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Tag Archives: jazz
Ballads Are Love Songs, But….
…I find the mood of this tune so melancholy that it’s a helpful release for the heartbreak humanity constantly washes over itself. Continue reading
Stand Alone Playing
Hey folks, I wanted to share this part of an ongoing avenue of my practice to develop “stand alone” solo playing of both standards and free tunes. This one is actually All the Things You Are with an extended variation on the traditional intro. The goal of course is for it to make compositional sense … Continue reading
Giant Steps by John Coltrane….the covid19 quarantine edition
AND PLEASE DO VISIT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR REGULARLY ADDED VIDEOS!! https://www.youtube.com/user/jazzpocalypse Continue reading
Live Stream Replay from Jazz Clubs Northwest
Hello Friends, Here’s us playing “Invitation” during our live stream on Saturday June 6 with Danny Kolke on piano, Chris Symer on bass and Greg Williamson on drums. (Click through to youtube to watch.) Continue reading
Jazz at Egan’s Friday 8/17 at 7pm
Hello Seattle jazz friends, Be with us Friday when the novel jazz ensemble “DON’T CALL STELLA” plays at Egan’s Ballard Jam House at 7:00 pm. Preferred pricing for students and seniors!! This dynamic, non-introspective, upbeat cohort consisting of Michael Glynn (b), Tony Foster (p) and Will Crandell (d) will play jazz music for you. Continue reading
Impending Pacific NW Jazz Event
Hello jazz friends, I hope you will join me this week as Glorious Power Trio teams up with visiting New York jazz giants Dave Berkman and Tim Armacost. Please come welcome these two monsters to the jazz scene here in the Northwest. Gig number 1 will be at Egan’s Ballard Jam House on Thursday, March … Continue reading
North Bend Jazz Walk 2015!
Hello Pacific Northwest Jazz Friends, I will be playing at this year’s 2015 North Bend Jazz Walk on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 from 7 to 10 pm. The jazz walk you will remember features dozens of Northwest jazz stars (like me) at over 20 venues, all for one low, low price. Kind of like speed-dating … Continue reading
LIZARDS 2: New Skin
Hello Folks, Our new album “Freebird and Other Jazzy Things” is now available on iTunes and Amazon. If, despite my ruthless spamming, you did not attend our CD release event at Boxley’s, you Seattle friends have the opportunity to hear The Young Lizards at Tula’s this Tuesday, March 4th at 7:30 p.m. Cuts from the … Continue reading
ALERT: IMPENDING PACIFIC NORTHWEST JAZZ EVENT
Hello, Pacific Northwest jazz friends. I will be playing with the PONY BOY RECORDS JAZZ ALL-STAR BIG BAND at the North Bend Jazz Walk tomorrow (Saturday, September 14th) at 9:00 p.m. in the North Bend Theatre. WE WILL BE JOINED BY SERIOUS JAZZ TENOR MONSTER PETE CHRISTLIEB!! Please come by and see us and the … Continue reading
