Shagtastic Voyage

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

I mentioned in a previous post how I love a good “pianoless” trio or quartet. This video is a great example of how good a line up like that can sound. It’s Sonny Rollins‘ group from 1963 and it’s wonderful. The solos are great, the vibe is great, the head is great…hell, the entire thing [...]

Art Blakey and the Jazz messengers in Paris… This is why they are legends…It’s just too hip to not share.  

I always have music handy. I keep about 15 gigs worth on my phone and my iPod is currently holding about 50 GB (my entire library) and at least one of those is constantly in my possession. However, there are times when I have taken my AUX cable out of my car or my phone [...]

I haven’t written anything about racism in a long time. It is something that I feel very strongly about and is something I have written several essays, reports and blogs about. I stopped because of some threats on my family that I received from people who misconstrued something I said and, instead of asking me what [...]

Bassist, Dave Holland, (twitter) is definitely one of the big hitters in the jazz world. Ever since his 1997 release, Points of View, (which also has one of my all-time favorite covers) landed in my hands circa Y2K, I have been inspired by his history, background, and music. Today, his team shared a link on [...]

This was my introduction to the energy of an improvisational performance and Scofield and Dennard blew my hair back every time I saw it.

I took a quick second and put all the updates on this one post. I hope you guys dug the short glimpses into my day! Thanks for watching.

I don’t think it’s a real suprise to anybody that I am a big Bill Evans fan. I can put on his music on when I wake up and listen to it until I go to sleep. No exaggeration. He expanded the genre and the fan base of jazz music and has inspired countless jazz [...]

OK, I am completely addicted to Adam Ben Ezra. His music is great and his videos are just plain awesome. They have bass, ingenuity, comedy, and are usually pretty telling about his lack of a social life. Sounds like a WIN right off the bat, huh? Well, wait ’till you see it.  I came across [...]