Week 3 at IAR: The Casual Sextet
Since 2000 I’ve written a number of pieces that aren’t the usual “lead sheet” type of jazz tune. I formed The Casual Sextet to perform these compositions. We’ve been playing …
Week 2 at IAR: Recording with the Calvosa Sullivan Project
I’ve been co-writing songs with my good friend and former Manhattan School of Music classmate Kat Calvosa for the past 2 years. This has been an incredibly educational experience for …
Recording at The Institute of Audio Research, Week 1
This past Monday I had the first of my four weeks worth of recording sessions at The Institute of Audio Research (IAR). They have this really cool program that’s basically …
Saturday Night in NYC: Yutaka Uchida Quartet at Hirai Mong
This evening I had the pleasure of checking out my friend and former Anti-Elevator Mission cohort Yutaka Uchida’s band at this great Korean restaurant on St. Mark’s in the East …
Week in review
I just ran into Henry Threadgill at this little wine/pastry shop next door to my girlfriend’s place in the East Village. I met him a while back when he was …
NYFA Boot Camp Redux
This past weekend I completed the last session of the Artists as Entrepreneurs Boot Camp at the New York Foundation for the Arts. I learned a lot and make a …
Kickstarter “Live at the Jazz Standard” update, and March happenings
So far so good…$350 raised for the Bjorkestra’s “Live at the Jazz Standard” CD Project on Kickstarter.com! Thanks to all of those who have donated thus far. There’s a long …
The Bjorkestra “Live at the Jazz Standard” Kickstarter Project!
I have an exciting announcement – a new Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra CD is in the works! In order to fund the completion project, I’m asking friends, family, and fans (the 3 F’s, …
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 …
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 …