Have any of your students gone
on to form bands or get gigs of
note?
One of my students, Emily Case,
is the guitarist with Switch Mob,
who is a young band that fuses
funk, rock and hip hop. They are
playing a ton and doing some
regional shows. Several of my
students have opened recording
studios and one is involved with a
major label currently.
am Schwartz and the incredible
drummer Alvester Garnett.
Have you played as a session
man on any records you want to
mention?
I played as a session man on a
great Irish/English/Medieval folk
record called ‘Coeur de Lion.’ I
played mandolin, guitar and some
other bizarre string instruments.
It was a lot of fun. I’ve played on
several jazz records, most notably
Switch Mob are on a summer
with Radam Schwartz. I’ve been
tour that Garden State Hip Hop
fortunate to have such wide expe-
and Makin Waves are putting to- rience in music.
gether. How many records have
you released as a solo jazz act,
How many records have Secret
when and on what labels?
Sound released and when?
Only one: I released ‘Tolerance’
Only the 2018 EP; we were
on Summit Records in 2013. It is
primarily a gigging band for
an organ trio record featuring Rad- so long.
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