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Using the Pitch Axis to Learn Melodies
Over the years of teaching jazz, I have noticed some students struggle with learning the melodies of tunes. They play the song, over and over (in class at least), and yet their knowledge of the melody… more →
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Pearls of Wisdom
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DrumsoundMaker wrote 22 hours ago: After my rambling and my excitment of having found JMW here, just the first session signifies he has … more →
Videos, broadcasts and podcasts
simonpurcell wrote 3 weeks ago: Some videos, interviews, broadcasts added… the marvellous Marian McPartland Piano Jazz program … more →
RIEP6: Draft Aesthetics (MP3, Complete)
iethnographer wrote 4 weeks ago: Sometimes, there is such a thing as “Good Enough.” RIEP6: Draft Aesthetics (MP3, Complet … more →
RIEP6: Draft Aesthetics (MP3)
iethnographer wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, there is such a thing as “Good Enough.” RIEP6: Draft Aesthetics … more →
Shady Lady Show 9/11/09 RK's Point of View
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bobkuhl wrote 2 months ago: We played last Friday 9/11/09 @ Shady Lady in Sacramento, on the corner of the “R” Stree … more →
Miles Davis and Gil Evans Perform "Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio)"
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Rob wrote 2 months ago: Listen to this extended arrangement of the second movement of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo … more →
Using the Pitch Axis to Learn Melodies
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Allen Livermore wrote 2 months ago: Over the years of teaching jazz, I have noticed some students struggle with learning the melodies of … more →
Learning Tunes, part two
Allen Livermore wrote 3 months ago: “If you do not have a strong foundation, your art will be weak, just in the same way that house with … more →
Learning Tunes, part one
Allen Livermore wrote 3 months ago: Given the nature of jazz improvisation, musicians need to build a repertory of tunes that they know. … more →
What is the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organisation?
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Mark Kelly wrote 3 months ago: I wrote this for Channel 4 News the day after George Russell died and to be honest I’m still n … more →
Sonny's PianoTV Show 26 - Sonny's PianoTV
sonnyspianos wrote 3 months ago: Sonny's PianoTV Show 26 Click Here To See Sonny’s PianoTV Show 26 Sonny plays a “Sta … more →
Sonny's PianoTV Show 25
sonnyspianos wrote 5 months ago: Sonny's PianoTV Show 25 Click Here To Watch Sonny’s PianoTV Show 25 Sonny Plays an improvi … more →
Play Piano Instantly With Sonny's Piano Yoga - Keyboard Karma TV News Spot
sonnyspianos wrote 6 months ago: Keyboard Karma - Sonny's PianoTV Click Here To Watch The Video This is a recent television news … more →
Keyboard Karma - TV News Spot - Sonny's PianoTV
sonnysstudio wrote 6 months ago: Keyboard Karma - Sonny's PianoTV Click Here To Watch The Video This is a recent television news … more →
CD Review: Satoko Fujii-Myra Melford - Under the Water
delarue wrote 6 months ago: One of the most exciting piano albums of recent years, this Myra Melford/Satoko Fujii collaboration … more →
Abandon The Lead Sheets All Ye Who Enter Here
Allen Livermore wrote 7 months ago: Reading a lead sheet can help you make contact with a tune that you don’t know, and fairly qui … more →
Johnson-Laird's theory of creativity
eliotistic wrote 7 months ago: Mostly I’ve been working on the completion of a pattern-generation system that’s dealt m … more →
The Song Is Ended, But the Melody Lingers On
Allen Livermore wrote 7 months ago: The Virtues of Medical Jazz On Tuesday, April 21, the BCC JE brought its jazz explorations to the au … more →
The Artist and the Man or Woman of Experience
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Allen Livermore wrote 7 months ago: In past posts, I have referred to the need for reflection in one’s development as a jazz artis … more →
