Perception is reality. If people are told, time and time again, that jazz is dead, then they will start to believe it. We, as Milwaukee musicians, have to stop saying “Jazz is dead” A great post by my friend Mike…
Practice Tip: Accumulative Scale Technique
opening run in Maurice Whitney’s Introduction and Samba Have you ever seen a run like the one above and thought there was no way you could play it cleanly? So instead you just moved your fingers without even bothering looking…
Is jazz dead in Milwaukee?
Big thanks to Jamie Breiwick for posting this on his blog, Milwaukee Jazz. Freelance journalist Michael Drew wrote “Is Jazz Dead?” for the current issue of Milwaukee Magazine. He spoke to Bonnie North on WUWM about the article. It’s great to…
Milwaukee Jazz
Milwaukeeans now have an excellent resource for finding local jazz. Milwaukee Jazz is a new blog launched by trumpeter/educator Jamie Breiwick. Navigation along the top gives the reader the who and the where. Not only is there space where every current Milwaukee…
iPhone music apps
As you might already know, I am a fan of all things Apple, Mac, and iPhone related. I own an iMac G5, MacBook, Airport Extreme, Apple TV, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic 160gb, and iPhone 3G. Since Apple opened the App…
More from Paul Hanson
In doing research for my interview with Paul Hanson, I came across his old website, jazzbassoon.com. Though he now has a new website (paulhansonmusic.com), I found some of that content very informative, and worth a reposting. So please enjoy the…
saxophones, clarinets, flutes, bassoon