I’ve been reviewing French for the past few weeks, in preparation for a trip later this year. I’m following this course, French in Action, which offers a few tips in learning a foreign language that I think are 100% applicable to becoming a jazz musician. One in particular:
Give priority to what you hear
The author, Pierre [...]
Last night’s gig was productive in all sorts of ways. First, I got to play for the first time with Marcus Graf. Actually, last night was the first time I’d ever met Marcus. This is a circumstance which is not unusual at all on a jazz bandstand, though if this were a “social” gig, it’d [...]
Okay, technically this is not a new jam – looking at our old calendar (which will disappear anon, as it has been replaced by our new calendar), we’ve had a jam session at Sao Paulo’s since a year ago this fall. But … we are relaunching it with renewed vigor. I’ve tried to put all [...]
After several years of highly refined procastination, I am finally ditching the old look and feel for the Central Time website. First updates include a new gig calendar and new, sporadic, and random blog posts.