MONDAY MAY 7TH BEBOP/POST BOP COMBO MARK SHERMAN

May 16, 2012

MONDAY MAY 7TH BEBOP/POST BOP COMBO MARK SHERMAN I was the drummer for combo yesterday but of course it does […]

Intermediate Jazz Improvisation

May 7, 2012

I recently began reading Intermediate Jazz Improvisation (George Bouchard, Jamey Aebersold Jazz) and came across this paragraph which resonated with what […]

Tuesday May 1st – Getting ready for Smalls!

May 3, 2012

Hi Everyone, We had a great class last Tuesday, thanks to Charlie Caldarola to sit at the drums with us! […]

Bird’s Anthropology Solo

April 30, 2012

There’s a nice analysis of Bird’s solo on Anthropology on Peter Spitzer’s blog, which includes a link to Bird’s solo Youtube. You’ll […]

Vocal Harmonies Sung by Ear

April 29, 2012

W O W !!! As much as I love teaching and as much fun as well as learning we have in […]

Tunes

April 25, 2012

The group is starting to sound like a band. We played the best variation of Minority so far, by heart, […]

little update

April 25, 2012

We had a fantastic class, and all the students are making great progress. Today we worked on a new tune […]

Along Came Betty, Stablemates & Beatrice

April 18, 2012

Today is my first sub for Mark Sherman (he’s on tour in Europe), has been a pleasure to work and […]

26-2, After You’ve Gone, Star Eyes,

April 16, 2012

The last month has been a productive one in the combo. We have had a variety of different chairs not […]

Jazz Vocal Workshop back up and running…

April 14, 2012

I had a sweet time on the road in March and so great to return to running the The Jazz […]

Hal Galper

April 14, 2012

There are portions of various Hal Galper masterclasses on Youtube in which he discusses various aspects of jazz improvisation. I […]

Rhythm Changes

April 9, 2012

Want to understand rhythm changes and some useful advice, with examples, about how to improvise on them? Check this out. […]