trapped in the moment
What is it we do? For myself and a lot of musicians I know, we do everything we can. I’m talking about musically. Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, whatever. Most of us have studied a lot of Jazz, which makes it easier for us to pick up other modern styles easily. However a lot of what
Strong Records first recording session
Excited to have had Microkingdom here on Sunday to record the very first Strong Records record. Or whatever. Strong Records is 2 Jons: myself and Mr. Lipscomb. For now, we are doing hit & run recordings in my living room to amass a body of high quality sounds. More info soon. Check out our page
exciting things are in the works
Really excited for a couple of shows coming up – more details soon. I got to see my good friend Zach Swanson yesterday when we made an audition video with drummer Mike Ross for a cruise gig in October. Changed the name of my solo project – check out Inca on facebook/incarocks. Also I’m making
CD release show recording
personnel: Ben Frock, trumpet; Jarrett Gilgore, alto; Dan Ryan, guitar; Jon Birkholz, piano; Zach Swanson, bass; Chad Hochberg, drums; enjoy!
Jazz Lunch on CDbaby
Coinciding with the release of the new Jazz Lunch CD “Housewarming,” the record has been made available for sale on cdbaby. I hope you choose to support our efforts to bring you the highest quality homemade music. Here is a brief history of the CD: Housewarming was recorded over the first weekend in June here
interview with Doc Manning on WEAA
Hey folks, I’ll be doing a phone interview with Doc Manning tonight on WEAA about the new Jazz Lunch record around 8:20 pm if you feel like tuning in.
A very windy jazz lunch
Join Jazz Lunch today for melodica/alto saxophone duets featuring our new alto player Jarrett Gilgore. The new Jazz Lunch record will be available for sale. Exciting news coming soon- stay tuned.
even more uses for rice
Here’s a first for me: rice with eggs. Scrambled eggs. Scramble some eggs and put some rice in there. Ok now some cheese (I used jarlsberg) and now some mustard. Try it. Pretty weird huh? If you can get past the texture this might be edible even. Kind of reminds me of oatmeal omelettes.
here’s to new things
1. new projects 2. new friends 3. new bands 4. new venues 5. new opportunities 6. new albums good friend and bassist Adam Hopkins will be moving to Brooklyn NY this Thursday – I’d like to wish him and the others who are moving (Eric, Cam, Nathan, Chad etc) North all the best in their