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Jazz Underneath
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Jazz music, its history, recordings, opinions... from the perspective of a jazz bassist.
Recent Posts
Jazz vs Classical Music Notation
The September '09 issue of JazzEd Magazine has a provocative article on jazz notation entitled Common Errors in Jazz Music Notation. The piece is by Lee Evans, a professor of music at Pace University and co-author of the book How To Play Chord Symbol...
Celebrate the Holidays...with Playalong Tracks
The holidays are once again almost upon us. PlayJazzNow wants to help you find the perfect gift for your favorite jazz musician. What better way to foster the creativity of your friends, family or students than getting them some fun backing tracks?Th...
New Tracks from PlayJazzNow
I've just released the latest sets of playalong tracks:Bebop Standards - a set of some of the best tunes by Bird, Diz and friends.Odd Meter Basics - a set to help you break out of the 3/4 and 4/4 doldrums, including 5/4 arrangements of the changes to...
A Tale of Two Bassists
For a bass player, performing on the same bill with Dave Holland would have to be a daunting proposition. Holland is a bona fide jazz legend. He has been the pre-eminent craftsman on his instrument for at least four decades. Countless musicians (incl...
PlayJazzNow Labor Day Sale
PlayJazzNow invites you to our first ever Labor Day Weekend Sale.SAVE 50% Sept. 5-7 2009From 'round midnight (CST) on Saturday, Sept. 5 through the the final minute of Monday, Sept. 7 SAVE 50% on ALL* of our great tracks, including BLUES, RHYTHM CHAN...
More Jazz Poetry: Sonny and Joe
painting by Aida Emart To Keep Him Alive by Paul Freidinger The embouchure directs action: tongue, lips, curve of the cheek, seek solution with the reed; a need for saliva on the sliver of wood, sense of sound by breath, wet wood makes th...

