I just heard that Oscar Peterson died. He is one of my favorite musicians of all time and that really makes me sad. Time to find that Oscar Peterson Christmas album.
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Goodbye Oscar.
December 24th, 2007 — Music
Lindy Hopin
December 7th, 2007 — Music
I really love jazz as it is today but after seeing this video I am quite confident that jazz was way cooler in years past. These dancers are amazing. I feel bad admitting this but I usually hate watching people dance to jazz. I have had a lot of bad experiences with people trying to dance to my small groups and usually these people are off the charts annoying. Dancing and jazz have always been conflicted but after watching this it doesn’t seem to matter at all.
Philip Glass on Sesame Street
December 7th, 2007 — Art, Music
Check out these cool videos that Philip Glass made for Sesame Street back in the “Golden Age of Sesame Street.” I have been listening to a lot of Glass recently and it is really fun. If you listen to this stuff while you walk around the city you feel like you are on an epic quest to stop the kingdom of Mordor. Love it.
Northwestern School of Music to Hire New Director of Jazz Studies.
December 1st, 2007 — Art, Education, Music
This seems to have come out of left field. Victor Goines, the current head of Jazz at Juliard and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is going to be the new head of Jazz at Northwestern University. I remember talking to a member of the jazz faculty this summer and he had basically been let go along with the rest of the jazz faculty. It seemed to be a dark time with jazz ending at Northwestern and the Showcase and Hothouse, two of Chicago’s best known jazz venues closed. Now Jazz is back at NU and the showcase is suppose to be reopening sometime soon in the Loop somewhere. It will be really interesting to see what happens with the new program. Goines is suppose to continue playing and touring with Lincoln Center so we will see what effect it has on the local scene and I have no guess as to what the faculty is going to look like now that he is running the show.
Press Release Nov 27 2007, General News, News, School of Music …
Mmmmm Double Bass Solo.
November 21st, 2007 — Music
I went to go see my teacher Rob play a solo with the Depaul chamber orchestra and it was really awesome. It is not very often that you get to see a bass do a solo with orchestra. I left the performance with a fire in my belly, and really excited to play the bass.