The year-end lists are flooding in, and the jazz blogosphere is replete with best-of’s. I thought I would put my own spin on it and put the spotlight on the amazing jazz talent we have right here in the Emerald City. So I spent the better part of my birthday researching and compiling this list. […]
December 2009
This past Saturday my band Water Babies played a double-bill at a The Comet Tavern with our friend, saxophonist Lee Redfield. Lee’s band plays pop covers in a jazz style, funkier soul-jazz tunes and some more free, modal kinds of explorations. Water Babies plays what we call “Spontaneous Funk”, which is all improvised funk music. […]
My brother Brett lives in Brooklyn and agreed to be my 100 CD’s Project accomplice for New York. Today I received an email from him with pictures and descriptions of where he left them. With his son Bayard in tow, he traveled from mid-town to Greenwich Village, picked perfect locations, and wrote such wonderful descriptions […]
The good folks at Mosaic Records have long been producing some of the absolute finest collections of jazz music around. Their comprehensive boxed sets and Mosaic Select series often feature long out-of-print music and recordings that have sat in the vaults for too many years. If you haven’t checked them out do yourself a favor […]
Every Friday on this blog is “Makin’ it Happen Friday”, where I feature another musician who’s found a way to make a living playing music. I am constantly inspired by others, and hope to pass that inspiration on to you. I first became aware of Cameron Mizell through his writings at Musician Wages.com, a site […]
Yesterday I reached a big milestone in the evolution of this blog: 100 subscribers! When I started this blog back in May it was my hope that it would be more than just me blathering on about me. I hoped to create a place where I could share what has worked for me, but also […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not much of a golf fan. I can count on two hands the number of times I’ve been on a golf course myself, and on one hand the times I’ve watched the sport on TV. I have nothing against it, it just doesn’t interest me that much. […]
My accomplices are still hard at work, helping me spread the 100 CD’s Project far and wide! Thanks to my friend Matt in Ohio, the Buckeye State can now enjoy the music on my new CD, Jason Parker Quartet – “No More, No Less”. Matt dropped a couple in Akron the other day, and has […]
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