Here’s a little gem from yesterday’s Jazz Forum*: *If you would like the entire hour and 45 minute session, which includes a mini-composition masterclass, send me an email.
Greetings from CalArts. Today marks the second week of classes here, and schedule is not finalized yet (an indicator of how insane this last week has been, as explanation for my absence here). There are a million things to try and relay about being here, but for the sake of brevity I’m going to stick to … Continue reading
Hank Jones has died. Here are two tributes (1, 2), and watch for Ethan Iverson’s coming soon. Sepaking of E.I., here’s a transcription he did of Giant Steps in celebration of the Billy Hart Quartet’s return to the Village Vanguard this week. And finally, The 21st annual CalArts Jazz CD is now done. The project … Continue reading
I got my acceptance letter from CalArts today. I am not so much excited right now as relieved… Inexpressibly relieved about so many things that have been weighing on me this past year, too many things to go into. The excitement will hit when this sinks in, I think. When I am there, surrounded by the … Continue reading
