My newest group is Golden Age, and I’m using it to focus on the more angular / rock-ish ideas I write down from time to time. With Ton Trio II I’m focusing on the swing, and this group is steering…
Dirty Snacks at Makeout Room June 3, 2013
Mark Clifford is a vibraphone player – a very good one, and he writes music too. I met him a few years ago at MamaBuzz Cafe, where he was playing in duo with a bassist. A random encounter that has…
Ton Trio II at Duende – May 18, 2013
Ton Trio II is my newest trio with the young bassist Scott Brown and the “secret weapon” drummer Alex Vittum. We’ve been playing as a trio since early December 2012 at a monthly show at the Layover, a bar in…
Marches Ivy Room 8-24-2009
Last night I played at the Ivy Room with Marches, it was our first show with the lineup of myself on alto & tenor, Cory Wright on tenor and baritone, Nate Brenner on bass and Jordan Glenn on drums. This…
Shelton Perkis Smith Glenn Uptown 8-18-09
A really great show last night at the Uptown in Oakland. It’s part of their “Avant-Garde” Tuesday series, one show a month with no cover charge, but with donations asked for inside the main room. It’s really a good space…
Bennett Shelton Flux Theatre 8-14-2009
Tonight played in east Oakland with Aaron Bennett at the Flux Theater. It’s a relatively new space in a tough stretch of Foothill Blvd out in the general Mills area. We got added to the show this week – Aaron…
Marches Blue Six 8-12-2009
My new group is called Marches. I’m thinking of it as a compartmentalized group where the music can be played as a trio, quartet, quintet or larger. The music has been on my mind for a bit now – I…
Gogo Fightmaster Ivy Room 8-10-2009
Played at the Ivy Room this past Monday with Aaron Bennett’s Gogo Fightmaster. Aaron’s a great tenor player and the first time I saw this group a few years ago I really liked what I heard. Aaron and I have…
Shelton Baker Glenn 7-29-2009
Last night played at the Climate Theater in SF with Jordan Glenn and Gene Baker. Michael Coleman had asked me to bring a group for the night, he was playing in his trio Beep with Nate Brenner on bass and…
It’s been a while! Europe in May
Okay, it’s been waaaay too long since I last posted. Seeing as it’s July and the last post was in mid-April, that means somehow 3 months have passed without a post. This includes trips to France, Poland, Serbia, Chicago and…
March & April 2009
Quite a bite has been going on the last month or so and I just haven’t been writing about it. It’s spring in California, and though I’m sure to those of you in other parts of the country that can…
No shows since 2009?
Not really true, actually, I’ve been playing lots of shows, but partly due to a botched hosting platform transfer, and let’s face it, a lack of due diligence, I’ve been letting this slip. I’m planning to add to this page…