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CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE - SATURDAY 3/3
I'll be celebrating the release of my fifth CD - All Around Us (WEPA Records) - with a performance at the Massry Center For The Arts (1002 Madison Ave, Albany, NY) on Saturday, March 3, 2012.

Admission to the 7:30pm performance is $10 and tickets are now available by clicking here.

All Around Us is a collection of six original compositions as well as arrangements of Wayne Shorter's "Juju" and Bronislaw Kaper's "Invitation". Check out a video preview of the music below.

The album and release performance will feature David Caldwell-Mason on piano & fender rhodes, Mike DelPrete on acoustic bass and Danny Whelchel on drums & percussion.

Click here to purchase tickets.



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PHOTOS/REVIEW FROM RECENT PERFORMANCES
Thank you to Nippertown and photographers Andrzej Pilarczyk and Richard Johnson who documented recent BPQ performances at "Upbeat on the Roof" at the Tang Museum in Saratoga, NY and Freedom Park in Scotia, NY.

Click here for a review from "Upbeat on the Roof" by Nippertown
Click here for photos from "Upbeat on the Roof" by Andrzej Pilarczyk
Click here for photos from Freedom Park by Richard Johnson

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METROLAND BEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION & READERS' PICKS 2011
Thank you to the staff of Metroland for voting the BPQ "Best Jazz Artist" in this year's "Best of the Capital Region" issue.

Thanks as well to the readers of Metroland for voting the BPQ the "Best Local Jazz Band" for the sixth year in a row in the alternative newsweekly's annual "Readers' Picks" poll.

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RECENT PRESS:
• Nippertown review of "Upbeat on the Roof" performance
• Metroland Best of the Capital Region 2011 - "Best Jazz Combo"
• Metroland 2011 Readers' Poll - "Best Local Jazz Band"
• Metroland Best of the Capital Region 2010 - "Best Jazz Artist"
• Ottawa Citizen review of Riverview by Peter Hum
• Metroland 2010 Readers' Poll - "Best Local Jazz Band"
• AllAboutJazz.com Upstate New York Jazz by J Hunter
• CD Baby Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009 - Riverview
• Metroland Best of 2009 - Riverview
• Nippertown Top Albums of 2009 - Riverview
• albanyjazz.com Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2009 - Riverview
• JazzTimes review of Riverview by Bill Milkowski
• CD Baby Jazz Picks April 2009
• Metroland review of Riverview by Josh Potter
• AllAboutJazz.com review of Riverview by Nicholas F. Mondello
• Metroland Best of the Capital Region 2009 - "Best Jazz Combo"
• Metroland 2009 Readers' Poll - "Best Local Jazz Band"
• State Of Mind interview with J Hunter
• AllAboutJazz.com review of Riverview by John Dworkin
• JazzReview.com review of Riverview by Glenn Astarita
• AllAboutJazz.com review of Riverview by Mark F. Turner
• AllAboutJazz.com review of Riverview release concert by Alexander Stern
• albanyjazz.com review of Riverview release concert by J Hunter
• The Hidden City photos of Riverview release concert by Bryan Thomas
• albanyjazz.com photos of Riverview release concert by Rudy Lu
• Times Union feature article by Michael Eck
• Metroland Night & Day section
• Daily Gazette Jukebox column by Michael Hochanadel
• Heartstack.org review of Riverview by Matthew Loiacono
• albanyjazz.com review of Riverview by J Hunter
• Music & More review of Riverview by Tim Niland
• click here for more