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Excited to share that Ego Mondo’s debut album End of Daze is out now via Ropeadope Records! Thanks to everyone involved on this release.
Ego Mondo is a new trio project with drummer Gary Novak and keyboardist Scott Kinsey, and special guests on the album include Kokayi, Rachel Eckroth, Michael Landau, Jason Lindner, Alan Hertz, and Troy Zeigler. Check it out below!
Listen to End of Daze on Bandcamp
Read MoreLooking forward to the Whose Hat Is This? tour next week! We’re also thrilled to have vocalists Kokayi and Jeff Taylor sit-in for select shows as well. East Coast, come on out!
Tour Dates:
Nov 18 Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pour House Tickets
Nov 19 Washington, DC @ The Hamilton & Tickets
Nov 20 Baltimore, MD @ The 8x10 #& Tickets
Nov 21 Philadelphia, PA @ Green Soul % Tickets
Nov 22 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall ^ Tickets
& Sit-in by vocalist Kokayi
^ Sit-in by vocalist Jeff Taylor
# With Rachel Ann Morgan Band
% With Bethlehem & Sad Patrick
Looking forward for a special show with David Binney on sax, Eric Gardner on drums, and Nick Reinhart on guitar this Saturday 10/19 at The Lexington Bar in LA! Come on out!
Read MoreI contributed a solo track “Atticus” to Red Panda Lab for their charity album Tensor Tracks. The album features music made using the Red Panda Lab Tensor time-warp pedal, and other musicians on the record include Nels Cline, Noveller, Fred Frith, and Zeena Parkins.
100% of the proceeds from the album will be donated to Michigan-based charity Women of Banglatown, a community arts organization for women and girls of the growing-immigrant population in Hamtramck, Michigan. Check out the album here!
Read MoreWhose Hat Is This? is back! We’re looking forward to be making music for you all again in November. Check out the dates below, and see you there!
Tour Dates:
Nov 18 Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pour House % Tickets
Nov 19 Washington, DC @ The Hamilton Tickets
Nov 20 Baltimore, MD @ The 8x10 # Tickets
Nov 21 Philadelphia, PA @ Green Soul More Info
Nov 22 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall Tickets
% With Ryan Stasik’s (Umphrey’s McGee) Wondrous Band
# With Rachel Ann Morgan Band
In New York now after coming back from Donny McCaslin’s European Tour. Tune in to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week where I’ll be joining house band Stay Human!
And on Monday 7/29, come out to the 55 Bar at 10:00PM to catch Henry Hey, Adam Rogers, Shawn Pelton, and yours truly!
Read MoreJust finished up a great run of Canadian dates with Donny McCaslin, thanks all for coming out! Looking forward to join Donny McCaslin again during July in Europe as well as at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in August—all dates below!
Read MoreI’ll be back with house band Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this upcoming week! Catch us on CBS at 11:35/10:35pm Central!
Last time I was in NYC, Henry Hey, Adam Rogers, Shawn Pelton, and I had such a blast that we’ll be playing together again at the 55 Bar on Tuesday 5/21. Come on out!
Read MoreLast week was such a blast with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and house band Stay Human. Excited to announce that I’ll be joining them again for the week of May 20th! Tune in to CBS that week!
Read MoreLooking forward to join house band Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week! Check us out on CBS at 11:35/10:35pm Central! Here are this week’s guests.
I’ll also be joining Henry Hey’s Residency at Rockwood Music Hall this Monday night. Hope to see you NYC!
Read MoreMark Guiliana’s new album BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! is out today! You can hear me play on the track “BLOOM”.
Check out the record below:
Read MoreFor Record Store Day 2019, Tedeschi Trucks Band will be releasing High and Mighty. This EP features unreleased songs from the recording sessions for Signs and a live version of “Shame” from the Chicago Theatre 2018 Residency.
Only 2000 of these will be made! Support your local record store!
Read MoreThanks to MusicRadar, Bass Magazine, and The Wire for featuring me recently! You can find all of these articles in my Press page.
Also looking forward to see some of you during my Europe tour with Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, and Justin Brown starting this week!
Read MoreExcited to announce a few new shows! I’ll be playing a free show with Repenter in LA on Saturday March 16 before playing in Europe with Chris Potter. From April 29 - May 2, I’m also looking forward to join Jon Batiste & Stay Human in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band in New York City. Finally, I’ll be reuniting with Wayne Krantz and Keith Carlock at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City on June 6.
This week, I’ll be in Europe with JZ Replacement (Jamie Murray and Zhenya Strigalev). Check out all dates on my Tour Page!
Read MoreExcited to announce Ego Mondo, a new band including myself, Gary Novak, and Scott Kinsey! Here’s the first track “Justice Part One” featuring Kokayi. Our full record will be coming soon with special guests Troy Zeigler, Rachel Eckroth, Michael Landau, and Jason Lindner!
Youtube: https://youtu.be/IKsZ3taAu2c
Bandcamp: http://egomondo.bandcamp.com/track/justice-part-one
Read MoreLooking forward to joining Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana, and Jason Lindner this week in NYC at the Village Vanguard! We’ll be playing two sets each night between January 22-27. Get your tickets below!
Read MoreExcited to kick off 2019 with these upcoming shows! I’ll be with Daniel Rosenboom in Los Angeles on January 6 before playing at the Village Vanguard in New York City with Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana, Jason Lindner, and special guests from January 22-27. Then, I’ll be heading to Japan with Donny McCaslin in February. All dates are below on my Tour page, and stay tuned for more!
Read MoreDue to unforeseen circumstances, Whose Hat Is This? sadly had to cancel our upcoming December tour. Thanks to all of our fans new and old for an incredible year. Looking forward to see you all again in 2019!
Read MoreThe new Whose Hat Is This? album Everything’s OK is out today! The album is a live recording of our show at The 8x10 in Baltimore last December. Get your copy today, and hope to see you in our last run of dates for 2018, which includes our return to The 8x10!
Whose Hat Is This? December 2018 Tour Dates:
Mon 12/17/18 Washington DC at The Hamilton
Tue 12/18/18 Philadelphia, PA at Milkboy
Wed 12/19/18 Baltimore, MD at The 8x10
Thu 12/20/18 New York, NY at Rockwood Music Hall