Miguel Zenon – MacArthur Genius
September 29, 2008 in News
Damn. Congrats man. The MacArthur foundation is giving him $500K, no strings attached.
Just don’t invest it in the stock market right now……..
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Nicolas Slonimsky – Perfect Pitch
September 4, 2005 in Reviews
Nicolas Slonimsky is known in Jazz for his book Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns that John Coltrane practiced out of. However, there is a lot more to the man who knew Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Leonard Bernstein, Koussevitzky, and Stravinsky amongst others. I recently finished Slonimsky: Perfect Pitch, an Autobiography. Great read into the life of a musical genius. I highly recommend it to anyone interested into the workings of such a genius.
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Jon Van Wie Dies
April 1, 2003 in News
Update: 04/03 21:15 GMT by E :The aggressive bone cancer has taken Jon Van Wie’s life. Very sad.
In a follow up to this article I posted, it seems that Jon Van Wie’s condition might have taken a turn for the worst.
Subject: JVW update
From: wawawe@bigfoot.com
Date: 9:03 PM 04/01/03
Newsgroups: alt.music.saxophone
I thought I would share an excerpt from a sad letter I received on Monday (3/31/03) from Jon Van Wie's wife, that accompanied a returned mouthpiece that never got to see Jon's great work:
"March 28, 2003
Dear Sir or Madam:
Jon is now unable to work. Jon has cancer and by the time you receive this package he will have passed away. Jon loved his work and enjoyed improving the saxophone mouthpiece for your enjoyment...Enclosed herewith is your mouthpiece.
Sincerely,
Rosanne Van Wie
Jon's Loving Wife"
May we all remember Jon's great work, his dedication, and his spirit. God bless he and his family.
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