“We See” is an excellent Thelonious Monk composition from his quintessential Straight, No Chaser. The text and music here is taken from my transcription of it – an exercise in how black and white .pdfs behave in Adobe Illustrator. The background is the result of one of ... Continue Reading
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
Thanks to David Valdez (Casa Valdez) for posting several wonderful fakebooks at his blog.  Sarting yesterday with a post on the Blue Book, the following are available: The Great Gig Book (the Blue Book) Jazz Standards (Swing to Bop) Library of Musicians’ Jazz Fakebook The Samm ... Continue Reading
A point-on post from I was doing alright worth reposting here: A few months ago I was introduced to the director of jazz studies at one of the local Atlanta universities. For the sake of anonymity, let’s call him Joshua. The person making the introduction told Joshua that I have a w ... Continue Reading
As it draws to a close, this has got to be one of the baddest arrangements of Summertime I’ve ever heard: Continue Reading
