House concerts are a concept that started with the jazz of the 1920’s. Â They were called rent parties then and allowed neighbors to help neighbors, raising money for the musicians or other poor tenants looking to keep their landlords off their backs. As the bell tolls for the musi ... Continue Reading
I’ll start this semi-regular series with a non-bassist. Part of this shot has been the banner for AllAboutJazz.com’s photo section as long as I’ve been noticing. I found the full photo at Jorrit Dijkstra’s website. John Hollenbeck is the crazy guy with the death r ... Continue Reading
Hello from the IAJE 2007 Annual Conference! To all of my SEU students, I will send schedule sheets to you (use the one I sent last year if it’s not deleted) and we’ll get schedules figured out the first of the week. Please tell your friends they can take bass lessons for credi ... Continue Reading
