Central Time Jazz Collective is an Austin, Texas jazz group fronted by David Chao (piano). That is, me.
Who am I? I’m a former theoretical particle physicist (PhD at University of Texas-Austin, postdocs with Wayne Repko at Michigan State University and Tom Imbo at University of Illinois-Chicago). I came back to Austin for my return to the software industry, where I helped build a start-up to the point of acquisition in 2008; I still serve as CTO for the (former) start-up under the aegis of the acquiring company.
My nights and weekends are spent on: performing and composing jazz music.