Listen to clips of my recent CD  with the Marc Rossi Group called

"The Hidden Mandala" at http://cdbaby.com/cd/marcrossigroup

I am a Jazz-World Music Performer and Recording artist (Saxophones, Flute); Author of Jazz Improvisation Books (Creative Jazz Exercises Vol I-III, available at Aebersold.com); Producer of Environmentally based Videos; Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence Recipient, City of Boston, MA (1989); New England Regional EPA Environmental Award Recipient (2003).

I also teach in the Berklee College of Music Saxophone Weekend and 5-Week Summer Performance Programs and have worked for the Boston Pro Arts Consortium, Boston Latin Academy, South Shore Conservatory of Music, Berklee, and other institutions as a curriculum consultant and clinician.

Currently I am recording and performing with the Marc Rossi Group; and leading or being a sideman in various groups in the New England area including my groups the "Evolving Quartet" and the Mill Wharf Trio. I have also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. 

Besides being a performer I am an educator (jazz, technology, environmental science) involved with urban school students in the Boston Public Schools and the international student community at Berklee College of Music. 

 The top video is the Marc Rossi Group at Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA, in December, 2008 featuring my solo on Marc's composition called "Hidden Mandala". Marc is on piano, Bill Urmson on bass, Geetha Bennet on vocal and Mauricio Zottarelli on drums.

The next video is from a performance with the "Evolving Quartet" at Berklee College on August 4, 2008. "Bean City Blues" is my composition. Other members of the quartet include John Mulroy - piano, David Clark - bass and Casey Scheurell - drums.

The bottom video is also from the April 1, 2008 Marc Rossi Group performance in the Berklee College David Friend Hall. "Feast or Famine" is an original composition by Marc Rossi.  

Check out my two sax solo on "Veiled Woman of Iran" by Marc Rossi...my solo is dedicated to the master multi-instrumentalist, Rashaan Roland Kirk.

You can contact me at lnkrs@comcast.net