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Here is part of a letter that I sent one of my students who recently moved out east to study at a major Jazz school in the New York area. I thought that it was worth reprinting because it contains a lot of advice that I wish that someone had given me when I was a student at Berklee. "I'm glad ...
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Yes, it's no joke. This is from the great Avant-Garde Jazz site Destination: Out "We tend to think of Armstrong and Sanders as inhabiting entirely different universes, but one of the interesting things about the late 60s and early 70s was the generational overlap of so many key jazz figures. But ...
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Avant
Yes, it's no joke. This is from the great Avant-Garde Jazz site Destination: Out "We tend to think of Armstrong and Sanders as inhabiting entirely different universes, but one of the interesting things about the late 60s and early 70s was the generational overlap of so many key jazz figures. But ...
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Avant
Aaron's last post caused quite a stir all over the blogosphere. Readers and bloggers either loved it or they wanted to wring his young neck. The role of the musician in our society has become so domesticated over the past 30 or so years. I believe this has to do with the modern trend ...
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Aaron Carter
There are quite a few interesting videos on Banddirector.com , including a bunch of Bergonzi improvisation workshops.
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Nat Kline wrote some very helpful exercises to practice fourths after he saw Dan Gaynor's Fourths Exercise . Nat designed a template that covers the entire range of the saxophone (or flute depending on where you start). He calls it a 'template' because he meant for the player to play through ...
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I simply must post again about my former student's blog that he calls Slant Signature . He is making some really great Jazz recordings available. Here's what he says about his blog: John Coltrane "Lush Life" - my first jazz album. I became obsessed with this wonderful art. At least 50 times ...
