Saxophonist, Composer, Writer. The Illicit Sextet, What Would Mingus Do?, Buffalo Jazz Composers Workshop. Wausau to Minneapolis to Buffalo to Boulder. James Carter ruined my life (look it up). Oxford comma enthusiast. I will Like your cat photos.https://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3mm5fkro5p22cI love this from Philip Glass’s memoir: his father, who owned a Baltimore record store, would bring home records that wouldn’t sell to try to figure out what was wrong with them, with unexpected results.18 May 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5fkro5p22chttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3mh22x7qfrc2vToday, 3/14, is kind of a fun day for “math nerds” because 3 divided by 14 is 0.214285714285714.14 Mar 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh22x7qfrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3mcnjhu54w22gShort and sweet little piano etude inspired by #9 of Wallace Stevens’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: When the blackbird flew out of sight, It marked the edge Of one of many circles. https://soundcloud.com/kellybucheger/9a117 Jan 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnjhu54w22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3mbd7u3msec2kWhen a criminal gang tags a building to establish territory and intimidate rivals, it's important for the community to respond and work to remove the vandalism. That's exactly what's happening here.01 Jan 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbd7u3msec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3maqyiui45c2xObviously if I don't win tonight's billion-dollar-plus Powerball jackpot I will remove some things from my Amazon cart.24 Dec 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqyiui45c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3maj2nkfuqs2vPretty cynical to schedule the solstice right around Christmas time, to try to glom on to some of the hype and good vibes regarding Christmas.21 Dec 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3maj2nkfuqs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m76zgsiz222hProbably should squeak this in here, before 2025 is fully spent, that this year marks my 35th year as an award-winning composer — this was my first award and the one that affirmed to me I was on the right track. 1/204 Dec 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76zgsiz222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m6zdt25ovs2hI'm the kind of person who will get all tingly when he sees a hyphen AND en dashes AND an em dash together in a single paragraph in a mainstream publication, ESPECIALLY when the en dashes are used in my favorite deployment, replacing hyphens in a compound adjective that includes two-word compounds.02 Dec 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zdt25ovs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m635tha3ks2n"The girl in Steely Dan's 'Hey Nineteen' would be 64 today" I shout into my empty townhouse while pushing my walker, trying to find my reading glasses.20 Nov 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m635tha3ks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m3edvnaou223Being very stoned and trying to tell someone I'm going to "Refill my water bottle" but saying by mistake "Rebound my water biffle," I still think about that a lot.17 Oct 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3edvnaou223https://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m2rejmaqqc25One of my prettiest tunes, recorded 14 years ago today in the amazing recording facilities at Eastman School of Music, featuring the legendary baritone saxophonist Bruce Johnstone as soloist. https://kellybucheger.bandcamp.com/track/a-simple-wish09 Oct 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rejmaqqc25https://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m2pdwlc6622fI've said forever that based on my experience Buffalo is the easternmost Midwestern city, so I endorse this map! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pdwlc6622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m2miklzamc2gEight years ago today working with music students at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.07 Oct 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2miklzamc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m2mii6elt22gL'Escale de Lyon, Paris, 2009.07 Oct 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mii6elt22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3m2m6jpgmc22cFeel so dumb that I missed "labializing" in yesterday's Spelling Bee, considering that I use it all the time in one of my catchphrases: "There you go, labializing again."07 Oct 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2m6jpgmc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3lzj5zi34wk2oUnfortunately, at least so far, all the folks you might have hoped would've been raptured still seem to be here.23 Sep 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj5zi34wk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3lzhnvq7ee22kThe clouds clouded provocatively for yesterday's Last Bike Ride Of The Summer™, a 36-mile jaunt punctuated midway by the excellent beer and grub at Avery Brewing.23 Sep 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhnvq7ee22khttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3lzhn6ufp4k2kI have not eaten the plums that were in the icebox. I have no idea how they were. I want to speak to my attorney.23 Sep 2025 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhn6ufp4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3lzhn2bwktk2kI really appreciate that The Rapture™ was scheduled so that we could all at least enjoy one last Earth Wind & Fire Day together.23 Sep 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhn2bwktk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/harderbop.bsky.social/post/3lxgjm7g24k2yI stand with my Brothers and Sisters in the Republican Party, along with MAGA Americans, Evangelicals, and Conservatives in support of today's school shooting in Minneapolis.28 Aug 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:tvmbcriywhf7326xbl5sumf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxgjm7g24k2y