Improvised Elegies
Tomorrow night at sfSound’s West Oakland Sound Series, the trio of Tim Bulkley, David Dvorin and myself will be celebrating the release …
Dragonfly Arrives
Tonight at the beautiful and historic Nevada Theatre we’re celebrating the release of Dragonfly, the new CD and digital offering from Tumble, …
Stinson Trio
The Stinson Trio is the restless electric improvising union of drummer Tim Bulkley, guitarist David Dvorin, and reeds player Randy McKean. Using …
Saxquartitis
As a teenager, visiting older saxophonist brother Curt in Omaha, circa 1980 or so, snooping around his record collection, this album cover …
Music Mondays @ the Nash
Beaucoup Chapeaux–Maggie McKaig on accordion/guitar & vocals; Luke Wilson, tenor guitar & plectrum banjo; Murray Campbell, violin & oboes; yours truly on …
In the Pocket
Excitement abounds as a new band pops up and onto the streets–in this case, guitarist David Dvorin‘s Pocket Quartet. (Our 2nd gig …
Pocket, consisting of David Dvorin (guitar), Matt Langley (saxophones), Randy McKean (contralto clarinet), and Tim Bulkley (percussion), combines the freewheeling groove and grit of mid-century blues …
Beaucoup’s Back
Yes, that beloved EuroCafe Quartet, Beaucoup Chapeaux, is back in action, and at one of the finer establishments in Nevada City, The …
Medicine for Nightmares
Super psyched to be performing with Bristle, 7 PM this Friday 2/24/23 at Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, SF, as part …
Cover to Cover
That’s right! Tomorrow night, January 26, I’ll be playing at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City as part of a Tribute to …
Chicken Bonz
Ludi Hinrichs and Chicken Bonz clearly take us out of the box, while swinging with their colorful signature sound. Driven by a …
Words & Waves
Thanks to The Union and Paul Barbieri at KVMR for helping get the word out about tonight’s concert at the Nevada Theatre–I …
Creative Impulse(s)
Thanks to the Sierra Jazz Society for this interview with yours truly they recently published on their website–the occasion for the talk …
Nevada Theatre Deluxe
This Friday, November 5, it’s Cure-All Night at the gorgeous Nevada Theatre in Nevada City–Tumble and Flounder are doing a double header as …
Hear Ye Hear Ye
Thanks to local media for helping get the word out about the new Flounder record and tonight’s CD release show at the Wild …
Flounder CD Release Party
Next Saturday, October 2, Flounder has its CD Release Party in Grass Valley. We played at Wild Eye back in Fall 2019, …
I’m a Believer
TONIGHT, Tuesday 9/14, from 6 PM PST/ 9 PM EST, Flounder will be on Michelle Amador‘s LiveStream show, talking about our brand …
I’m the Flounder
Just released into the wild on Cure-All Records–the debut album from guitarist David Dvorin‘s Flounder, with Cliff Childers on brass, Randy McKean …
“Eeyahdi” Party Online
Goggle CD Release Party
Goggle, the saxophone quartet comprised of me and three of my longest-running musical associates–Chris Jonas, Dan Plonsey, and Cory Wright–is releasing our …
Flounder
In Memoriam Clifford Childers 2023 May he Rest In Peace David, Tim and Randy plan to play on in other forms and …
Pac and Seep
Pac and Seep is the duo of drummer/artist Jon Bafus and reeds player Randy McKean. Their music mixes improvisatory abandon with rhythmic …
Goggle
Goggle consists of four accomplished composer/performers who have worked for years together, inspiring and challenging one another deeply in terms of innovation …
Tumble
The Northern California-based group Tumble weaves the trancey bell tones of the African mbira with beefy guitar riffs and edgy single reed …
Bristle
Audio Visual Press Bristle’s unique sound is a fortunate accident: when saxophonists/clarinetists Cory Wright and Randy McKean asked bassist Lisa Mezzacappa to …
Pluck Vim Vigour
The Northern California folk-prov trio Pluck Vim Vigour channel sweeping mountain vistas and sprawling urban splendour into eclectic panoramas best viewed from …
Gargantius Effect
The Gargantius Effect is the brainchild of Murray Campbell (violin, oboe and electronics) and Randy McKean (reeds). Like the Stanislaw Lem story …
Beaucoup Chapeaux
Led by Maggie McKaig on accordion and vocals, this acoustic quartet is one part Parisian Bistro or Italian Café, another part circus, …
Randy McKean’s Wild Horsey Ride
One evening in summer 2012, Wes Steed recorded Randy McKean skronking away in a small locked room in Steed’s house in Sacramento. …
Sawbones
Maxima Kahn and Randy McKean met in a writing workshop seven years ago, shortly after McKean relocated to Grass Valley from New …