December 2010

I’ve been thinking about how precious our lives are recently. Many of us have a tendency to feel invincible when things are going well, but as soon as we hit a bump in the road we realize just how fragile life is. In these times, I am reminded that what really matters in life are […]

The Jason Parker Quartet’s version of Nick Drake’s “Three Hours” is the download of the day at All About Jazz.com, the web’s biggest jazz site. The good folks at AAJ have featured our music before and we’re excited to have been chosen once again. Click here to download the mp3 for free. This comes at […]

Today is my 43rd birthday. I expect presents. Lots of ’em. Big ones, small ones, medium ones. Presents wrapped in colorful paper and beautiful gift bags. Presents sent in the mail and delivered by hand. Presents that are hand-made and store-bought. And let’s not forget cake. And cookies. And cupcakes. And brownies. With frosting, chocolate […]

“If good art is to remain good medicine for the human spirit, it must remain firmly rooted in our relationships” – Gerrit Verstraete Recently on the Nextbop website, editor-in-chief Anthony Dean-Harris wrote a piece called “We Are All In The Music Business Now, Apparently”. In it, he talks about the recent increase in Kickstarter fan-funding […]