John Coltrane
John William Coltrane spent a career of searching and scaling new heights, with thrilling highs, and some things that leave […]
Coleman Hawkins
When discussing artists at the forefront of their fields and then embracing change, naturally adapting with their own voices names […]
Louis Armstrong
Throughout the history of Jazz, perhaps it can be said there is no more influential figure than Louis Armstrong. From […]
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine was one of the big toned tenors in the tradition of Illinois Jacquet and Gene Ammons. His sumptuous […]
Gary Burton’s Improv Class
Take a two-hour class, recorded at Loyola University, with vibraphonist extraordinaire and Berklee teacher Gary Burton. You’ll also hear us […]
Modern Jazz
Hi everybody! Time to share some music. We had a great class last night with my Modern Jazz Workshop and […]
What are your favorites?
During the holiday break, Andrea (our teacher) asked us to learn three blues and three rhythm changes tunes. So to […]
More Daahoud
Here is a link to Clifford Brown’s trumpet solo taken from the Clifford Brown Complete EmArcy recordings. Emily Remler’s guitar […]
Jazz Advice
I just finished reading a persuasive article on the blog Jazz Advice (here) entitled, 6 Reasons You Should Start Composing Today. […]
Solo Entrances
I was browsing through Hal Cook’s How to Improvise (Advance Music, 1991), a great resource for the jazz student, and […]
Jazz Standards Wkshp
We spent a portion of the class working on phrasing – trying to leave space at the end of our […]
Practicing Improvisation
Bob Anram, the tenorist, has some thought-provoking ideas about improvisation in three essays (called “Letters”) that are posted on the […]