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Son Aaron sings in a World Class Choir
Aaron sang in 370 member men’s choir this weekend and shared this clip with us. We are so proud. Click on the picture below to start the video. This performance was at the General Conference in Salt Lake City, if … Continue reading
Posted in Chorus, Health and wellness, Hobbies, Music, Vocalist
Tagged General Conference., Mormon, religious, Salt Lake City
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Rousseau and Brockman
Brother at arms, saxophonists extraordinaire Eugene Rousseau and Michael Brockman were captured in this picture at my sax instructors’ Master’s of Music program in Oregon in 2004. Both men are educators as well as world-class saxophonists. And I’ve long had … Continue reading
Posted in Classical, Music, Music Instruments, Saxophone, soprillo
Tagged Eugene Rousseau, Michael Brockman, Seattle Sax Orchestra
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Use Me
It’s one of “those” mornings and I’m channeling Bill Wither’s “Use Me”. Watch out! My friends feel it’s their appointed duty They keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me But my answer yeah to … Continue reading
PGSQ: A little Ragtime Music on the Weekend
The Professor Gadget Sax Quartet is a labor of luv for me. But we really don’t practice enough. Work, family, and other band commitments are constantly getting in the way. That said, this is our Labor Day performance at the … Continue reading
Posted in Heros, Music, Sax Quartet, Saxophone, WCB
Tagged ballard locks, corps of engineers, ragtime, wcb
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Big Band Dreams and Schemes
Having started and run two big bands to date, I’m currently luvin’ my Microsoft Jazz Band. For the upcoming 2012 season though big changes are in the mix. First, I finally have a functioning brain trust committee and one that … Continue reading
Posted in Band Management, Big Band, Hobbies, Jazz, Microsoft, MJB, Music, My World
Tagged Amazon, Basie, Sleepwalker's Serenade, The Complete Atomic Basie
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Michael Parkes all over the House
Almost sounds like the beginning to a poem, doesn’t it. I have pictures all over my house of Michael Parkes all over the house. Suzy likes them too as she collected the first three prints. Here is one of the … Continue reading
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Contrabass Clarinet in Jazz You say?
A friend of mine is selling/trading his Leblanc Model 7182 Contrabass Clarinet (link here). He includes some videos of him playing his contra and this one caught my ear. I’m on my third listen. Sounds kinda Klezmery to me. ;O) … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinet, Jazz, Music, Video, Woodwind Forum, YouTube
Tagged contrabass clarinet, for sale, Klezmer, leblanc
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The Bis Key Chronicles 