In this corner!
The Middleweight Champion of the Tenor Saxophone!
Hank Mobley!
This is how British born Jazz journalist Leonard Feather, famously described the artistry of Hank Mobley. Many take this as Mobley being a mediocre musician, when in all actuality the complete opposite is true. What Feather meant by this famous quotation is where Mobley’s bop style [...]
The advent of “blogging” has really opened a new world for me personally and I know that I am not the only one because it is a constantly growing market. Blogging is a Multi-million person market and that is just the creators of individual blogs. True that many do not maintain or continue to offer [...]
I realize that within every new post I do my best to attach a video and/or website as resources. As a musician and educator I find that my favorite thing to do above all else in the world is listening to music. Whenever I am speaking with musicians or even non-musicians I commonly refer to [...]
I have been meaning to get this post up for about two weeks now…. I have recently been teaching a lot of students with a wide range of abilities, mostly with the jazz band I teach, but also in some master classes at local high schools here in Hillsborough.
While teaching these master classes I have [...]
I apologize for the leave of absence I have taken with this site. This past year and a half has been one for the ages. I have graduated from the University of South Florida (once again) with a second Bachelors Degree. A Bachelors of Science in Music Education. I am currently working on getting certified [...]
Another Clinic I attended was that of Mr. Bunky Green. Professor Green is a world renowned Jazz Musician, saxophonist, and educators. He is currently Director of Jazz Studies at the University of North Florida. His clinic was titled Jazz Improvisation Workshop, and believe me when I saw that Mr. Green was the clinician I was [...]
On Monday November 24th Saxophonist Harry Allen visited USF as part of the Monday Night Jazz held by the Jazz Department. Harry gave a master class along with UCF and fellow Rutgers Alum Jeff Rupert. His masterclass was insightful and very interesting. Harry is a musician that makes a living out of playing Jazz in [...]
A few days ago Saxophonist Mark Turner (probably one of the most brilliant Saxophonist and Jazz Musicians of our time) suffered a severe injury to several of his fingers after an accident with a power saw; he his currently undertaking surgery. This is a horrifying thought for any musician. Please keep him in your thoughts [...]
The other night the USF Faculty Jazz Group performed with our guest artist Steve Allee. This was a great concert that featured much of Mr. Allee’s arrangements and originals. The group was spectacular and sounded the best I’ve ever heard them. I’ve been going to these concerts going on 5 years now and they never [...]
Every fall I begin school. Every fall baseball season is in a crescendo to the end, Football season is getting under way, College Football season is beginning as well, and the English Premier League Soccer season is in action. Not to mention the Olympics this past summer and the Euefa Championship. This sounds like heaven [...]
