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Tag: jazz

  • Chick Corea with Bobby Mcferrin – Autumn Leaves

    This is a beautiful duo performance by the master jazz pianist Chick Corea and the incredibly versatile virtuoso vocalist Bobby Mcferrin. It’s one of my favorite jazz Youtube videos at the moment, because it’s an amazing example of rhythmic interplay, varied textures, use of time and space, jazz idioms, and synergy and flow in a…

  • New Jazz Jam Recording (free MP3’s avail)

    I spent Sunday afternoon having a jam session on piano with my brother Byron (drums) and friend Jason (bass). This was the first time we had played together and it was a lot of fun. I made a recording of our jam and have made the Mp3’s freely available to download (please click here). Of…

  • Brad Mehldau with Renee Fleming (NPR free recording)

    NPR has made available a free online recording of jazz pianist Brad Mehldau performing with mezzo-soprano Renee Fleming in the Creators at Carnegie series.Click here to view the concert details, and then click the “Listen to the Concert” link that appears below the title on that page. It’s wonderful that NPR has made this music…

  • Article on Madeleine Peyroux, jazz vocalist

    Oh, the power of nostalgia! Madeleine Peyroux‘s voice has been described as “smoke and whisky”, and is often compared to the late, great Billie Holiday. Says Shelly Woodworth, director at Vilar Center in Colorado, “Peyroux isn’t imitating anybody, she has her own story to tell and is proving herself to be an original interpreter and…

  • Chassidic Jazz Project – combining Jewish music and jazz

    Drummer Reuben Hoch leads a group called the Chassidic Jazz Project, which combines traditional Jewish music with jazz and classical influences. On their web site, Hoch describes two different audiences which can appreciate this music: Those completely at home in the world of Jewish music appreciate the group’s new perspective of classic Jewish music. On…

  • Jazz pianist Eldar Djangirov – piano prodigy

    Jazz pianist Eldar Djangirov is a young prodigy – only 17 years old, he has already established his own voice in jazz. From an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune: Now an 11th-grader at Francis Parker School, he was the first-place winner at the 2001 edition of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. He has been…

  • Sara Gazarek jazz vocalist

    There seems to be a growing market for twenty-somethings who sing straight ahead vocal jazz. Sara Gazarek is another of these. According to this Seattle PI article, “she has won numerous honors, including the John Coltrane Memorial Scholarship, the Hilton Head Jazz Society Scholarship and the 2003 Downbeat Student Music Award for Outstanding Collegiate Vocalist,”…

  • 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!)

  • 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,…