possesses a nomadic, endless appetite for creativity and collaboration that has yielded one of most prolific bodies of cross-genre recordings of the last four decades. The saxophonist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, and bandleader discusses his many current projects, including recent albums from Sound Cipher, Garage A Trois, Lorbo, and Khu.éex'. He also looks back at his journey with Critters Buggin, the celebrated Seattle quartet that scaled colossal musical heights between 1992-2023. In addition, he talks about how his musician and fan community helped him successfully overcome a major injury that left him unable to play for most of last year.
explores the outer edges of rock and pop, comedy, and acting in the guise of his alter ego, the stand-up comic Neil Hamburger.
reflects on making his latest LP of tightly-constructed power pop titled Mother, and reuniting The Raisins 40 years after breaking up.