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2011 New Year’s Resolutions – This is The Year to Play Piano!

December 20, 2010

Many New Year's resolutions don't come to fruition, but for those vowing to learn to play the piano in 2011, Quiescence Music makes it easy to keep that resolution. The website features online piano lessons by well-known pianist and composer, Edward Weiss. The revolutionary new method teaches students to play New Age music through a variety ...

In the Mood for James Moody

December 15, 2010

On hearing of the recent death of saxophonist and flutist James Moody, many casual jazz listeners may be seeking out his music for the first time. One of my personal favorite albums of his is At the Jazz Workshop (GRP, 1961), recorded here in San Francisco, which I believe serves as a wonderful sampling of Moody's ...

Dizzy Gillespie - "No More Blues" (1966)

December 11, 2010

Enter Music Publishing Thrives And Survives In 2010 Looking Back At DRUM!'s Rolling Ride Over The Year

December 10, 2010

San Jose, Calif.,—Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide and online, had a very interesting year. Despite the economy, the company was very successful in regard to its commitment in covering the drum industry in its position as the best magazine in the industry. Here's what happened... Getting Down With The Drummies Enter Music ...

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Smith!

December 9, 2010

Jimmy Smith is the acknowledged master of the Hammond B-3 organ. In fact, the B-3 is the only instrument in jazz on which you'd find so little disagreement about who was the greatest player. And Smith took up the instrument relatively late. Smith was born on this date in 1925 (although some members of his family ...

Jazz News: James Moody Has Died

December 10, 2010

Sad news out of San Diego today—jazz saxophonist James Moody has died. Here's the story from USA Today: Jazz Saxophone Giant James Moody Has Died at 85Acclaimed jazz saxophonist James Moody died this afternoon of pancreatic cancer at a San Diego hospice, theSan Diego Union-Tribune is reporting. He was 85 and had lived in the city ...

I Think We Could All Use "A Bit More Miles Davis"

December 8, 2010

Interesting business story on BusinessJournalism.org about Miles Davis and the effectiveness of his longtime association with the notion of 'cool.' Alan Deutschman's article finds him at the Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York. During a tour of the kitchen, he notices a large photograph of Miles Davis. It turned out that four years earlier, ...

Louis Armstrong - "Mack the Knife" (1959)

December 6, 2010

53rd Grammy Nominations Announced

December 3, 2010

Here are the nominations in the jazz categories, as well as some other categories which included jazz artists. The Grammy Awards show will take place February 13th, 2011 at 8 PM. 44. Best Contemporary Jazz Album For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks. The Stanley Clarke Band The ...

A Groovier Thing - Dizzy for President!

December 2, 2010

With the midterm elections behind us and the rumors and prognostications already starting for the presidential election of 2012, let's hope and pray for an inspiring candidate like the one we had in 1964. No, not Barry Goldwater or Lyndon B. Johnson—I mean John Birks “Dizzy" Gillespie! Dizzy's presidential run began as something of a lark, ...