Hot Wax – March 2011
April 18, 2011
New and Notable releases for January 2011.
Efficient Practice
The biggest challenges students face have to do with developing efficient practice techniques and learning how to be open and responsive while performing. This article addresses those challenges
Delfeayo Marsalis: A Responsibility to the Music
Being driven around the neighborhoods of the Crescent City, discussing jazz with one of the Marsalis clan for an hour or so – not a bad way to spend an afternoon, right? This past January, while at the JEN Conference, that’s the situation I was lucky enough to find myself in.
Yoruban Game
March 23, 2011
This is a topic I discuss often at Camp MMW and on my latest educational DVD, LIFE ON DRUMS (Vongole [...]
Another Color for Your Musical Palette: Principles of Twelve-Tone Writing
With a tip of the hat to Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It” (“Birds do it, bees do it”, etc.), Bird [...]
March 2011
The Evolution of Jazz Drumming from Hudson Hudson Music’s The Evolution of Jazz Drumming by Danny Gottlieb is an educational [...]
Focus on Reverend Dr. Ronald Myers
Dr. Larry Ridley, AAJC Executive Director Bassist Extraordinaire: Focus on Reverend Dr. Ronald Myers, www.juneteenthjazz.com Minister, physician and jazz musician, [...]
March 2011
Turkish Embassy partners with JALC for Ertegün Jazz Series In late Janary, the Embassy of Turkey was joined by representatives [...]
