A nice long walk in Manhattan on a winter’s day!
I’m gearing up for what looks to be a fun spring – some performances with great bands and new people. I got out of work a little after 5pm yesterday …
The Today Show Pt. 2 (The pics)
Happy February! We’re that much closer to the end of the long cold Northeast winter. As promised, here are a few photos from The Today Show performance with Gemma Genazzano …
The Today Show, now it’s time to sleep…er…blog!
First off…the video of today’s performance with Gemma Genazzano on The Today Show is up on The Today Show’s website: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/35143957#35143957 This has been quite a day. It started at 4am …
Word of Advice…if you’re a musician don’t do this!
I had something happen the other day that I’ve never experienced before and left me completely bewildered and astonished. I’m not out to sabotage anyone’s career, (and this person who …
Bjorkestra: The Lost Banff Tracks
I attended the Banff Jazz Workshop for Improvised Music in spring 2008, and had the amazing opportunity to have my Bjorkestra arrangements performed and recorded by several of the students …
Travis’ solo piano recording debut: Winter in New Hampshire
Exciting news! I’m pleased to announce that I can now post music on my blog. I am, after all, a musician (in case you haven’t figured that out by now!). …
Travis (in Persian)
Last year I had the amazing opportunity to travel to London for a live TV show and show taping for BBC Persia. I performed with Rana Farhan, an Iranian born …
Travis on The Today Show next week!
I’m home today from work…happy MLK Day! Some exciting news…I’m going to be making my first network TV appearance on NBC’s The Today Show on January 29th at 9:30am. …
Going Uptown with Dr. Billy Taylor
I’m not really that much of a Dr. Billy Taylor fan, but I recently got hired to do a transcription of his version of Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” …
Earthquake Relief…
Come out tonight and check out the Calvosa-Sullivan Project at Googie’s…’twill be a hootenanny. My heart goes out to the victims of the earthquake yesterday in Haiti. I can’t imagine …