The story of a documentary about esteemed doublebassist and teacher Ms. Orin O'Brien.

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My friend and colleague lost everything when his house burned to the ground during the Los Angeles fires.

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After a freak occurrence at a gig, I decided to explore the meaning of the word music.

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I describe how my jazz life is a subset of my larger life.

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I explain the process I go through to present a band that I assemble and lead in performance in a New York City jazz club.

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While recoding one of several records with James Moody, I had the experience of also recording with Dizzy Gillespie. This is an account of that event.

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A band I was in decided I needed a style makeover so I would appear to be, "Hipper." This story recounts that unpredictable journey and the eventual outcome.

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In my process of revisiting my Classical music roots (I note that Jon Batiste is doing the same at the moment, in his own way, of course!) I received a call to tackle some very challenging music. This is the story of how it came about and what the end result was.

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