Angela Vicente is an incredibly talented musician, fellow USC alum, and a good friend. After many years, Angela has released an album of original songs called, “Letters I Never Sent”. It is a beautiful album and I had the pleasure … Continue reading
Big band is one of my favorite genres to play and it’s been a pleasure to play so much good music with the Elliot Deutsch Big Band over the years. Elliot wanted to showcase the band, so we’ve been recording … Continue reading
A couple years ago I played drums for the score and soundtrack of “A Merry Friggin’ Christmas”, a movie starring Robin Williams and Joel McHale. There are a couple of fun tracks on it that I thought I’d share. The … Continue reading
Over many years I have been making music in a group headed up by Deb Vogt called Delevo & The Early Bird Circus. After many iterations, changes of personnel, recordings and re-recordings, this album has been released. Deb put A. … Continue reading
A movie was recently released entitled “Whiplash”- a grueling story of a young drummer seeking his destiny as a jazz legend and the drama that unravels under the direction of a very extreme band director. If you haven’t seen it, … Continue reading
After many years of performances, Elliot finally got the guys and the cash together to record a new album. Recorded at Capitol Records Studio B, it turned out really great. Here are a couple tracks- “Pure Imagination”, with an amazing … Continue reading
Back in March of this year, I had the pleasure of playing for a live recording/filming with Australian pop artist Delta Goodrem. I was unfamiliar with her prior to filming, but turns out she has recorded one of Australia’s all-time … Continue reading
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to be a part of an album of original music written by members of the Pacific Crossroads Church worship team. I have been involved with PCC for 3 years now and was invited … Continue reading
My friends Nick DePinna and Hitomi Oba have graciously asked me to be a part of the small band they are using to get their first jazz opera off the ground. It is called “Strange Fellowe”… I know so little about … Continue reading
We had a great cd release show at Hotel Cafe and follow up show at KCRW’s “School Night” at Bardot this week. Anna Su, Rachel Vaughan, Nate Vaughan, and Kris Karlsson are a great team and make for fun times … Continue reading