Spencer Davis ‘Vibrate’

Vibrate Next and the last from Munchkin Valley Productions came the Spencer Davis Group album “Vibrate.” I was introduced to Spencer by Steve Chapman, who was soon to become my manager. At the time, Steve was a successful drummer with bands like Poco, Leo Sayer and Al...

Poem of the Five Mountains

Poems of the Five Mountains Windows drummer Tim Timmermans and I went off into the little studio Ed and I had built, and recorded “Poems of the Five Mountains.” On this album, Tim and I played all the instruments, augmented by Peter White contributing piano and...

The Wave

The Wave                                In March of 1986 one of the most challenging and satisfying phases of my music career happened next. When the Wave format radio stations first debuted, they could not find enough of signature smooth jazz tracks to feature. Ed...

Polydor Japan

Polydor Japan One unique opportunity in 1987 came from, of all places, a Sushi bar called Gemini that my wife Sharon and I frequented in Sherman Oaks. The owner was aware of my music on the radio. (They played local radio station KTTV “The Wave” in the background at...