Here’s a funky blues head called “The JAMFS Are Coming” by Johnny Griffin, one of my all time favorite tenor players. I’ve been playing this head around town lately at jam sessions and last week, while workshopping some new music in the studio for my next album, I decided to record it. The musicians who joined me on this date are Lee Tomboulian piano, Curtis Ostile bass, and Diego Joaquin Ramirez on drums. I sincerely hope you enjoy it!
Down Under The Manhattan Bridge Overpass
Here are some recent images taken by the very talented Jen Neuman on April 20, 2014 in DUMBO Brooklyn.
Beekman33 Piano Recital June 16, 2013
Father’s Day was bittersweet for me. My dad, Joe Killian, passed away last month at the age of 86 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He imbued a profound love of music in me. He never forced me to learn piano, he just made it so fun that I wanted to try it out. I must have seen him play a hundred times growing up and not once did it ever occur to me that I’d be performing with him in my band many years later. Oftentimes, he’d be practicing a new song for an upcoming gig, and I …