Saturday, September 11, 2021

The Art and Science of Time - New Podcast Series

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 Hi Everybody As I mentioned in my last post, I've begun a series of Podcasts on the subject of rhythm. The series is called  The Art an...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Negotiating The Pandemic

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Hello Everybody  It's been a while since I've been on here, so I though I might update you with some news. Like performing artis...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Bird Lives - And Always Will

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Today is Charlie Parker's 100th birthday. So much music will be played today (unfortunately not as much as should have been played...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Woody Shaw - A Jazz Master

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Woody Shaw was not just one of the greatest trumpeters in jazz, he was also a giant of the music. Just over thirty years since his passin...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Bill Evans and the Juxtaposition of 3/4 and 4/4

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(N.B. In choosing the Youtube versions of the pieces under discussion, I was careful to only use them if they were already availab...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

My Mother, Music and Mortality

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(My mother with her beloved Bobby) Professional musicians are generally pragmatic. We get on with things, we do what we do because, we...
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Saturday, December 7, 2019

Evidence - Lulu's Back In Town

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Recorded at Billy Byrne's in Kilkenny, Evidence is a trio dedicated to playing both the music of Thelonious Monk, and standards that ...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

On Being A Jazz Student - The Big Picture

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Over the course of my forty years of being a musician, I've worked with probably thousands of students. I've worked with my ow...