Touring w/Monophonics (San Francisco Soul/Psych/Rock)

  Recently I've been lucky enough to tour with Monophonics, a great San Francisco-based Soul/Psych/Rock sextet.  Their recent album "In Your Brain" was released on Ubiquity Records, the same label as my band Ikebe Shakedown.  We toured The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Germany and had a blast, they're great dudes.  Tomorrow we start a US run from Wichita to Buffalo - no rest for the weary!

  Here's a video of Aretha's classic "Baby I Love You" from The Blues Garage in Isernhagen, Germany (I solo a bit after the 3:30 mark), and part of Sly Stone's "Underdog" from a wild club show in Paris.

SUMMER = TOUR

  Once again I'll be touring a lot this summer, in fact in the last month I've been all over Europe with Streetlight Manifesto and Monophonics.  Soon I'll be heading out around the US with the same two groups - here's my general summer schedule highlights, full set from Streetlight in Paris below! (details here):

4/26 - 5/1 : France, Belgium, Germany w/Streetlight Manifesto

5/3 - 5/16 - Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany w/Monophonics

5/18 : New Jersey w/Streetlight Manifesto

5/23 - 5/29 : England, Scotland w/Streetlight Manifesto

6/7 - 6/16 : US Tour w/Monophonics

6/18 - 7/13 : US Tour w/Streetlight Manifesto

7/21 - 8/4 : US Tour w/Monophonics

Lots and Lots of Salsa

  I've always played a decent amount of salsa, but it's recently taken off!  I'm happy to be a first-call trombonist with La Excelencia & Grupo Arcano, and first sub with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra.  These are essentially the top 3 young salsa bands in NYC, it's an honor.  Here's some videos from the past few months of different gigs, all at SOB's (one of NYC's finest salsa venues)

LA EXCELENCIA - "YO LOS INVITO A GOZAR" (New song, 1st performance)

GRUPO ARCANO - "TU NO SABES QUERER" BY LALO RODRIGUEZ

WILLIAMSBURG SALSA ORCHESTRA  (I solo around 1:30)

Breakdown Brass Teaser Video!

My brass band Breakdown Brass recently recorded 2 singles straight to tape at Dunham Records in Brooklyn.  The sounds are HUGE but unfinished, so check out this teaser video in the meantime!  Camera audio only:

Streetlight Manifesto in South America!

  Streetlight Manifesto recently went back to South America to play the WROS Fest in Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires and Santiago.  It was a great experience, with amazing food/people/culture everywhere.  I even had a day off in Buenos Aires for my birthday!  Here's a video of "We Will Fall Together" from the Sao Paolo gig, in front of ~5,000 people:

Performing with Slavic Soul Party!

  I've recently been lucky enough to play trombone with Slavic Soul Party in Brooklyn.  SSP is an amazing balkan brass band that I've listened to for years, it's definitely an honor to play with them.
 

Recording for Wu-Tang & Kool G Rap for RZA's new movie, "The Man With The Iron Fists", prod. Frank Dukes & BadBadNotGood - "Rivers Of Blood"

  I'm very proud to have recorded on this Wu-Tang & Kool G Rap track from the soundtrack to RZA/Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie "The Man With The Iron Fists", starring Lucy Liu and Russell Crowe.  The horns were recorded at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn with producer Frank Dukes, with the rhythm tracks recorded in Toronto by hip-hop/jazz trio BadBadNotGood (they're dope).