_                                                 At the start, the stage was dark.

Then he approached the microphone,

His eyes looked briefly up, (sky turned).


Then the voice…

An ambience to itself,

subtle, mahogany warm, valley-like deep,

to bring back “the cool.”


Not a jazz singer, that time has passed,

but a human chant to recall the sound of

                                                                the master’s horn.


Moose graduated from New School University's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program with a B.F.A in Jazz Performance in 2003.  Among others, he has studied with Janet Lawson, Miles Griffin, Junior Mance, Chico Hamilton, Billy Harper, Dave Liebman and Reggie Workman.

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