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Fun times at @rfsnola with @gpstheguitarist @jasondanti and Rick "my names not rick" Benoit. Video by GPS (at RF's)

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About to get started with Outer Core! (at Mags On Elysian Fields)

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Pretty excited for this show coming up Sunday with some of the baddest improvisers, composers and just general cats in the city! Performing avant-garde chamber jazz with @davidbodemusic @cyborgslaya and Matt Booth! (at Mags On Elysian Fields)

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Really glad to see the practice of the last couple years pay off. Now starting to apply this material to creating ideas, in this case playing two similar licks in the same space, one with 5 beats and the other with 7. @drummers_corner_group @drummers.of.insta @darrianjdouglas @natewoodmusic #shed #drums (at 7th Ward of New Orleans)

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Once you get good, you can't go back. (at House of Blues New Orleans)

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@darrianjdouglas swinging hard (at Bacchanal Wine)

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Discovered a new time of day this morning...super excited though to be on @ol_man_river_ 's show on @wwoz_neworleans ! Promoting the upcoming show with @vexedperspective featuring @petergustafson and @andreukarnigie (at New Orleans, Louisiana)

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Super excited about this upcoming show with @vexedperspective at the @hihonola Tuesday! Featuring music by @petergustafson @lionreve @tristangianola @kneebody and John Coltrane. Also appearing will be @davidbodemusic and Choose To Think! #originalmusic #neworleans #prog #jazz #creativity #art #future (at Hi-Ho Lounge)

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at Hi-Ho Lounge

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Getting to play this beautiful kit today at @jazzfest ! I outfitted it with my own @saluda cymbals too. Come check me out with @frans2108 @oscar.rossignoli @amari.ansari @stuartclifton @_mr_hyde_ @ariteitel at the @wwozfm @zatarains tent 11:20-12:05! (at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots)

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Working on a groove for @vexedperspective

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Got to see my mentors rocking out on the big stage at FQF yesterday...Awesome show! What a blessing to be able to learn from these people.

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Usually don't do this but...my office today!

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Lots of fun recording with @gio_blackmon @andreukarnigie @petergustafson @matthewelliotgooden and @tristangianola ! Thanks for all your hard work.

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Feeling less than 100% comfortable being back on Frenchmen Street after having to fight a dude who attempted to steal my drum set Thursday following my gig at the Dragon's Den. I did get them back without hurting him too bad however the perp used his fingernails and scratched my forehead a good one as well as a minor scratch on my face below my left eye. I haven't been in a physical altercation in a long time and the resurfacing of violence in my life is not a welcome appearance. Going to try and forget about this now.

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Full house at @hobnola today!

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Early hit at @hollygrovemarketandfarm today with @tristangianola and @petergustafson