Jazz & Blues Intel: Monthly jazz column on profiles, concert reviews, CD reviews, etc....

Beginning with Monterey Jazz Festival in 1994, develop panels and discussions with artists performing at music festivals;most recently from 2003 to present, curating panels with artists performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival (including Q&As, Blindfold Test, "The Soundies"); contacting prospective panelists and coordinating schedules(have also curated similar panel development at Detroit Jazz Festival, Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival (New York), Barcelona Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy)

Write longform feature stories for music magazine DownBeat.Live "Blindfold Tests" for DownBeat at Monterey Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, Holland) Past: Blindfold Tests at Umbria Jazz Festival (Perugia, Italy); Barcelona Jazz Festival (Spain); Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival (New York); Detroit Jazz Festival

Write longform feature stories for music magazines and newspapers. Over the years contributed to Salon, The New Yorker (Special Sections), Billboard, DownBeat, JazzTimes, ABCNews.com, RollingStone.com, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco magazine, Diablo magazine, POV (Egg), Vibe, Mother Jones, Business 2.0, Acoustic Guitar, Strings, East Bay Monthly, Easy Bay Express, SF Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, Radix, Playboy (Japan), Tower Records' Pulse, Mediaweek, Adweek

Writing feature stories (music, education, cultural); record and live reviews; variety of music styles; formerly editor of Spectrum; jazz columnist for Billboard; San Francisco newsline columnist for Tower Pulse

Currently working on two book projects:1. Playing by Ear: The Bruce Lundvall BiographyAuthor of the legendary record exec's life as an artist-centric lover of music who signed an incredible number of artists, including Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, Amos Lee, Joe Lovano, Willie Nelson, Bobby McFerrin, Paquito D'Rivera, Kurt Elling, Ruben Blades, Cassandra Wilson, Jason Moran, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Greg Osby, Richard Marx, Dave Koz (all of whom have been video interviewed for the project website: artistshare.com/playingbyear), Dianne Reeves, Dexter Gordon, Chucho Valdes, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, many others. Chapters will include in-depth views of Bruce as president of Columbia, founder of Elektra Musician, and president of Blue Note Records. Chapters will include profiles of the signees as well as regrets (Eva Cassidy) and the one who got away (Whitney Houston) as well as three chapters on 1979's historic Havana Jam, an extended look at Bruce's early years, and his philosophy on the recording business. Publish date: January 2, 2014. It is officially out and available through Amazon. PUBLISHED 20142. The Joni Mitchell jazz years...Publish date TBA3. The Landfill ChroniclesLongform articles from the '90s through the aughts on such great artists as Frank Zappa (his final interview), Lou Reed (two interviews), Astor Piazzolla, John Lee Hooker, Joni Mitchell, David Byrne, T Bone Burnett, Wynton Marsalis, Henry Threadgill, others...all published in magazines and newspapers, most now available only in the landfill...archival interviews available in digital form...book will be a real-deal, solid, holdable one...Publish date: TBA. Previously:1.Author of the jazz biography: "Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes" (ArtistShare) 20082. Author of popular culture coffee table book: "The Bug Book: A Celebration of Volkswagen Beetle Culture" (Angel City Press) 1999; available bookstores and Amazon.

Previously, handled all copy editing for print and online editions of the weekly magazines Mediaweek and Brandweek. When MW, BW & Adweek all merged into one magazine (Adweek), I continued copyediting as Senior Copy Editor.

As Adjunct Lecturer, teaching a writing class on music to music department majors; includes reviews, Q & As, press releases, research papers, etc.Previously, middle school teacher and curriculum writer (1979-1987) and curriculum consultant at UC Berkeley (in the ACCESS program, working with teachers and students in the San Francisco Unified School District as a part of its Consent Decree) (1987-1994)

Programmed all jazz content for the jazz genre page at Napster.com. Weekly new releases and staff picks; weekly playlists; programed three radio stations (Jazz Today, Jazz Giants, Smooth Jazz); developed weekly featured playlists and radio stations recommendations. (Note: Napster was purchased by Rhapsody in August 2011.)

Contribute Q&A pieces on various musicians; write reviews. Q&A pieces on Joel Harrison; Jenny Scheinman/Nels Cline; Bela Fleck/Marcus Roberts; Pieta Brown, others

Served as a hands-on curriculum consultant in English and history at the middle school level at various public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District