SOUL-JAZZ Big Band live on Jazz 90.1
October 12, 2016Russell Scarbrough’s SOUL-JAZZ Big Band will be performing live on WGMC 90.1 FM radio in Rochester, NY on Wednesday October 12 from 7-8pm. The performance will also be streaming live […]
BlueSpin
August 26, 2016I had a great experience this past spring at French Road Elementary with band director Debbie Parker and jazz guitarist Bob Sneider. Good composers can write at all levels, I […]
Jazz ensemble works at eJazzLines.com
March 2, 2016I’m pleased to announce that a number of my recent works for jazz ensemble are now published by Walrus Music Publishing, and available from eJazzLines.com, one of the largest distributors […]
Finding my music in iTunes
August 18, 2015A quick look in iTunes has revealed a couple of my pieces have appeared there recently. Here’s how to find them there to hear and to purchase: Vox Planetarium, recorded […]
“Music You Should Know” – Part 2
April 23, 2015Read Part I here. Delving into another group of composers/compositions, IMO, high-school-age composition students should familiarize themselves with, here are what I call Late 20th-century Modernists. I expect a certain […]
Vox Planetarium released on Wirrpang Records
April 18, 2015I’m pleased to announce that my low-flutes-with-electronics piece Vox Planetarium, commissioned by Peter Sheridan, has just been released on Wirripang Records in Australia. The CD, entitled “Labyrinths of Lowness”, was […]
“Music You Should Know” – Part 1
April 14, 2015I have several young private composition students I teach regularly, and then during the summer I work closely with a handful of students at the Csehy Summer School of Music. […]
Whiplash
March 4, 2015Posts have been few and far between lately — too busy writing and playing! — but the erudite Ethan Iverson and I exchanged some email regarding Hank Levy and Buddy […]
Clay Jenkins performs “Tray-Bo”
November 14, 2013Here’s a recent video of Clay Jenkins performing his original tune Tray-Bo at Columbus State University in 2012. I arranged this big band chart for him a few years ago […]
Upcoming feature on Composer’s Circle
October 14, 2013I will be the featured composer of the day on ComposersCircle.com, this coming Saturday, October 19! Composers Circle is a great site to experience fresh new music of young composers […]