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Alan Barnes – saxophonist and composer from the UK
Alan Barnes, a saxophone player and composer from the UK, has written a “Sherlock Holmes Suite”, which includes tunes such as Watson’s Women- (Portrait Of Mary Morstan) – “A jazz waltz look at Watson’s wives, M.M in particular and his ‘experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents’”. Check out Alan’s…
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I’m in the news!
Check out this news article about me (includes nifty colour photo!).
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Keith Jarrett jazz lick – leading to a minor chord
Here’s a lick I transcribed off a Keith Jarrett recording: 4,5,#5,Maj7,9,5,4,b3. It leads very nicely into a minor chord. (I’ll post the music notes when I have time!)
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Vancouver jazz vocalists concert
Yesterday I went to a concert at the Vancouver Public Library as part of the Sweet Basil Jazz Festival – vocalists Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Karin Plato, and Jennifer Scott, singing with the Chris Sigerson trio featuring Rene Worst on bass and Tom Foster on Drums. I especially enjoyed Jennifer Scott’s version of Felicidade by Jobim. Funny,…
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Concert Review: Radiohead in Vancouver
Saw the Radiohead concert at Thunderbird Stadium. Nice lighting effects, although I am not a big fan of Radiohead I thought some of their electronic sounds were interesting. At times they would build up a wall of dense sound that is hard to penetrate and hear anything worthwhile. And it was my first experience at…