Saxophone became his love early in high school and is what he concentrates on mainly.  A distinct love for classic jazz, as well as today's outstanding players, has formed a style that hints of both a desire to move forward musically but also a love of yesterday.  This is his first album with one of his first compositions, the title track, Winter's Day.  "For me it's a song that reminds me of my youth,  growing up in Iowa in the middle of a bleak winter's morning, waking up and
having the day be frigid, cold, and dark but also so crisp and clear I felt more alive there then anywhere else.  The first part of the song has the dark, edgy sound of that day with a surprise at the end.  It's funny how on those really cold days the sun would almost always shine and everything would be still later in the day... it really would be a beautiful day. That's how the song ends.. with the sun coming out."