Category Archives: Jazz

Dear Wannabe Sax Player ~ Greg Fishman

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Gandalfe

Greg Fishman has some wickedly hard and yet delightful Jazz Etude books out there. He also gives online Jazz Sax lessons, is a stellar musician in his own right, and admits to laughing as he responded to this potential saxophone … Continue reading →

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Nightingale

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Gandalfe

One of my fav videos from the In the Mood show last week is this little gem, A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, arranged by Miller and sung by Robin Hilt. Robin Hilt fronts the Sky View Big Band as … Continue reading →

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Baby it’s cold outside

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Gandalfe

I am taking a day off to prepare for a weekend with three concert gigs. In between cleaning the mouthpieces, setting the reeds, and practicing the gnarly parts, I am looking for some music to highlight in next year’s concert … Continue reading →

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Burlesque? I think not…

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Gandalfe

Suzy and I went to see the movie Burlesque with Cher and Christina. I noted that Christina Aguilera adopted Cher’s ‘one name only’ moniker. Unfortunately the movie was a watered down Burlesque of sorts, with very little of the grit … Continue reading →

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Music Theory Cheat Sheet

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Gandalfe

The musician’s alias at work often comes up with gems such at this one: It would be nice to provide attribution for this if anyone knows the owner.

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Johnny Hodges does “The Last Time I saw Paris”

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Gandalfe

Music, as they say, is a great mood maker. I’m sitting here on an extended holiday weekend pokin’ around the internet; you know that “series of tubes” thingee. This video, one of my many favorites, is NSFW because some of … Continue reading →

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Casa du Glassa ~ Music Studio by Design

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Gandalfe

As some of you might know, I am crazy happy with my return to performance music. Some might suggest I’ve gone a little over the top; they would be right. But we really lucked into the music studio. When the … Continue reading →

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Orange Colored Sky

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Gandalfe

The Microsoft Jazz Band performed this in July. Another of my favs, again by Shaz Adams, “Orange Colored Sky” is a popular song, written by Milton DeLugg and Willie Stein and published in 1950. As sung by Shaz at Big … Continue reading →

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MJB: 720 in the Books

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Gandalfe

Microsoft Jazz Band lays down the beat to Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters famous ‘720 in the Books’. This Jack Mason arrangement hits the sweet spot for both the band and the dancers. Guests Darren Motamedy on tenor sax … Continue reading →

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Makin’ Whoopee

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Gandalfe

Here’s another video of my favorite creation, the Microsoft Jazz Band. Shaz Adams does the honors with Makin’ Whoopee. Here is it’s pedigree: The music was written by Walter Donaldson, the lyricist was Gus Kahn. It was part of the … Continue reading →

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