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Book Review- “Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music”
“Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamer” is the perfect title for this book. While there are only a few book reviews on this blog, none are as special to me as this one. There are several reasons why I want to bring … Continue reading
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Retirement Announcement
The image above doesn’t quite describe this next phase of my life, since it’s only teaching that I’m retiring from. My work with composing, recording and practicing (!) will continue, but now at a greater pace. My last day of … Continue reading
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Can You Say, “I’ve Got Rhythm”? Book Review: “The Rhythm Book” by Rory Stuart
Every musician who has learned how to read music has encountered some of the basic rhythmic aspects of music. Understanding time signatures, the values of the various kinds of notes, and the importance of a steady beat, were all topics … Continue reading
Can the Internet Show You the Best Way to Play the Trumpet? (Finding Your Way in a Sea of Information)
In a relatively short amount of time, the world has seen an explosion in the amount of information that is readily available on just about any subject imaginable. Of course I’m talking about the Internet here, and while that may … Continue reading
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Working on “Take the A Train” with a Beginning Improviser
Noah is a talented young trumpet student of mine who is just now entering his second year of middle school. We were making more time this summer to work on jazz improvisation, since up to that point, we had been … Continue reading
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2016 Denver Jazz Trumpet Consortium
Al Hood, who teaches trumpet at Denver University’s Lamont School of Music, and directs their Lamont Jazz Ensemble, has once again put together an event for lovers of jazz and trumpet. Here’s some information he recently posted that could be … Continue reading
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Opening of a “A Remarkable Life”
Way back in September of 2014, I had blogged about an independent film that I had written some music for earlier that summer…just one brief, but pivotal scene. Since then, “A Remarkable Life” has had some success in various film festivals (including … Continue reading
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Website and Email Transfers
Here’s a quick note about my new website being set up with a new host, which will also impact my email. I’m hoping that everything goes smoothly, but you never know. The process should start on Thursday, May 12th, but … Continue reading
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Reharmonizing and Arranging a Song for a Student: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Vander has been studying trumpet with me for a few years now, and due to his family’s busy schedule, had accumulated a lot makeup time. To try and help him recover some of that lost time, I came up with the idea … Continue reading
Bob Gillis: Musician 