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November 11, 2011 By Graham English

The blog has been asking for some love for a while now. I've had several projects requiring long and intense attention and I'm happy to say that she's back on my list of high priorities. First, here's some of what I've been up to. I completed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Aweber, Berklee, Berklee College of Music, blog, Blogging, Blueprint CSS, Boston Terriers, buttons, calendar, coding, CSS, CSS3, email, Facebook, Field Trip, funk, GigPress, gigs, Google, gradients, guitar, guitar effects, HTML5, HTML5 Boilerplate, iTunes, jazz, keyboards, Logic Studio Training, page speed, programming, Songwriting, Songwriting Master, Stomp Box Guru, Sweden, Twitter, typography, update, YouTube

27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

November 17, 2009 By Graham English

Here's a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk. Registration is required but it's oh so worth it. The New York Times has the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 1959, Audio, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz, live music, live recordings, music, Newport Jazz Festival, Oscar Peterson, recordings, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Wolfgang's Vault

Wynton Marsalis Testifies Before A Congressional Committee. Arts = Jobs

May 2, 2009 By Graham English

On March 31, 2009, Arts Advocacy Day, Americans for the Arts gathered a panel of acclaimed artists and experts to call on Congress for continuing and additional support and funding for the arts and arts education in America. This hearing, entitled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Arts, congress, culture, economy, education, jazz, Wynton Marsalis

Happy Birthday, Duke

April 29, 2009 By Graham English

Born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. There's a gold mine of videos on YouTube. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Duke Ellington, jazz

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

Handwritten Notes By Thelonious Monk

December 28, 2008 By Graham English

I'm not sure of the original source, but I just found these handwritten notes by Thelonious Monk in the Delicious popular feed posted by thescotter. Awesome stuff! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: advice, inspiration, jazz, notes, Thelonious Monk, tips

Christmas Time Is Here

December 5, 2008 By Graham English

Getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Music by Vince Guaraldi. Watch on Christmas Time Is Here by Graham English Watch on Christmas Time Is Here by Graham English Watch on Viddler … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Charlie Brown, Christmas, Christmas music, Christmas songs, holidays, jazz, jazz piano, Nord Stage, Nord Stage Compact, piano, solo piano, Vince Guaraldi

The Sermon

November 7, 2008 By Graham English

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. Watch on Vimeo The Sermon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: bebop, F, F blues, hammond, Hammond Organ, jazz, jazz organ, Jimmy Smith, organ, organ solo, walking bass

Wynton Marsalis On The Colbert Report

October 21, 2008 By Graham English

Jazz is a music of integrity, and it teaches us to listen. -Wynton Marsalis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: humor, interviews, jazz, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, videos, Wynton Marsalis

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