Chip
You've got a good site here. The combination of resources and news is quite practical for a jazz musician. Thanks for the good work; I'm subscribed now, so I'll be checking back!
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Casa Valdez Jazz
http://davidvaldez.blogspot.com
Multi-media Jazz blog written by a professional Jazz musician.
Articles, streaming Jazz videos, transcriptions, player features, improvisation lessons, Jazz harmony, Jazz links, practice ideas, and more.
- Added on: Aug 27th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Music Philosophy Education
Recent Posts
A letter to a student at a Jazz Conservatory
Here is part of a letter that I sent one of my students who recently moved out east to study at a major Jazz school in the New York area. I thought that it was worth reprinting because it contains a lot of advice that I wish that someone had given me...
WTF: Pops sings Pharaoh\'s \'The Creator Has A Master Plan\'
Yes, it's no joke.This is from the great Avant-Garde Jazz site Destination: Out"We tend to think of Armstrong and Sanders as inhabiting entirely different universes, but one of the interesting things about the late 60s and early 70s was the generatio...
The Jazz Personality- by Aaron Johnson
Aaron's last post caused quite a stir all over the blogosphere. Readers and bloggers either loved it or they wanted to wring his young neck. The role of the musician in our society has become so domesticated over the past 30 or so years. I beli...
Master Class videos on Banddirector.com
There are quite a few interesting videos on Banddirector.com, including a bunch of Bergonzi improvisation workshops. ...
Fourths Practice Template
Nat Kline wrote some very helpful exercises to practice fourths after he saw Dan Gaynor's Fourths Exercise. Nat designed a template that covers the entire range of the saxophone (or flute depending on where you start). He calls it a 'template' becaus...
Slant Signature- great new Jazz blog for free downloads
One of my former students recently discovered the wealth of Jazz mp3s that are now available on blogs for free. He was quite surprised and realized that he really didn't need to spend all of the thousands of dollars that he was spending on buying CDs...
I really enjoyed your blog and will be back to read more. I'm sitting here with a smile about your Dave Koz post and comments as well as the comments of others. You don't like smooth jazz, do you? LOL! I love smooth jazz but I do like it with a little "umph!" to it. Dave Koz is a little light for my tastes.
I've started a jazz group which, in my opinion, was much needed and would like to invite you to join. It will be great if I can get a well rounded group of jazz lovers ot get something going. Hope you find it interesting enough to join.
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