discography

the jay collins band poem for you today 2004 hipbone 001 i've played in jay's band for several years and this is our first recording. jay's thing is a cross between mose, waits and satchmo with some bad-ass soloing. socially conscious jazz. gaelan mckenna woodbach 2004 self-produced 'collage of sounds combining elements of world. ambient and jazz music.' i play acoustic and electric piano on three cuts. the living room live in nyc 2004 stanton street records play piano and organ with richard julian on three cuts mudville the glory of man is not in vogue 2003 self-produced piano (and wurly if ben couldn't do such a damn good job, himself) i love this band. lots of samples, slow beats and odd melodies. with a touch of joni mitchell. marshall crenshaw what's in the bag 2003 razor and tie 7930182869-2 played a farfisa solo on one tune. wish it could've been more. marshall is the coolest. president's breakfast III C 2001 disclexia 017 arranged a section of love supreme and played clavinet and bell on a tune. more funky dub from click dark. gaelan mckenna off the continent 2001 self-produced 'combination of african field recordings and urban grooves.' piano on a few cuts. played my best ever on gbeya blues (mp3). makana 1999 moonroom records 001 . i never actually met this guy. howard johnson from different fur asked me to overdub some piano on one cut. makana is a slat-key guitarist from hawaii. bob brumbeloe who knew? 1998 who knew records 01001 piano on two cuts. self-produced recording of originals by bay area guitarist. eric crystal dark matter 1998 rg006 piano on two cuts. self-produced recording of originals by young bay area saxophonist. joel harrison octet range of motion 1997 koch jazz 3-7841-2h1 piano - kind of a world music thing with paul mccandless, elliot kavee, eric crystal, derek jones, marty wehner, russ gold and julian gerstin. joel's music can be intricate as well as beautiful and spiritual. alphabet soup layin' low in the cut l995 mammoth/prawn song mr0082-2 keyboards the only full-length recording of the soup. two studio cuts and the rest is live. sf bammie winner, best urban contemporary recording. president's breakfast barbecue dali 1995 disclexia dl007 piano, melodica an improvised music recording with wil bernard, gtr., nate (the shit) pitts, bass, don byron, clar., and bass clar., and click himself on drums and percussion. president's breakfast doo process 1995 disclexia keyboards click dark's second recording with this project, the first available only on vinyl. he does a nice job with a tune from my first recording and in addition to his own nutty compositions does an arrangement of a wil bernard tune. more funky, dubby, crunchy, ganky insanity. consolidated business of punishment 1994 london 828 514-2 supplied a little clavinet gownk on a couple tunes. up and down club sessions vol 2 l995 mammoth mr0104-2 jj asked me to write a couple of tunes for a group of his choosing that included kenny brooks, josh jones, charlie hunter, geoff brennan and myself on piano. it could be the only recording of charlie just playing the guitar. it was an excellent opportunity for josh to record more of his latin jazz ensemble and his hip-hop/jazz group, hueman flavor. don cherry also guests. winner sf bammie, best jazz recording. robert hohner percussion ensemble the gamut 1994 dmp cd505 piano features dave samuels on one of his tunes and joe morello playing blue rondo a la turk (the tune my brother and i used to practice incessantly to drive my mother mad) and the first tune i ever learned, take five. what a treat that was.other selections include an amazing piece for sextet and eight chromatic drums that the soloist made himself and a steve reich piece called pieces of wood. steve horowitz the code 1994 fot records keyboards wacky bay area outsters ralph carney, willy winant and myles boisen contribute. the jean baudrillard quote in the liner notes says it better than i could, "today, the real and the imaginary are confounded in the same operational totality.....it is an aestheitc reality via the anticipation and the eminence of the code." the love posse w/ moe dark mcgarret is a verb l993 disclexia dl003 percussion, background vocals, samples and keyboards quirkie, funky, laswell meets sly meets beefheart w/ dub. this guys name is bill langton but he goes by click dark. moe is his crooning brother. robert hohner percussion ensemble liftoff l993 dmp cd498 piano and celeste features bob mintzer selections include a marimba arrangement of barber's adagio for strings, tunes by eddie palmieri and pat metheny and the incredible title track for nine bass drums. up and down club session vol 1 1993 mamoth mr0103-2 keyboards on two tunes w/ alphabet soup other acts: the dry look, will bernard trio, josh jones latin jazz ensemble, charlie hunter trio. produced by jj morgan. anthony braxton 8+3 tristano compositions 1991 hat art cd6052 anthony braxton - alto, sopranino and flute jon raskin - bari cecil mcbee - bass andrew cyrille - drums dred - piano