They said, “You’re too old to make an album.” Thank goodness I ignored them.

If you were in the U.S. Pacific Northwest during the 1970s, you might have tossed a coin in my street musician’s hat in Seattle, Eugene, or Berkeley. If you did, thank you because you encouraged me to keep making music. Between then and now, I became a dad and a healthcare professional, with singing and playing occurring in the cracks.

Now, I am a grandfather and retired physician assistant. During the pandemic, when there was no live music in public, I partnered with legendary Boston jazz pianist Harvey Diamond for our “outlaw” jam sessions: live music just for us and no one else. We played together, not to please an audience or a club owner, but to serve the music and ourselves. Based on jazz standards, the music was spontaneous improvisations, never the same in four years of weekly sessions. The emotional connection between us and the music was palpable. We kept wishing for a way to share these sounds.

Magically, we crossed paths with Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and her Orchard of Pomegranates Records. I had never recorded and Harvey had never been on a label. The path to this finished recording is its own story, not to be told here.

NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan says, “I really dig your voice, John.”
NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman says, “Harvey is a true master.”

Now, dear reader, you are a mere click away from hearing the product of what these two old souls created together musically at this April 2024 recording session.
What are you waiting for?
Do it!

And, we thank you.