Yazan: Jason | 09 May 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: jazz, videos
Can you recognize what tune the chord changes of this tune come from?
Yazan: Jason | 26 April 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, jazz
A new title about one of the great jazz bassists has recently launched, and it’s getting some good press. Check it out: http://mikkonurmi.wordpress.com/
Yazan: Jason | 05 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, jazz
Ben Allison was invited to teach a one-week workshop on composition and group interplay at the Siena Jazz Foundation’s International Jazz Master Program. Then he debuts a new group back in New York City at the Abrons Arts Center before heading back to Europe for a tour with the Ben Allison Band. Ben and his [...]
Yazan: Jason | 14 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos, jazz, jazz bass playing
This is a video of Lee Starovich (one of my longtime bass students) performing The Chicken along with trumpeter Kyle Liccoci. Both of these musicians have been involved with the Midwest Young Artists program and attend Libertyville High School, where I teach:
Yazan: Jason | 08 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos, jazz
Here’s a great rendition on 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (one of my favorite Paul Simon songs) featuring an awesome bass solo intro by Larry Grenadier (pardon the green flashes in the video–it’s well worth watching despite this): YouTube – Brad Mehldau Trio – 50 ways to leave your lover – part 1