From 2012-2014, I was a member of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at UCLA and during that time, built an extremely close relationship with the other six members of the institute. As postgraduates, we decided to stay together as a group under the name Holophonor (more info at holophonormusic.com). We released our self-titled album in 2014, then Light Magnet in 2017, which was produced by one of the group's mentors, the great Wayne Shorter. This track, "E's Poem" was written for my daughter, Ellia.