Last minute post and just a long shot, but if anyone is here from the Harrisburg, PA area, I'm at the Harrisburg Hilton tonight. Trio, John Ragonese (sax), and Micah Jones (bass).
Just thought I'd mention it. Probably should have posted…
Oh man I couldn't resist! I was messing around on a site with cool personalised Tee-Shirts. And I came across this special apron with the name of... you know that character in that soap about a cook... What was is name again?
Here's the…
I have the most amazing phone calls with Joe Locke. We've become great friends. In our last call we got into paying dues a little bit. I'll let Joe talk himself if he wants, but he has paid his dues. I can GUARANTEE you that.
I can't…
I thought everybody might enjoy this Saxophone and Vibe version of O' Grande Amore. It's on the new Duo CD with Peter Weniger, which will come out in September. I tried to play a kind of flamenco-style accompaniment.
We didn't have a game…
Unfortunately there is no vibe solo but the music is cooking nonetheless. Nelson's comping is superb. At about 3:00 they flash on Steve and it looks like he is using Mainieri style grip. Then about 40 seconds later they show him again…
(practice tape)
Gary Burton told me he was a guest of Duke Ellington's when they recorded 'The Far East Suite'. The most amazing track for me on that cd is 'Isfahan' and Johnny hodges solo. I can't believe how laid back he can play and how…
OK. So I will start this one up, mostly out of curiousity. I am no expert on this, but certainly there are those amongst us here. The concept of swing has reared its head in the discussion about stickings and grips. It's always an…
Anyone in the Philly area who's interested, come on out!
HOWEVER the concert will be online for the first 50 people who log on.
it will be here: http://www.mogulus.com/thephillysoundlive
it will take place at
Proline Music
490 Lincoln…
I'm digging back into recordings from a few years ago. I have an m-audio and was bringing out to lots of gigs.
I just started digging into ones from 4 years ago. It's really great because they're far enough away that I have really no…
There were still a couple mistakes in my transcription of the Coltrane solo on "Four". I have corrected them and asked Tifoo, my faithful copyist, to rectify the Sibelius file. This is great stuff. I have managed to learn the whole solo by…
