BLOG: “THE BUZZ”

It’s been 15 years since Nancy first asked me to organize weekly friday night sessions in her art galerie at hamburg’s central Dammtorbahnhof railway station.… Read More »Nancy tilitz galerie

Club Kombinat is an association that represents venues that present live music in hamburg .This is a wonderful concept that really benefits clubs, musicians and… Read More »Club Kombinat

The Galerie All Stars octet is Hamburg’s answer to the Miles Davis Birth Of The Cool recordings in the late 1940s. The All Stars is… Read More »the galerie all stars

Art Blakey was right – “no america no Jazz” as the leader of the Jazz Messengers used to say. Jazz is at the heart of… Read More »“no America, No Jazz!”

“Keep swinging!” was the way old school Jazz musicians used to say goodbye to their friends and colleagues. It was a phrase that more than… Read More »KEEP SWINGING!

I’m excited to announce the release of my new CD Christmas Stories just in time for christmas this year. A gang  of hamburg friends and… Read More »New Christmas CD just out

I don’t have to tell you how difficult the viral pandemic has made life this past year and I guess you can imagine how strange… Read More »Artists And The Pandemic

With all the machines and computer programs for making music coming out of china these days you might be forgiven for wondering why some kids… Read More »Why we play