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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
