Category Archives: Jazz

Here are some high school kids dishing up some solid Glenn Miller soup. But seven trumpets?  ;o) YouTube – In The Mood / BFJO Takasago (Glenn Miller) Gary notes the trumpets are playing some of their lines down an octave. … Continue reading →

Jazz Alley is hosting the Tower of Power at the end of the month. That’s where you go for some very funkilious music if you are in the Mood. Roy’s Place, a music studio for rent run by Kennelly Keys … Continue reading →

I use YouTube.com a lot as a musician. If I have a new chart to work up or a solo to cover in a jazz band, I’ll go to my CD collection and YouTube to find something I like. Part … Continue reading →

Reading Harri’s (owner of SOTW) blog titled: Jam Sessions in USA and Greater Helsinki Area and was struck by the differences and indeed some of the sameness encountered at Jazz Jams overseas. Alexei Zoubov, now an American jazz musician, writes … Continue reading →

The Microsoft Jazz Band got together for their first concert of the year. For the last five years we have only done the ‘Day of Caring’ gig in September. But last year there were a lot of people interested in … Continue reading →

Jeff Miller points out this happening video:

This is for those two really, no I mean really loud trumpet players. You know who you are.  ;o) Sorry, this just tickled me today. A buddy of mine on facebook commented that if there were any justice in the … Continue reading →

Gary, a trumpet player, and I were listening to some very nice flugelhorn by Ichihara Hikari. Very tasty and such a pretty lady too. I was musing that I wondered if the Asian culture was more open to jazz than … Continue reading →

Luv the picture and the guidance from Mark at SeattleJazzScene. I’m gonna share this with my grandson the bass clarinet/bari sax player. Here’s just a taste of this goodness: Someone once told me, “Nobody cares about your creativity or your … Continue reading →