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May 14, 2008

Walking Bassline Part 1 and Part 2 Listen to virtually any jazz recording and you will hear it: the quarter note bassline walking up and down the scale providing both rhythm and harmony. This is the walking bassline and it is one of the defining elements of jazz. Playing a walking bassline over any set of ...

New Coltrane Book is Not Just for Kids

April 7, 2008

Award-winning children's book author Carole Boston Weatherford and prize-winning illustrator Sean Qualls explore the soundtrack of a Trane's formative years in Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (Henry Holt, 2008). With bluesy art and soulful lyrics, the team create a soaring hymn to the legendary jazz saxophonist. Peek inside the book ...

East Meets West in Jazz Drumming Legacy

March 25, 2008

(Los Angeles, California) -- Exalt Entertainment Group, premiering jazz and spoken word artists nationally and The World Stage, a non-profit organization providing leadership in the presentation of African American cultural and artistic works, today announced they will co-present Winard Harper at L.A's Theatre at 4305 in Leimert Park Village on April 25, 2008 to celebrate Jazz ...

North Carolina Blues Show Raises Funds, Awareness for Katrina Musicians

February 1, 2008

North Carolina singer/pianist Adrian Duke is performing a special concert in downtown Hillsborough to benefit the Renew Our Music Fund (formerly the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Fund). The Renew Our Music Fund is unmatched in grants, subsidies, and financial & crisis support for New Orleans musicians effected by hurricane Katrina. Though best known for his performance ...

Lake Eden Arts Festival Celebrates 25th Festival in Black Mountain, NC

October 12, 2007

What: Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) Celebrating 25 Festivals Connecting cultures and creating community through music & arts When: October 19-21 Where: Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, NC Featured Performing Artists: Michael Franti solo, Les Nubians, Doc Watson with Richard Watson & David Holt as Hills of Home, Fishbone, Tony ...

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September 9, 2007

Rootless Voicings with Added Tension Major ii-V-Is Part 1 These standard voicings are the bedrock of every jazz pianists' technique. From Wynton Kelly and Red Garland to Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans and beyond, these voicings pervade bop and post-bop jazz piano. Watch part 1 of this multi-part series to learn how to build and use these ...

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August 28, 2007

Diatonic Tendency Tones Watch this cool little exercise and amaze your friends with your new found perfect pitch skills. OK, you won't quite have perfect pitch but you will get very close and you can learn this technique quickly. Each note has a tendency to want to resolve within a given harmonic context. This lesson will ...

This Week on jazzpianoonline.com

August 21, 2007

Can you ever know too many blues licks? This is a particularly tasty one. It is a three measure lick which works over a I7 to IV7 progression and can be broken up into two or even three smaller licks. This one comes from an obscure disc from the early 90s by trombonist Eric Felten with ...

Following Monk: A 20-Event Festival From September 15 through October 30

July 31, 2007

Duke Performances, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will present FOLLOWING MONK, a twenty-event festival taking place over six weeks and celebrating the 90th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer/pianist Thelonious Monk. FOLLOWING MONK - running September 15 through October 30, 2007 - offers three world premieres, special ...

Blip Fool EP: Jazz-Influenced Progressive Electronic

May 17, 2007