News

It’s official. Tryptique was launched to a full house at the Jazz Bistro and has been garnering fantastic reviews and plays around the world! Check out the Tryptique page for reviews and quotes.

I can’t tell you how thrilled Colleen Allen (flute, saxophones), George Koller (bass) and I are to be releasing our first CD as a trio- Tryptique. You can read about us over here with links to our EPK where we talk about the band, plus links to hear/purchase/download. We’ll be celebrating at the Jazz Bistro […]

Colleen Allen (flute/sax), George Koller (bass) and I have been busy recording our first CD as a trio! We have amassed a huge repertoire of music with influences from Baroque to World music, standards, originals and music by Canadian composers. We are a chamber ensemble with a diverse musical landscape and can’t wait to share […]

Introducing Tryptique. My new jazz trio with Colleen Allen (saxes, flute) and George Koller (bass). This instrumental chamber/jazz trio features music by many Canadian composers, music inspired by Classical and World music, quirky, original and deeply communicative. We’re in the process of recording our first CD both in the studio and live at the Jazz […]

I’ll be entering January in full swing with my wonderful bandmates Colleen Allen and George Koller. We have a wealth of new material we’re gearing up to record and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been up to on January 11 and 12 at Hirut Cafe. Hirut is one of the most talked […]

edit: Please note that the “Thieves of Dreams” concert scheduled for Thursday, October 19 has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a later date. I really do love this time of the year. The fall colours bring along new beginnings and a freshness in the air. I’m particularly excited about about 2 upcoming concerts. […]

I’ve been making music with George Koller for much of my jazz career, and we are involved in a ton of musical projects. It’s always a special treat to be in a duo format where either one of us can take a detour, we can surprise each other and still find our way….somewhere…. We’ll be […]

and so it goes. Lots of time to reflect and write and practice and experiment followed by a full weekend of completely different gigs. On Saturday I’ll be playing standards (standards!!) with Bobby Brough (I mean…), Jim Gelcer and Victor Bateman. Beautiful interesting repertoire, much of which I haven’t played in years. It’s a fascinating […]

I’ve been preparing for a truly wonderful musical weekend. Firstly, the fabulous Jazz Room in Waterloo on Saturday, April 29, where I’lll be playing with George Koller on bass and Ethan Ardelli on drums. Some of my new material is inspired by Baroque music, and I’ll be including some rarely heard Jobim, a Duke Ellington […]

Saulter Suite began as a “Covid” rehearsal band. Four great friends and fab musicians suddenly found time on their hands to session weekly. It was truly our pandemic “silver lining”. We focussed on some Canadian composers, our own compositions and just brought in whatever tickled our fancy. I mean we played just because we wanted […]