Life swings

Life swings

Life swings it's a thing
the trend that will never end
the groove that just moves.

Watch the Stanley Clarke Band:

Inspired by seeing the Stanley Clarke Band at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 

Hello

Hello

Hello. Can we sing?
Can we dance? Can we jive right
when you have a chance?

Watch Louis Armstrong playing, "Hello Dolly":

Inspired by L'espirit De La Nouvelle-Orleans at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 

Hum sing shout

Hum sing shout 

If I ever get too low
that I can't enjoy the show
just hum sing shout
until my blues are out.

Bix Beiderbecke playing "Royal Garden Blues":

Inspired by Dixieland bands at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 

No mystery

No mystery

Grateful - it is no
mystery why I love jazz
or why I love you.

My sketch of Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke Band playing, "No Mystery".

Inspired by the Stanley Clarke Band at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 

Network

Network

Cultures, sounds,
people, places,
time zones,
a single instant
- captured.

My sketch of  Charnett Moffett

My sketch of Jeff Tain Watts

Inspired by the NettWork Trio at the Montreal Jazz Festival: Charnett Moffett, Stanley Jordan & Jeff Tain Watts