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 2, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
There are 3 important resources to help you learn tunes: recordings, fakebooks/chord charts, and play alongs. All three are helpful, if you understand their proper place. The following article deals with the place of each resource when you learn tunes.
by Dimitri Mikitenko from photoxpress.com
Have you ever heard a great jazz musician say that they believe in learning jazz …
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 …
