Miles Davis: Live at Montreux (1991)
I was lucky enough to see this concert live as seventeen-year-old high school student, and it impacted the course of my life in so many ways… the band included three people that would become mentors and friends: Kenny Garrett, Conrad Herwig, and Tom Varner… I was seeing Miles Davis perform for the second time in my life… and hearing the music of Gil Evans playing live gave it all a whole, new meaning… and now it is online for your viewing pleasure IN IT’S ENTIRETY! So happy to see this make it’s way online… you can also get this in CD and MP3…
(Posted by theJAZZtification)
Jazz Now Seattle: Episode 86
It’s another action-packed show this week, weighing in at almost 80 minutes — with news, two new releases, two new bands, a great double-bill and giveaway winners announced! Music from Ben Thomas, The Teaching, Dave Peck, Samantha Boshnack, Human Spirit, Gravity, Hardcoretet, Garfield High School Jazz Band, Chad McCullough and Bram Weijters…
Get full details about all of this weeks shows, artists, and venues at Jazz Now! Seattle…
Triskaidekaband: Tonight at Tula’s
My big band is back at Tula’s tonight starting at 7:30pm — only $5, a bargain for all the great musicians playing tonight: Thomas Marriott, Chad McCullough, Al Keith, Nelson Bell, Travis Ranney, TJ Kottsick, Cameron Vohr, Rich Cole, Chris Morton, Geoff Harper, and Matt Jorgensen…
Quote from Willie “The Lion” Smith
In a video I saw recently on YouTube of the great stride pianist Willie “The Lion” Smith, he said:
You’ve heard about jazz music, they say it comes from different cities and different states. I say jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.
I loved this sentiment, so I made it into a wallpaper.. hope you enjoy… feel free to download… I’ll be coming out with some jazz quote postcards in the near future, and this will definitely be one of the ones available, so stay tuned…
A 90-minute master class in playing jazz with pianist Kenny Werner (posted by Artists House Music)… in this clip, he addresses a wide variety of issues that jazz players on all instruments face — issues of confidence and mental preparation, techniques for better improvisation and for improving your ability to collaborate, and how to overcome the mind games that every musician plays with themselves over “what to play next?” and “does this sound good?” He also demonstrates his approach to music with several performances of standards and original compositions.
