Romero Lubambo and Hendrik looking on in disbelief, as Paquito D’Rivera sings Ave Maria in Polish. Weehawken, NJ, August 2009, Photo:Jorge Chemas

“Sounds of Brazil”, Weehawken, NJ, August 2009, w/ Cesar Camargo Mariano, Leny Andrade, and Romero Lubambo. Photo: Jorge Chemas

Blue Note, New York, May 2009, w/ Samba Jazz Quartet (Misha Tsiganov, Gustavo Amarante, Rogério Boccato)

Vail Jazz Festival, Colorado, September 2008, with tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm; Photo by Ned Radinsky. © 2008

Vail Jazz Festival, Colorado, September 2008, with pianist Benny Green and tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm.
Photo by Ned Radinksy © 2008

Vail Jazz Festival, Colorado, September 2008, with Jed Levy; Photo by Ned Radinsky. © 2008

Blue Note, New York, September 2007, w/ Helio Alves

Augsburg, Germany, May 2007, with Barbara Dennerlein and Wolfgang Lackerschmid.

Moscow, Russia, April 2007, w/ Sergio Brandão, Klaus Mueller and Gene Bozzi. Photo: Vladimir Korobitsyn

Edmonton, Canada. October 20, 2005,
with Jeremy Price on flute, Sean Drabbitt on bass, and Sandro Dominelli on drums. Photo: Tracy Kolenchuk © 2005

Caricature by Felix Wagner of the old, old Samba Jazz Group back in Berlin in the late 80s, with Felix Wagner, piano; Guilherme Castro, bass: and Zito Ferreira, drums.

The Organ Group at Cecil’s, February 11, 2005, featuring Peter Bernstein on Guitar, Mike LeDonne on piano and Willie Jones on drum photo by Vince Giantomasi © 2005

The Organ Group at Cecil’s, February 11, 2005, featuring Peter Bernstein on Guitar, Mike LeDonne on piano and Willie Jones on drums. photo by Vince Giantomasi © 2005

At Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, New Jersey, December 2004. With Mike LeDonne, piano. Photos by John Meixner

Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, New Jersey, December 2004. With Mike LeDonne, piano; Chris Berger,bass and Jimmy Cobb,drums.
Photos by John Meixner

With Oscar Castro-Neves. Pittsburgh, April 2002 Photo by Bob Bowman

With Oscar Castro-Neves, Phil Woods, Leo Traversa, Herbie Mann and Jamie Haddad. Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, April 2002. Photo by Bob Bowman

Did you know that Donna Lee is based on a old German folk song? It goes like his……..” with Terry Gibbs and Dave Samuels. Labor Day Jazz Festival, September 2000, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania.

With Mundell Lowe, Chuck Redd and Pat O’Leary, January, 2000

With Philip Catherine, guitar and Chris Berger, bass – January, 1999

With Charlie and Joe Byrd at the Annapolis Jazz Festival, June, 1996

‘Why does somebody have to bring his surfboard to the club ?!?!’ NYC, 1998, w/ Rick Margitza, Andrea Marcelli, Jeff Andrews, Fabrizio Sotti

In rehearsal with the RIAS Big Band, Berlin, January, 1996

With Charlie Byrd, Paul Socolow and Tim Horner, January, 1996 in Berlin

With Charlie Byrd, Paul Socolow and Tim Horner, January, 1996 in Berlin

According to this contract, we get paid in Feijoada, but we have to provide ourown take out containers.”

With Claudio Roditi at Blue Note, 1993