Touchstone started with "Dwight Stone and Friends" playing for the Rossmoor Spotlight and other venues in Contra Costa County. Their musicality evolved with Dwight's arrangments and musical aesthetic, crack sax player Dan Willis, stellar lead Amie Shapiro, totally tuned-in drummer Mark Foglia, and bass player Karl Hartmann, and side-woman Nancy Loomba on flute.

Join us for a delightful musical journey featuring a captivating vocals alongside this talented ensemble piano, sax, bass, and drums.

Beloved favorites from Billy Joel to Lionel Richie to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Stevie Wonder to Dwight Stone

... which leads me to share about a new adventure we've just created: our dynamic flute and piano duo with flutist Nancy Loomba and Dwight Stone at the piano — a sublime combination appropriate for all venues, large and small, concert and intimate. "If you ever need a reference, please do not hesitate to call me! Everyone commented how much they enjoyed you and your flutist!"
            — Arthur Weiner, 88th Birthday celebration
Loomba-Stone Duo   (3:41 video demo)

Together Touchstone taps the vast domains of music available for this combination of instruments (piano, bass, drums, sax, flute, vocals), from pop and Latin through jazz to classical repertoire, and on to Dwight Stone's original compositions, including the joyous and buoyant album Amsterdam.
Come on out and and hear us!
Touchstone 2' video demo
Dwight's originals at CCPAS Composers' Concert, June 2024: "Tattooed Lady" and "Time for Change".