September 2009
26 posts
Quick Update
Phase Three has commenced: My requests for letters of recommendation have been emailed. Now I just have to hound three professors for a month until I have a total of 12 sealed, signed envelopes (with my name and proposed major on them) that contain verifications of my greatness.
There’s lots of good stuff happening in the blogosphere, but I’m kind of swamped today. Check the...
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“Sweet And Lovely”
Aaron Quinn:...
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Round Two (Pt. 2)
In the ongoing endeavor that is my grad school application process, phase one is officially complete. I had a recording session this past Thursday to knock out a few things for my audition tapes, and though I will likely need another session before my portfolio is mailed, I’m mostly really happy with the outcome.
My friend Aaron is also going through this process, so we tag teamed the session in...
Sunday Links
Old Misconceptions II: It’s OK for New York Musicians To Retire With No Pension (Jazzblog.ca)
Just Make Us Look Cool (Note Vijay Iyer’s Comments)
New Interview With Billy Hart
I’ll Give You That, By Aaron Quinn
(see...
Glitch Switch, By Billy Wolfe.
(see post below)
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(The Beginning And End Of) Septikk: Marketing Jazz...
At the beginning of this past summer, fellow Capital graduate and current DePaul masters student Billy Wolfe created a band specifically engineered to pay three (and only three) blowout concerts (one of which was to be recorded) before half of the band members left Columbus for good, pulled in separate directions for their own musical pursuits. The group’s name was Septikk, and at its largest,...
In other news, I just got this:
And am really digging it.
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Round Two (Pt.1)
For the most part I think you’ll find that I’ve kept away from “personal blogging” here. Instead of updating every five minutes about what I’m doing or listening to, I’ve tried to keep the posts pretty legitimate, or at least pertaining to a relevant musical topic. Still, you can go anywhere for legitimacy. Here at TuneBlog, I’d also like to offer a bit...
Shoot The Piano Player: New Jazz Trios (NPR) →
A review of five new trio records (with audio).
Highlights for me include a new Tyshawn Sorey record, and the first release from NYC bassist Linda Oh, who kicked my ass personally at my Manhattan audition in February….But, everything on here sounds pretty fantastic.
Taking The Lead On Health Care Reform, Climate... →
Billy Hart, John Coltrane, and 45 Extraordinary... →
A Blog Supreme’s post on a fantastic record, not only interesting because of the interview it links, but also because the aforementioned 45 seconds are beautifully described. Billy Hart Quartet, Live from the Vanguard, on NPR TOMORROW.
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My Jazz Now Picks and A Comment On Their...
The timing of A Blog Supreme’s Jazz Now post goes along nicely with my post on education from the 12th, primarily because the goal of both the Jazz Now posts and the outside materials I hand out in private lessons are to turn people on to the fact that jazz is new, exciting, and wildly different than many people expect. Whenever I hand out a “jazz sampler” the following bands...
Concert Review And Download: High Zero Festival... →
Free improvisation festival in Baltimore. This link contains a whole set for download.
Jazz Now: A Blog Supreme's Forward Thinking
This is a great idea.
I will be posting my five picks with some commentary later in the week.
Led Bib and How The British Got Something Right... →
NYPO's New Music Funding Gets A Big Boost... →
A Musician's Guide To Creating An Online Presence... →
Upcoming Releases (NYT) →
After a cursory glance, highlights include new releases from Q-Tip, The Flaming Lips, Ben Allison, The Roots, Sufjan Stevens, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, and Gal Costa with Romero Lumbambo.
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Education (Pts. 2 & 3)
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When I was a junior in college I took jazz composition lessons with Stan Smith, the guitar professor at Capital. When I showed up for my first lesson, instead of asking me the standard questions that teachers ask new students (how long have you been doing this, what are your goals, etc…), Stan asked me if I read any poetry. This seemed like a completely unrelated question at the time,...
Education (Pt. 1)
Although teaching has always interested me, being a full time conservatory student didn’t necessarily provide the kind of time it requires to actively teach kids. Now that I’m out, I’ve begun teaching on a large scale (though not yet large enough) for the first time. I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about how I want to come across as a teacher, and also about what...
Sightreading →
Automatic music generator for improved sightreading. Good for you and/or your students. Thanks to Greenleaf for the heads-up.
Monday Links
Finally, people are responding to that infamous Branford Marsalis interview from the documentary Before The Music Dies, and although this response lays out a few good points, I feel that it should have been written with this kind of a tone.
In other news, Sequenza 21 has been covering the Second Annual Conference on Minimalist Music all week, Jazz Beyond Jazz has covered the #jazzlives tweet...
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An Enourmous Suite: Retzlaff Visits Columbus
A couple of times a year NYC drummer Peter Retzlaff comes to Columbus to visit his family, and the jazz audience in this city benefits directly. Retzlaff, although his playing and personality have been redefined by working professionally in (arguably) the jazz capital of the world for the last decade or more, is at heart one of our own. He played his first gigs here in Columbus, and before the...
Rhythm A Ning (from the set below on 8.27.09)