February 2012
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January 2012
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Vintage Clinic from Urbie Green for King Trombones
Beautifully captured clinic from Urbie Green for King Trombones — not sure when this was taken, but I’m guessing 60’s…
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Tonight at Tula's: Dave Marriott and Friends
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December 2011
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Scrapheap Orchestra →
What an insanely cool premise! I managed to find a copy online to watch at TV Scene Release, but just reading the article got me all goose-pimpled!
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November 2011
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Huge Savings on Periodic Table of Jazz,...
Big savings for Black Friday in the Red Raspus Music and Design store — check out some of the deals available today if you use the code ZBLACKFRIDAY in our store:
50% off ALL posters, prints, postcards, and notecards
$5 off ALL shirts
20% off ALL iPad and iPhone cases
Be it our Periodic Table of Jazz, or the design called Visualizing Kind of Blue, or one of the three tribute to jazz...
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Foursquare Now Has a Jazz Badge!
Didn’t think this day would ever come: my favorite location check-in site, Foursquare, now has a jazz-specific badge called Blue Note. From the site:
Miles, Monk, Mingus, Max. Duke, Dizzy, Django. Benny and Bird. Louis and Lady Day… You could go on, but you’re no high-hat. Now, don’t be shy – grab your sax and jump on stage for a quick on-stage jam sesh! *snap* *snap*
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New Job = New Business Card
There’s nothing like a new business card to make a job feel “official” — so after getting a box of these in my school mailbox, I officially feel “official” in my new position as Edmonds Community College Jazz Band Director. My thanks to everyone at Edmonds Community College for making me feel so welcome, empowered, and valued.
October 2011
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I am watching Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America on GetGlue.com
Trying out the functionality of sharing items from GetGlue… not sure I’ll share everything I watch this way, but maybe on occasion some special items… any comments? Any fellow GetGluers?
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WatchCoffee Snobs from Frankie Shaw
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10 Things to Know as a Young Musician →
Practicing isn’t a matter of how many hours you put in, but how many good hours you put in. It’s quality, not quantity. Practicing intelligently is something that my best teachers instilled in me, and it’s vital if you’re going to survive in the professional world. You don’t always have months to prepare your repertoire, and after school is over other demands will fill in the open spaces, and...
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September 2011
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John Coltrane: The Seattle Sessions
In honor of the great John Coltrane’s birthday today, I assembled the covers of those recordings Trane did in my hometown of Seattle, Washington, including the newly uncovered radio broadcast you can see on the right. Happy Birthday to a true jazz master.
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“Jazz serves as a reminder that the world is ever unexplored, and that while a...”
– Ralph Ellison (via musicaltheatredramaturgy)
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Jazz Now! Seattle - Episode 50 →
This week we feature three of the bands that will be playing the 8th Annual Pony Boy Records Jazz Picnic at Magnuson Park as well as a new weekly jazz series, two of our favorites teaming up, a new band and an old favorite! Music from Milt Kleeb Dektet, Greg Williamson Quartet, Katy Bourne, Isabella du Graf, Eric Barber, Jon Alberts and Jovino Santos Neto…
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