This performance of "Not Nyw" is from the world premiere of The C.J. Glass Quintet Tribute to Wynton Marsalis from Monday, August 3, 2026 at Park Ashdod Yam. The Big Blue archtop guitar is fitted with an ebony bridge in this clip.

In the fall of 2009, this piece was written as an assignment for Michael Mossman's Jazz Arranging II class. The idea was to compose a melody based on a repeated phrase which keeps changing slightly each time it appears - something not unlike a Thelonious Monk approach to composition. When Professor Mossman was shown "Not Nyw" and understood that it was meant to be in the style of Wynton Marsalis he said, "Yeah, I think Wynton would like this."

C.J. Glass - acoustic archtop guitar, composition

Bob Trachtenberg - alto saxophone

Yotam Barak - tenor saxophone

Ofer Shlomo - acoustic upright bass

Nehorai Hatuel - drum set

Special thanks to Maayan Hatuel and Nehorai Hatuel for the video.

C.J. Glass performing his original song, “Ashdod by the Sea,” with Benny Masterman (saxophone) and Alex Reznikovich (bass) at a remotely recorded concert to support local artists in Ashdod, Israel on March 2, 2021.

On Sunday, August 1, 2021, The C.J. Glass Quintet played an outdoor set at Park Ashdod Yam in Ashdod, Israel. The band: C.J. Glass (guitar/voice), Tal Vasserman (double bass), Nehorai Hatuel (drums), Lior Larin (alto saxophone), Yotam Barak (tenor saxophone)

"Blues With Bucky," an improvised blues by Bucky Pizzarelli and C.J. Glass, was shot by Martin Pizzarelli at the Pizzarelli residence in New Jersey on September 11, 2017.