July 23, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
Carl Saunders is a world-class trumpet player who has worked with Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Harry James, Maynard Ferguson, and Benny Goodman, among many other great musicians. I’ve had the privilege of working with him at the Great Basin Jazz Camp for the past three years. In addition to being “the best trumpet player you’ve never heard,” as trombonist Carl …
July 16, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
I coached the “Birdland” Jazz Combo this year at the Great Basin Jazz Camp. We had a great time at camp this year, and my combo was a dream to work with! The kids did a real nice job at our final concert tonight, and I told them I’d put up the recording for them to be able to …
July 15, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
It’s been an honor teaching at the Great Basin Jazz Camp for the third year in a row. I’ve had a lot of fun giving clinics, leading rehearsals, and playing in faculty jazz groups all week. I’ve had the pleasure of leading a student jazz combo, the Birdland Jazz Combo, which had it’s first gig tonight! We played at the …
July 5, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
Bestjazzvideos.com lives up to their name! You can use the widget below to find some of their great material. I highly recommend checking out these great clips!
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June 10, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
Brent Jensen is the Director of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho. He is also an amazing saxophonist and recording artist for Origin Records. Here is his first of several upcoming guest posts by Prof. Jensen on our site.
Brent has websites you can go check out! I’ve included the links right under his post.
44 ESSENTIAL JAZZ …
June 3, 2010 in Jazz Recordings
This article will use three different recordings of the jazz standard “On the Sunny Side of the Street” to show how a jazz musician can approach learning the melody to a tune.
A jazz melody is often nebulous. I have heard many people say “just listen, you can learn the melody from the recordings.” However, it is often a difficult thing to …
