Jazz-Sax, all things Jazz and Sax
Sometimes, you need a video to show the obvious. This is one such video. Perhaps another such video will show that you shouldn’t maybe run over the neck of your saxophone with a car and expect it to sound the same? Another obvious video is this one, playing slow to play fast. On this one,…
Suppose you want to play EWI. But you don’t want to play the Studebaker one. And you don’t particularly need nor want to visit the 70s and early 80s with the Analogue synth found in the EWI4000S. Fear not, Akai has heard your pleas. ” Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces EWI…
So, I’ve been working on this CD for a big band I play in. I have no idea how much it cost to get the person to record it, multitrack, and a couple of sessions. I’m thinking at least $6,000….if not more. So, say you have ProTools (or something similar) that can handle 30 tracks…
George Garzone has a 2 DVD instructional set coming out next month. $89.95. Sounds interesting. “The Music of George Garzone & The Triadic Chromatic Approach”, is a Jazz Improvisation Instructional DVD and much, much more. MADE FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS Performances: Solo, Duos, Trios, an Sextet performances The Triadic Chromatic Approach: 23 Chapters & 30 Examples…
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From the SF Chronicle: “..earlier this year one of its principal funders, the New College of California, collapsed financially, leaving the church without a vital income source. The school had paid two-thirds of the church’s rent, so now King and his retinue are again asking its members and the community to help the church.” Background…
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Here are the ingredients of a great album and recording: 1. Great songs….Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon…..check 2. Good arrangements of said songs…..check 3. Great players…..check 4. Record everything live, with a single microphone and no digital “wizardary” (not Pro Tools *gasp*)…..check The sound of the album is great (seriously, no Pro Tools)….
Damn. Congrats man. The MacArthur foundation is giving him $500K, no strings attached. Just don’t invest it in the stock market right now……..
Ok, not Jazz or Saxophone related, but entertaining none the less. Check out Joss Whedon’s latest masterpiece. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
From the BBC Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died at the age of 65 from cancer. I always think of Pink Floyd as sort of a Miles Davis rock group (without Miles). Lots of colors, and mood to their music. Plus, they had saxophone (sometimes). I can cite two songs…
iTunes is a great thing….not only for managing music, but for finding and getting Podcasts. Here are some of my picks. In The Groove, Jazz and Beyond NPR: Jazz Profiles Podcast The SaxTips Podcast Detroit JazzStage These are the “Jazz” ones I have subscribed to. Anyone have any others they’d recommend?
Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68. LaFontaine was known as the “king of the movie trailers,” having done the trailer voiceovers for films such as Terminator, Fatal Attraction, Cheaper by the Dozen, Batman Returns and his personal favourite, The Elephant Man….
This is sad, tragic news: “LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident, the band’s publicist said.” DMB is one of the few good rock bands out there…..he is going to be hard to replace…..
Now, this really has nothing to do with saxophone. Or Jazz. But it is well worth your time to watch. Here is a little background on Randy Pausch and his death this week from incurable pancreatic cancer. His approach to teaching is something I strive to do.
I’m looking for a new server to host Jazz-Sax on. The current server, a 1997 Dual Pentium II 450 with an Adaptec RAID card and two 40gig hard drives works ok, but it is huge, eats lots of electricity, and generates a lot of heat and noise. What I’m looking for is perhaps someone who…
Sad news today “US jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk, died Friday in France, his agent Helene Manfredi said. He was 80. Nicknamed the Little Giant, Griffin was due to perform Friday evening alongside US organist Rhoda Scott, French saxophonist Olivier Temime and…