Monthly Archives August 2010

Transcribed: Lester Young – Pound Cake 30th

Tweet Here’s a transcription I did of some classic Lester Young. Pound Cake is a blues in the key of G (A for the tenor saxophone) and Lester plays two choruses. This solo would be good for use with students who are getting started with transcribing solos. It all falls within a comfortable range on [...]

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I heart Rich Perry. 19th

TweetI can’t begin to count how many times I’ve watched this video. Rich Perry is one of my favorite saxophonists and he totally kills it in this video with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. His solo starts around 2:10.
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Binh Photo! 19th

TweetPortland-based photographer Binh Ho-Thanh came out to one of the Moksha shows in Berkeley and took some fantastic pictures. He was kind enough to share a couple of them with me. Go to his website, Binh_Photo (right now!) and check out his work. (L to R: Jeff Cressman, Jennifer Hartswick, me) The back of Tree’s [...]

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Free Online Jazz Play-Alongs from Berklee College of Music 17th

Tweet I recently learned about a page with links to free play-along recordings from Berklee College of Music. The play-alongs are by Hal Crook, trombonist extraordinaire. I first heard his playing on a Phil Woods album. He is a monster trombone player. Anyway, Hal Crook is very ably playing piano on these recordings. The page [...]

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Reviewed – BeyerDynamic DT770 PRO Headphones 16th

TweetAfter using Pat Gray’s headphones for listening to some things at the Moksha house, I finally decided to take the plunge and buy my own pair of BeyerDynamic DT770 Pro Headphones. I purchased them from Sweetwater Sound and had a great customer service experience with them. I would recommend them to anyone looking for audio [...]

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Home from Berzerkley 11th

Tweet © photo by Rich Samuels I spent last week in San Francisco and Berkeley with Moksha. The band has been on a two-week tour and they brought the horns out for 3 nights of Phish Aftershow Parties. Phish played the 3 nights at the Greek Theater in Berkeley and we were at Blakes on [...]

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Progressive Time Signature Articulations 2nd

TweetI was looking through this thread on the Sax on the Web Forum that listed the technical proficiencies for the Berklee College of Music. As I was reading, I kept coming back to this line. Play all major scales using mixed articulations I assume that mixed articulations, in this case, probably refers to different permutations [...]

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