All I have to say is WOW. Great playing. Never heard of that instrument brand or James Morrison….but kudos on an excellent video and great playing.
Behind the scenes
Jazz-Sax, all things Jazz and Sax
All I have to say is WOW. Great playing. Never heard of that instrument brand or James Morrison….but kudos on an excellent video and great playing.
Behind the scenes
Jazz-Sax was down protesting SOPA & PIPA. Two bills that were funded by the entertainment industry. It’s amazing how if you pay a Senator or a Congress person lots of money, they can agree on a Bill and fast track it through to get voted on. Can anyone say “Special Interests”? Why are we continually electing people like Feinstein, Boxer, Pelosi, McCain, etc who do not do the bidding of the people? Anyone remember the NDAA bill that was passed that allows indefinite detentions of citizens. That is even more outrageous. Ugh. Change? I don’t see it Mr. Obama, Congress (both parties). I see a government that is strictly looking to keep itself in power. Look at the wealth of these people in Washington (or in politics in general). It is disgusting.
Be warned, the SOPA bill is not dead. It has been delayed while Congress is off on “retreat” for two weeks before they start campaigning to get elected again. Disgusting. So the internet will probably again have a blackout day. You have been warned.
For further reading on all the stupid pieces of legislation happening in Congress:
PandoDaily – Forget SOPA, Hollywood Already Had a Field Day with the Justice System
Consumerist – Jeff Jarvis Weighs In: SOPA “Changes The Architecture Of Our Greatest Tool Of Speech
Consumerist – Google Breaks Down SOPA Opposition By The Numbers
Consumerist – Consumerist Is Against SOPA/PIPA And That’s All We’re Writing About Today
Wednesday is a protest day here in the USA because our Congress, with their heads up their asses again, are trying to pass two pieces of legislation. One seems to be shelved as of this writing (SOPA), but the other one, PIPA is very very much alive. PIPA could cause sites like Soundcloud, Tumblr, and many others (including this one) to be taken down. Educate yourself on these flawed pieces of law that our inept Congress is trying to pass. And write your Congress person.
UPDATE: Seems the SOPA bill has been moved to next month, NOT because of the public opinion about it, but because all the Senators and House Members are going on vacation again before they try to go out and get elected again. PIPA is supposedly moving ahead full steam. It is disgusting.
Bravo to Craigslist.org, and WordPress.com for participating in the blackout.
Taylor Swift song. Not sure whom writes all her stuff, or whatever, but they are polished and catchy even though the lyrics (which I didn’t put in because….ugh) are like wacky. Like what exactly is a Cheer Squad? Is that like a Cheer Leading thing? Is that what they call it in the “South”? Like how we in the USA call Math MATH and in English they call it Maths.
You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift for Eb Instruments (77.0 KiB, 234 hits)
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You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift for Bb Instruments (84.3 KiB, 104 hits)
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I was digging through my archive of Finale files, and there is this gem in there. I think I got it when I was a member of the IDRS. It’s good for Oboe and/or Saxophone.
Barret 12 Articulation Studies (153.0 KiB, 154 hits)
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Barret 12 Articulation Studies (iPad formatted) (159.4 KiB, 40 hits)
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I dunno, I don’t really see the appeal of his singing style. I like the song though.
Talking To The Moon by Bruno Mars for Eb Instruments (93.4 KiB, 303 hits)
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Talking To The Moon by Bruno Mars for Bb Instruments (96.7 KiB, 160 hits)
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There are a LOT of sites that are posting top 10 albums of the year. I thought I’d post my favorites. In no particular order. There were a lot I left out….:-(
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – That’s How We Roll iTunes,amazon. Duh….obviously.
Christian McBride Big Band – The Good Feeling iTunes,amazon. Love that there are more Big Bands starting up and sounding amazing other than the already amazing Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band.
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook iTunes,amazon. Latin jazz music is awesome, and Miguel is the master of it. Great album.
John Escreet – The Age We Live In iTunes,Amazon Great album with Dave Binney.
Captain Black Big Band – Captain Black Big Band iTunes Another Big Band? Yep.
Tony Bennett – The Best Of The Improv Recordings iTunes,Amazon Haven’t really been a fan of Tony’s. I generally thought his singing was too commercial, to….scripted? Not these recordings. More like Sinatra….which is good.
Omer Avital Quintet – Live at Smalls iTunes,Amazon Great, tight group.
Scott Hamilton & Dusko Goykovich – Tight But Loose iTunes,Amazon I never tire of listening to Scott Hamilton. He is in the top of my favorite tenor players.
Richard Cheese – Live At The Royal Wedding iTunes,Amazon Need a Weird Al jazz person? Except not PC? Then Richard Cheese is your man.
Ken Peplowski – In Search of… iTunes,Amazon Clarinet and saxophone played awesome? Yup. Peplowski is great.