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 [...]
This afternoon, while on the way to a gig, three jazz musicians sat in a very tight and cramped space. The gig was more than an hour and a half away and these three needed some kind of musical stimulus to keep sane. This is what they came up with.
Pomplemoose is an indie music/indie jazz [...]
About six or so months ago I signed up for this free Jazz on the Tube e-mail list. Everyday this site sends me videos of Legendary Jazz performances for free. This is a great personal and educational source and I recommend signing up for this.
Here are a couple of videos that have been sent to [...]
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 [...]
Lately, I’ve been on a Trombone kick.
This past weekend I attended the eclectic WMNF Tropical Heatwave music festival in YBOR city. I attended the festival last year and made sure to mark my calendar for this years event. If you have never been to this festival I strongly recommend attending. This festival has music of [...]
WUSF Television had an awesome special on the other day I believe it was coverage of the Rochestor International Jazz Festival. Of course with my luck I only caught about the last fifteen minutes of it. I was able to catch Slide Hampton, who I have seen before….Live… none the less, he is a living [...]
I’m Back!!!!
I am officially an Alumnus of the University of South Florida!!!!
I graduated with my Bachelors of Music in Jazz Performance. (The only Undergrad receiving this degree this semester)
Right before I graduated I completed my Arrangement of Yardbird Suite for my Jazz Comp/Arranging Class. Talk about working under pressure. Note to self: do not procrastinate [...]
