I make instrumental jazz that puts the trumpet up front. Sometimes it's quiet and smoky, sometimes it's more driving and bop-leaning, but it's always built around melody and tone.
First single Odessa Bulgar out September 25, 2026.
New album Songs I Found coming December 4, 2026.
Eight traditional klezmer tunes played the way a jazz group plays standards, plus two of my own. The melodies stay as written and the harmony and form underneath are rebuilt.
Jul 3, 2025
Two Worlds is out August 1, 2025 on all streaming platforms. It runs 2:48 and there are no vocals.
The trumpet moves between Western major scales and Middle Eastern modes, mostly Levantine, sometimes inside the same phrase. Underneath there's a…
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May 12, 2025
I just spontaneously created a new track over the past weekend, called Doikayt. Doikayt, the Yiddish word for “hereness,” is a Bundist concept embracing diasporism. I played my new kalimba on the track, as well as the cajón, trumpet, bass…
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May 12, 2025
We are finished tracking the Between The Letters EP! It's set to drop August 8, so put it in your calendars. I can't wait for you to hear it! Nick Daniel's guitar work on Saffron adds so much and it…
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May 5, 2025
I'm excited to share the album art for the Between The Letters EP!
