A new year and a new major website refresh. My first website went up in 1997. A friend taught me some basic html and tog…

By Mike Freeman — 4th January, 2026

Circles In A Yellow Room Jazzweek's Radio Chart, twenty weeks on the chart nine weeks in top 10, peak #4 2025 Year End …

By Mike Freeman — 29th December, 2025

Circles In A Yellow Room release July 24th, 2025! So happy to report that the response to Circles In A Yellow Room from…

By Mike Freeman — 24th November, 2025

A Big Month A big month upcoming! I'll be heading to Chicago for a weekend run at the Jazz Showcase July 24th - 27th wi…

By Mike Freeman — 1st July, 2025

Happy to learn and share that I’m a 2025 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement grantee for my project, …

By Mike Freeman — 1st April, 2025

The Coronavirus Edition, Them Changes. When the gigs and life as we knew it stopped and the focus became staying in and…

By Mike Freeman — 12th March, 2021

Believe it or not, I started reading “The Discovery of the Germ” while weeding out books last Fall, a month or two b…

By Mike Freeman — 29th March, 2020

The New York Times recognizes Ray Mantilla. The last link of the article is to a video I'm a part of. New York Times WB…

By Mike Freeman — 29th March, 2020

Ray Mantilla June 22, 1934 - March 21, 2020: Another musical colleague and friend has passed. I worked in Ray’s band…

By Mike Freeman — 21st March, 2020

Remembering bass player Dave Gausden: Dave passed away last Thursday evening after many years battling Parkinson's. I me…

By Mike Freeman — 1st February, 2020