Hello folks, My inspiration for a post this week is at an all-time-low so please enjoy this cut instead. This tune is called “Revised Music For Low Budget Jazz Quartet” by guitarist/composer David White. Dave will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this tune was inspired by a Paul Hindemith composition and weaves … Continue reading
Hello Folks, Welcome to our new international guests and my apologies for boring you with yet more on the U.S. election. I can’t resist updating my earlier post on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), our modest source of government sponsored arts funding now that our election is decided. The NEA has been a loved … Continue reading
Partly to welcome our new friends from Burkina Faso, and partly to satisfy my own need for new sounds, I availed myself of the bounty of the internet and found this excellent cut by Volta Jazz of Burkina Faso. The song entitled Fintalabo and composed by Kone Idrissa was posted to the VOM website by … Continue reading
Hello Seattle Jazz Fans, Not-nearly-famous-enough New York jazz tenor giant Rich Perry of Mel Lewis and Marie Schneider fame will be here in SEATTLE at Hiroshi’s this Friday, October 19th, and at Boxley’s on Saturday, October 20th. DO NOT MISS THIS CAT! I dropped in to Tula’s last night and the show was awesome. I … Continue reading
Hey folks, Speaking of “Rich” it looks like the lawyers pulled the repost I did of the Steve Marcus/Buddy Rich Youtube video on my earlier post. Here’s a replacement video of Steve on tenor blowing a great solo on a tune based on the chord changes from “Cherokee”. Fantastic player. I would see Steve on … Continue reading
Have any musicians bothered to whine about Spotify royalties (or lack thereof)? That’s right… $0.0047 dollars for a download. I know, I know. I’m making it worse by letting people know where they can go and barely pay for music. SALES DATE PARTNER ARTIST ALBUM SONG PAYABLE Apr 15, 2012 Spotify Chris Fagan Lost Bohemia … Continue reading
Hey Folks, Here are some shots from The Lizard session at Studio X . What an awesome facility, and thank you to Reed (owner/engineer) for your ongoing support of jazz. Since our new tunes are a ton harder than those on our first album (which we recorded live), we thought the whole process might be … Continue reading
Hello folks, It was great to see those of you who attended the 9th Annual Ponyboy Records Jazz Picnic. Hop on over to the Ponyboy Facebook Page and start bugging Greg to upload more pictures of the many Pacific Northwest jazz celebrities that performed at the event. The event was an all-around success, although my wife … Continue reading
Hey folks, The Lizards will be performing live at Boxley’s Friday, August 17th at 7:00 pm. As usual, there is great food, drink, and company at Boxley’s. Cover charge is zero. Hope to see you there. Continue reading
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the recipients of the 2012 Jazz Masters Award, “the nation’s highest honor in jazz.” This lofty honor bestows the grand sum of $25,000 on each of the five recipients, embarrassingly low for the likes of Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, two of this year’s five recipients. Incidently, … Continue reading
