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I spent about 15 years working as a professional musician in Portland, Oregon. I played the acoustic guitar and wrote songs, performed in a couple of very popular bands, did studio work as a vocalist, and accompanied modern dance classes at Reed College, Dancers Workshop, Portland State University, and elsewhere by improvising on piano and percussion.
Inevitably, I burned out.
But in 1999 I recorded a CD, Uneasy Sleep, on Corvallis-based label Louie Records, produced and engineered by Louie CEO Dave Storrs. The players - Storrs on drums, Dave Leslie on keyboards, Page Hundemer on bass, Mike Curtis on reeds, Tom Bergeron on baritone sax, Steve Willis on guitar - are among the best anywhere. They're devoted to free improvisation, which made my songs flow in a way more static players could not have achieved.
Uneasy Sleep is available on CDBaby (player below); individual cuts can be heard and purchased on iTunes and Jango.com. Or you can contact me directly.
Inevitably, I burned out.
But in 1999 I recorded a CD, Uneasy Sleep, on Corvallis-based label Louie Records, produced and engineered by Louie CEO Dave Storrs. The players - Storrs on drums, Dave Leslie on keyboards, Page Hundemer on bass, Mike Curtis on reeds, Tom Bergeron on baritone sax, Steve Willis on guitar - are among the best anywhere. They're devoted to free improvisation, which made my songs flow in a way more static players could not have achieved.
Uneasy Sleep is available on CDBaby (player below); individual cuts can be heard and purchased on iTunes and Jango.com. Or you can contact me directly.