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Category Archives: Music
Music du Jour: Rhapsodie for Saxophone
Saxophonist Joonatan Rautiola regales us with his interpretation of this André Waignein work. Classical Sax for the Uninitiated A rhapsody is a poem or a musical piece characterized by a style consisting of loosely related fragments. The movements are linked … Continue reading
Posted in Classical, Music, Saxophone, Video
Tagged Andre Waignein, Joonatan Rautiola, Rhapsodie for Sax
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Baby it’s cold outside
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
Posted in Band, Band Management, Big Band, Female vocalists, Jazz, MJB, Music, Too Spicy for some, Vocalist, Xmas
Tagged big band, cabot music, Cerys Matthews, Sharon Adams, Shaz, tom jones
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Burlesque? I think not…
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
Posted in Jazz, Movies, Music, Theater, Too Spicy for some
Tagged Burlesque, Cher, Christina Aguilera, cirque du soleil, grotesque, Zumanity
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Music Theory Cheat Sheet
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.
Casa du Glassa ~ Music Studio by Design
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
Posted in Band, Education, Gigs, Hobbies, Jazz, Music, Piano, Sax Quartet, Vocalist
Tagged Acoustics, Auralex, Behringer, Boss Dr. Beat, Buescher, Fender Passport, Kustom, Pearl drum, Peavey, Peterson strobe, Roland, Zildjian
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Orange Colored Sky
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
Posted in Band, Entertainment, Hobbies, Jazz, MJB, Music, Saxophone, Vocalist
Tagged delugg, Orange colored sky
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Clarinet Challenge ~ Can you say Fricken Hard?
I am firstly a sax guy. I have a lot of music to prepare for the seven holiday gigs I have in December. Clarinet remains my biggest challenge and after three years of a on again, off again relationship, I … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Christmas, Clarinet, Education, Entertainment, Music, Music Instruments
Tagged Buffet, fricken, Mele Kalikimaka, Opus One, privilege, R-13, selmer
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Spontaneous Hallelujah Chorus ~ 2010
Reported by the Creative Minority Report: Just this past weekend, shoppers at the the Macy’s in Philadelphia (the old Wanamaker building) were surprised when over 600 choristers who were there mingling with regular shoppers suddenly burst into Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. … Continue reading
The Music Ambassadors
The WCB Music Ambassadors is an adjunct of the Woodinville Community Band made up of hobbyist musicians from Seattle’s eastside. A number of small group ensembles, we meet prior to our major Woodinville Community Band concerts. Today you will hear … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Christmas, Entertainment, F Mezzo, Holiday, Music, Sax Quartet, Saxophone, Video, WCB
Tagged holy night, Nutcracker, Santa Baby, silent night, swinging jingle bells, wcb, woodinville community band
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The Bis Key Chronicles 