I'm a pianist/composer/arranger living in Rio de Janeiro, leader of the band Brass Tacks, which is inactive at the moment as I prepare material for our second CD (the first was "My Joy.") I'm also a writer, and was popular music journalist for The Christian Science Monitor in the 80s and early 90s. I have written an autobiography of my adventurous life, "Getting Down to Brass Tacks - My adventures in jazz, Rio, and beyond," which is available as an e-book on Amazon, iBookstore, and Barnes & Noble. i am also a blogger: http://finallygettingdowntobrasstacks.wordpress.com/