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Solo Transcriptions: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum by Freddie Hubbard

December 30, 2008 By Graham English

Today we lost a jazz lion, Freddie Hubbard. I've spent countless hours digesting his music and transcribing his solos so his death deeply touches me. His art was a major influence on my jazz vocabulary. If you don't own Speak No Evil, you're missing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: death, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, Freddie Hubbard, jazz, solo transcriptions, solos, Speak No Evil, transcribing, transcriptions, Wayne Shorter

Meditating On The Musicians We Lost In 2008

December 30, 2008 By Graham English

The New York Times posted a beautiful sound collage featuring some of the musicians we lost in 2008. Just added to the list, Freddie Hubbard. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream Tagged With: death, Fredde Hubbard, jazz, musicians, NYTimes

Oscar Peterson Is Dead

December 24, 2007 By Graham English

How sad to read that Oscar Peterson is dead on Christmas Eve. He died yesterday at the age of 82. This video made the top peak performance articles of 2006. There's no doubt why. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: death, jazz, Oscar Peterson

Graham English Talks Episode 9

September 11, 2007 By Graham English

In this episode I discuss today's death of Joe Zawinul, remembering 9/11, The return of Katie, Derren Brown, my Dwight Schrute video project, and my solo transcription of Cannonball Adderley. Download: Graham English Talks Episode 9 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Graham English Talks Tagged With: Cannonball Adderley, comedy, death, Derren Brown, Dwight Schrute, fun, humor, Jow Zawinul, solo transcriptions, The Office, TV

R.I.P. Max Roach

August 16, 2007 By Graham English

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: bebop, death, jazz, musicians, videos, YouTube

Michael Brecker Has Died

January 15, 2007 By Graham English

Jazz World Loses Sax Musician Michael Brecker Tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker died Saturday at the age of 57. The artist was one of the jazz world's most prolific studio musicians. He toured or performed with Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: death, jazz, saxophone

God Bless James Brown

December 25, 2006 By Graham English

It's not the news you want to wake up to on Christmas day. But the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, has died. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: death, James Brown

Jazz Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson Dies

August 25, 2006 By Graham English

Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his hit recording of "Gonna Fly Now," which lent the musical muscle to the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 78. Ferguson, who lived in Ojai, Calif., died last night (Aug. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: death, jazz, Maynard Ferguson

JonBenet Ramsey — Full Circle

August 17, 2006 By Graham English

Suspect says Ramsey death an accident: BANGKOK (Reuters) - An American primary school teacher accused of the grisly Christmas murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in 1996 said on Thursday he loved the child beauty queen and her death was an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: Boston, Boulder, Colorado, death, Massachusetts

Duke Jordan, 84, Jazz Pianist Who Helped to Build Bebop, Dies

August 13, 2006 By Graham English

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, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: bebop, death, jazz

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