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    LINER NOTES with David Bixler featuring Ted Nash

    en-usJanuary 01, 2019
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    About this Episode

    In the first episode of 2019 multi-instrumentalist and composer Ted Nash speaks about his recent project with Eddie Daniels, Jazz in the Chamber, as well as an upcoming collaboration with actress Glenn Close.

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