This past Thursday Jazz Vocal Workshop was one of the best ever.  A few sessions ago, I attempted improvised vocal harmony to the class […]

Whenever I’m working on a tune, I listen to how the pros handle the changes and follow along with transcriptions […]

Had a subtle start to the new session of the Jazz Vocal Workshop last week and this past Thursday since […]

A little late to blogging about last weeks workshop this week after a busy week of teaching and performances.  Last […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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