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Jazz Underneath

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Jazz music, its history, recordings, opinions... from the perspective of a jazz bassist.

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  • Jazz vs Classical Music Notation

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 09:33 in jazz, jazz education, jazzed, lee evans, chord 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

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:53

    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

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 23:57 in bebop, playjazznow, jazz play along tracks, odd meters

    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

    Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 18:11 in jazz bassists, jazz bass playing, dave holland, vijay iyer, stephan crump

    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

    Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 13:35

    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

    Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 11:08 in sonny rollins, joe henderson, jazz poetry

    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...

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