Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. Read on for installment two of the long version in installments (the short version is in the liner notes below). Tim Armacost and I cooked up the idea of recording the tunes from our Seattle gigs in New York but after sleeping on the idea … Continue reading
Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. And some of you may be interested in the story so I’ll tell the long version in installments (the short version is in the liner notes below). Our old teacher and eminent trumpet player Bobby Bradford used to caution us in subtle ways not to … Continue reading
Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. There’s an interesting story about the journey but for now I’ll just post the short version…..actually the liner notes from the CD. I’ll be back soon with the full story including the trip out to Detroit to make the first attempt at recording the tunes … Continue reading
Hey folks! Long time no see. I’ve been taking a break to travel in some friendly European countries where society is not failing as it is here in the US (due to the long-term effects of right-wing policies). More about where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing later, but for those of you tracking … Continue reading
Hey folks, Bored again. Covid bored. Fuck. Here is take 1 of GMH. Great tune. Problem for me is I heard the Joe Henderson version of this when I was 20 and I can’t get the Joe-isms out of my head when I play it ever since. It’s an amazing cut but I think it … Continue reading
…not quite yet, but I’m working on it. At the moment I’m getting the right tools together and practicing on some crappy wood before I use the good stuff. If you didn’t read about the exciting lead up to this project, see the transformation of the cherry tree from my backyard to its present incarnation … Continue reading
Hey folks, Strange thing happened the other day. I got a royalty check. Yeah I know. Incredible. As it turns out, all the $.000000002’s that the streaming services give you eventually add up to a two figure dollar amount that they finally send you. In this case, I got a boost on Spotify because I … Continue reading
Hey folks, I stuck with clarinet last week and practiced some transcribed Chet Baker solos that sit really awkwardly across the break. Anyway, here’s what I came up with today. The video lapses and you can’t see it, but I was interrupted and had to stop to keep the kitten from attacking the mic (see … Continue reading
Here’s a recording of the same tune with the Selmer Short Barrel I wrote about in the previous post. It was a C* originally and opened up to a E or and F by a mouthpiece dude here in the Northwest named Bob Carpenter. I can’t remember what the tip opening is. This mouthpiece has … Continue reading
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Chris Fagan Jazz 