Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven’t learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it’s just an F blues.
Max Roach, one of the original bebop drummers, died early this morning. He played with all the greatest jazz musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. I’ve personally spent many, many hours listening to him swing.
Duke Jordan, a pianist whose work with the saxophonist Charlie Parker endures in the jazz canon, died on Tuesday in Valby, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. He was 84, and he had lived in self-imposed exile from the United States since 1978, continuing to perform in the musical tradition he helped create.
His death was confirmed [...]
Practicing walking bass and soloing over Bb rhythm changes on the hammond organ at 195bpm.
I’m focusing on two things here. Hand interdependence and phrasing with little or no regard to pitch. So motion and rhythm basically.
This is a warm up on a cool and dreary day.
Emily Chang just told me about “a free program that find gigs, tickets and tour dates using your iTunes Music Library.”
Can’t wait to get bebop in the US.
Rollins tells what it takes to survive:
Tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins, who at 75 has been nominated for a Grammy for best jazz instrumental solo, says people often ask him what goes through his mind when he’s playing one of his celebrated extended improvised solos.
“I relate to them that when I’m playing at my best, [...]
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
Really tired of following people and immediately getting a DM pitch. (>_<) 5 hrs ago
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