn Out That Way" which features such West Coast Jazz luminaries as guitarist Pat Coleman (who also produced the CD), trumpeter Mike Herriot, pianist Tony Genge, bassist Ken Lister, and drummer Buff Allen.

The Creatures of Habit, Jazz Cellar

Our 20th anniversary reunion concert of my first recording project, “The Creatures of Habit”. We performed Mar.9th and 10th at the Jazz Cellar and in celebration of the event we re-released our CD, "Live In Montreal", (originally on Justin Time Records).

I was inspired to form this group after attending the Banff School Jazz Workshop for two summers(1987-88) and we eventually won the Grand Prix at the CBC-Alcan Jazz Competition at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 1990.

I’m pleased to say all the original members from the recording are going to be performing at the Cellar. Here we are in 1989, with more hair and less body mass than we currently have!

Havana Jazz Festival

Here's some pix from my trip to Cuba Nov.28/Dec.4 2006 with the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI) where we performed at the Havana Jazz Festival. On opening night, bandleader Hugh Fraser sat in with the great Chucho Valdez, who sat in with us the following night!