From Pocono Record:
Jazz legend Phil Woods died Tuesday morning, according to Bensing-Thomas Funeral Home in Stroudsburg.
He was 83 years old.
Sad news. We lost one of the greatest alto saxophone players ever.
All About Jazz
NY Times
Jazzwax
Podcast: Song Exploder
There are a LOT of great Podcasts out there. One of them is Song Exploder. There is a great episode about the Game Of Thrones composition by Ramin Djawadi. Check it out.
Sheet Of The Week – Tear In My Heart (21 Pilots)
Tear In My Heart by 21 Pilots for Eb Instruments (81.6 KiB, 58 hits)
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Tear In My Heart by 21 Pilots for Bb Instruments (82.3 KiB, 30 hits)
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Phil Woods Retires
Well, it was indeed historic but for an unforseen reason: Before his last number, Mr. Woods, best known to the casual music listener as the soloist on Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are,” announced that it would be his last number. Ever.
Sad day.
Sheet Of The Week – Budapest (George Ezra)
Budapest by George Ezra for Eb Instruments (85.0 KiB, 78 hits)
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Budapest by George Ezra for Bb Instruments (79.9 KiB, 54 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week – I Really Like You (Carly Rae Jepsen)
I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen for Eb Instruments (105.7 KiB, 45 hits)
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I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen for Bb Instruments (104.1 KiB, 20 hits)
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An Interview with Gordon Goodwin
Allaccess.com has a great interview with Gordon Goodwin posted. You should check it out.
Sheet Of The Week – Lost Stars (Adam Levine)
Lost Stars by Adam Levine for Eb Instruments (112.5 KiB, 42 hits)
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Lost Stars by Adam Levine for Bb Instruments (113.0 KiB, 26 hits)
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A Short History Of The Bob Mintzer Big Band
Aaron Hill – Ferling Oboe Studies
Great set of videos by Aaron Hill on the Ferling Etudes. Check them out here.
Electron microscope slow-motion video of vinyl LP
This is very very cool. Remember records?
Sheet Of The Week – I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)
Nice little song.
I Choose You by Sara Bareilles for Eb Instruments (93.5 KiB, 42 hits)
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I Choose You by Sara Bareilles for Bb Instruments (97.1 KiB, 33 hits)
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Donna Lee – GRP All-Stars
Cherokee – Eddie Daniels & Gordon Goodwin’s Phat Band
Eddie is scary……on everything……
Band in a Box 2015 for Mac
After much delay, PG Music released Band in a Box 2015 for Mac last week. Whoohoo! Here are some of the new features:
- Audio Recording
- 33 More Jazz RealTracks
- 36 New Pop/Rock Tracks
- Saving a song to video and upload it to YouTube
- Read/Write Support for Apple Loops
There were also some enhancements to the GUI, but if you were expecting a more Mac like overhaul, you are going to be sadly disappointed. When they say GUI enhancements, they mean that when you have a track that has a banjo, it shows you where the banjo is rather than lumping it in the string section. Useful, but it should have had this a while ago. Not sure how useful the saving a song to youtube is going to be. They also have a save to soundcloud feature but I’ve never used that.
Another great thing they finally added was that it can now check for updates on it’s own. Not that they need to push out updates to this rock solid piece of software. Still, it is a welcome addition.
Is it worth buying this update? Yes. The real tracks alone are worth it. Love the new real tracks, and wish there were like a 100 of them in each style rather than 33 or 36.
This is still probably the best piece of software a musician can own. Go get it.