Mostly music

Over the years I've written a lot of music that straddles classical and jazz music, and that uses elements from both traditions. I...

I have a feeling young jazz musicians don't listen to classical music as much as did previous generations.  In talking to young mus...

Previously I've been critical on this blog of music that is unnecessarily complex , music that is complex for its own sake, more c...

This Saturday, (March 2nd - details below), I'll be premiering a new piece based on the writing of James Joyce. In doing it I'm...

It's a a pleasant surprise to accidentally stumble across a performance of your work that you didn't know had been done. In this cas...

I’ve just been listening to Alan Ferber’s new recording ’Chamber Songs’ , which features his nonet with the addition of a string group. I al...

Jazz has never been big on child prodigies. Unlike classical music, there have been very few bona-fide child prodigies in the music, or at l...

So here's part two of my questionnaire. In this edition I ask the questions of some of my European friends and colleagues and, as always...

{If you’re interested in more context on this post, have a look at A Question of Status } In a recent discussion about the relative status i...