Shagtastic Voyage

If you have a kid (particularly a boy) you may have seen this on the main menu of the Cars DVD. It’s one of my favorite Pixar shorts. If you haven’t seen it, or aren’t familiar with the short films from Pixar, you should look around- They are really great. The music is by Michael [...]

All Kooked Out… It kinda got lost in the mix until recently when I took the time to straighten out the ones I wanted but might never listen to and the ones that I just plain needed at my disposal – this was one of them

  Sometimes I hate writing these DIG posts because it’s so difficult to not come off like I’m reviewing a record. That’s the main reason I seldom do new albums. And, I seldom write about recordings I just bought. These are simply albums I am digging on and want to bring attention to. It basically [...]

  This week’s DIG is, for me, a testament to how the right player can make any instrument sound good in a jazz setting (sorry for the slam on B-3s; I’m just not a huge fan when they’re used for jazz). Sam Yahel, however, mixes great arrangements with awesome musicians and really knocks it out [...]

A few days ago, I was going through the iPod and landed on Booker Ervin‘s 1964 release, The Space Book(Prestige). This is one of those albums I can leave in my car’s CD player for weeks and never get tired of it. Ervin (tenor sax) was only in the recording scene for for twelve years [...]

Rocket Science is everything a Flecktones album should be -complete with nostalgic art work

I looked through the archives and the newest video I have is a warm up- improvised tune from a rehearsal from last year.

…His work reminded me of Adam Ben Ezra’s videos as it has similar direction…

…came across a video that was posted about four years ago. It’s a live performance of a tune off their 1996 album…

I try to watch or read anything from people I look up to…or don’t look up to… just to see if things are different outside my little world.