“Thoughts on the Matter” album

Personnel -

Ulysses Owens Jr. - Drums

Thomas Milovac - bass

Per Danielsson - Piano

This project came together almost by chance. During a global pandemic I did not think recording a live album was even possible. Luckily Benoit Glazer and his family at Timucua Arts made live music possible during this unpredictable time.

I had the opportunity to meet Ulysses Owens Jr. at Timucua back in September. After sitting in on his group's gig, Ulysses offered to come back and play with my Quartet. I immediately went to my favorite Pianist and Bass player in town in Per Danielsson and Thomas Milovac and started writing the project. 

This album is written based on my thoughts and feelings on different matters. After 23 short years of life I've experienced a lot of positives and negatives. Losing my mother in December of 2019 was and still is the biggest obstacle I've faced. I based the album around "The Grief Suite" a suite I wrote based on my feelings during the grieving process after losing my Mom. The tunes proceeding the suite are "Yorkshire Street" which was written for my Yorkshire Terrier Macy and "Riley" a tune I wrote for my beautiful girlfriend. I chose to finish the album with John Coltrane's "Resolution" from his famous project "Love Supreme". Not only does the title really finish off the album but the energy and melody really caps off the project. 

I can't put into words how thankful I am for Benoit Glazer, Ulysses Owens Jr., Thomas Milovac and Per Danielsson for helping bring this project to life. Everyone's playing is absolutely beautiful and exactly what I envisioned when putting this together. I hope you hear my voice come out through this music.