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It’s great to be back in my studio practicing, teaching, recording and working on videos today. I’ve missed it!

Also, come on out to Birdland tonight – the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra takes the stage at 8:30 & 10:30pm, as every Sunday.

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Traveling has totally thrown off my practice rhythm. Returned from Los Angeles back to NYC today. The time difference is such that we left pretty early in the morning and got back late in the evening. Therefore, no opportunity to pick up the horn and practice. It’s been a rough week for practicing already, so I’m looking forward to changing that in the coming days, now I’m home.

The daily conundrum…

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Sometimes the hardest thing about posting everyday is thinking of something to post. Hence posts like this! Nonetheless, the discipline of doing something daily is important, particularly for those of us who engage in creative practices. It doesn’t have to be your best work everyday, the practice is it’s own reward in the end.

A day of mixed blessings

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Today has been notable for many reasons, both positive and negative. For the purposes of this post, I choose to dwell on the positive. The beginning of baseball season, here in the USA, has been a most welcome distraction which, goodness knows, was extremely necessary. I look forward to watching many more of the following 161 games of the regular season, which will follow over the next 6 months or so.

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Felt really good to pick the trumpet up again after a couple of days off, necessitated by travel and family commitments. I don’t take a break like that often and, occasionally, it can be helpful. However, I have to keep up with it now, as I’m hitting the ground running when I get back to NYC at the weekend. Busy week in prospect….