Count Basie
Through a six and half decade career William “Count” Basie exemplified the swing style in a powerful manner. His bands […]
Harry James
Trumpeter Harry James was very popular with his mainstream sound. James was born in Albany, Georgia and began his career […]
Art Tatum
“God is in the house tonight” were the famous words uttered by pianist/composer extraordinaire Fats Waller on Art Tatum. In […]
Minority Arrangement
Marc Mommaas arrangement of Gigi Gryce’s Minority, written for the students of the theory and improvisation workshop. The arrangement includes […]
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 […]