"If I had to choose a single musician according to his artistic merit and the originality of his creation, but also for the greatness of his work, it would be Bud Powell. Nobody could measure up to him." BIll Evans.

Here is my interpretation of Bud Powell's "Reets and I" with Vanessa McGowen on bass and Bob Chmel on drums.

Here is a demo of the Groovin' High Orchestra, check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDTX0xVA_c&feature=channel_page

Here is a link to the Tommy Thompson Project Web Site
You can watch some videos with great Smooth Jazz!
http://www.tommythompsonproject.com/video.html

This is a song from the Concert at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. Juan Gabriel is one of the most famous singers-songwriters in Latin America and Spain, he has sold over 100 million albums over more than 30 years. I wrote the orchestration for this song performed by the Orchestra and Chorus of Bellas Artes and Juan Gabriel's musical group of that time (1998)

Here are some pictures with friends at at some gigs...
The music is "Deja-Vu" composed by Isaac Hayes. The Trio consists of Joe Thomasula on the drums, Chris Hermes on Bass and Moises Sol on Piano.

Art Tatum is the greatest pianist in jazz history... In this video I perform Art Tatum's arrangement of Juan Tizol's Caravan. Tatum's original 1940 recording can be heard on the CD "Art Tatum, California Melodies", Memphis Archives MA7007, 1994.

The great Claire Fischer wrote this song. My friends playing in this song are :
Vanessa McGowen on bass, James Tait-Jaimeson on Sax, Bill Staylon on Guitar, and Bob Chmel on drums.