



Publications
I. MEDIA:
• All About Jazz: Contributing Writer
• Personal Blog: Also Sprach FraKathustra
(NOTE: HuffPost does not store articles prior to 2017—see my personal blog, where most of
the HuffPost articles were first published.)
II. BOOKS and ARTICLES:
• “Materials and Concepts in Jazz Improvisation”
5th ed., 2005; Assayer Publishing
• “From Chart to Reality: The Editorial Role of the Pianist in a Big Band”
Jazz Education Journal, Oct. 2005
PDF available here.
• “What Students Say About Liberal Education at GVSU” (with Diana Pace, Catherine Frerichs,
and Tamara Rosier)
AACU “Liberal Education Journal” Fall 2010
PDF available here.
• “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Piano”
Grand Valley Review, Spring 2003
PDF available here.
• “The Creative Process vs. The Canon”
Grand Valley Review, Fall 2001
PDF available here.
• “Hin und Zurück: Hindemith Recycles in Ludus Tonalis”
Alberta New Music and Arts Review, Winter 2000