A young Helen
By David Tucker Photography

Helen
By David Tucker Photography

Helen
By David Tucker Photography

Pathfinder
By David Tucker Photography

Helen
By David Tucker Photography

Helen and hands!
By David Tucker Photography

Jumping Band!
By Lori DeSantis Photography

the band, on top of Mix One...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

the band, inside Mix One...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Mix One Studios - HQ
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Leah Gough-Cooper - alto, soprano saxes and EWI - killer talent!
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Ted Paduck - great engineer, let me light candles, bring wolf spirit into Mix One studios!
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Nicolas Farmakalidis - Produced and mixed StarStuff - an all-round totally awesome guy - couldn't have done this without him!
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Maeve Gilchrist - casts spells with her harp...

The one and only Keita Ogawa - drummer and percussionist, with a never-ending supply of magic sound-toys...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Keita, concocting secret recipes...

Manami Morita - unique sparkling piano energy flying everywhere...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Rozhan Razman - truly, ultra-bass man...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Jamey Haddad - inspirational mentor, cosmic percussionist....

Mika Mimura - sparkly vibes - loves pink!
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Bryan Baker - incendiary guitarist...
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Manami and Nic - trying to work out what it all means....
By Lori DeSantis Photography

Helen in action
By Lori DeSantis Photography

VIP band members...Pumpkin and Poppy

StarStuff on screen...

The tracks....

Delivery in progress!!

Toby Mountain - Mastering Engineer


No words needed!

Life in the fast lane...

Furtive Bass lesson no 1

"What's up?" (Bryan and Nicolas)

Evoking the muse...

Stars in their eyes...


 

CD Release party - Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, 28 Oct 2009
Helen, Leah, Zak, Randy Runyon (guitar), Tom, Brian

Helen and Leah

Helen, Leah, Zak Croxall (bass), Tom Hartman (drums), Brian O'Neill (percussion and vibes)

Manami Morita (piano), Helen, Zak, Leah

J-Way jamming with David Bonsey at Skinner's Auction House

With ZilZala at the Regatta Bar, Cambridge August 2010 - Jussi, Christiane, Giacommo, and Keita

ZilZala, Regatta Bar

Regatta Bar, Bulut, Moi and Jussi

The one and only Kenny Merrick, Mystic River Drum (Pequot Green Corn Pow Wow)

Succotash...

Mohegan Pow Wow

Helen had an English tea party to celebrate getting younger this year..

Played at a Wedding on the Golden Hinde in London this summer -
It's a replica of Sir Francis Drake's galleon that circumnavigated the globe between 1577-1580...very cool!

The men were all dressed as pirates, the girls here were playing crumhorns and it was my debut on the framdrum...fun was had by all!

The alternative New York

The original Boston, Lincs, England...

A bit nearer to New York than we thought...

Sampling some of the Good Life in Hungary!

With Zoltan Lantos in Budapest - and AMAZING and inspiring friend and violinist

Wow...Budapest Buddies

More Hungarian delights...

Random musicians in Budapest...

Have we made it big in Georgetown??!!

J-Way after our Maine Debut in Georgetown - it was a great week...

real courage is...I will try again tomorrow...

the longest journey begins with...

professional cloud-watcher...

Leaves

More Leaves...

...From Trees

With Christiane Karam and the Middle Eastern Ensemble, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Simon Shaheen's Arabic Music Retreat - Concert

the Fez Mafia in Cape Cod... (Lisa Esperson and Kay Campbell and Helen!)

National Composer's Conference, Atlanta- with Kari Juusela and Elena Lucas

With ZiLZALA, at Bread and Roses Festival

Helen

At La Luna, Cambridge with Mike Borgida and Az Samad - Az and the Jazz Strings!

With the Dylan Kay Band, London

With the Mike Borgida Quartet, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

The electric Helen

Homeground, London

Helen at the ICA