Eddie Landsberg

Eddie Landsberg: Remembering Eddie Jefferson

by AAJ Staff
March 7, 2003

B3 organist Eddie Landsberg and The Virtuoso of Vocalese, Giacomo Gates, combine to make Remembering Eddie Jefferson a dynamic musical marriage. The B3's powerful sound makes an ideal vehicle to showcase Gates' deep resonance, and one might also say that the Giacomo Gates sound offers the perfect B3 match-up.

James Spaulding's alto saxophone puts an exclamation mark on the overall Charlie Parker influence that is omnipresent on this disc. Spaulding fires up his horn and adds additional ...

Music Education Monday: Tips on developing solo ideas from organist Eddie Landsberg

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 30, 2016

When organist Eddie Landsberg was mentioned here a few months back as part of a pair of posts collecting info of interest to beginning B-3 players, it was noted that he's got a YouTube channel that features a number of instructional videos. Today's installment of Music Education Monday spotlights a couple of those videos, in which Landsberg talks through how he develops solo ideas, using the standards “Stella By Starlight" and “Softly as A Morning Sunrise" as examples. While some ...
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