Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
-- Oscar Peterson
The site is nearly up again and completly refurbished. I still need to put some music up, but it’s pretty much good to go. I’ll be posting blogs now every now and again, and I even have plans to start a podcast later on. I really like the site now, and great [...]
Funniest thing I’ve seen online for quite some time. If this is real, and this guy is winging it, he’s an improvisational genius!
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/icq-pranks/icq-transcript-eneticonappliance.php
The website itself is pretty funny as well.
This is an old AP Lit assignment from senior year of high school. The premise was to write a satire. You might notice I was greatly influenced by The Onion and its more ‘progressive’ horoscope method…
Your Weekly Horoscope
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
by Feldman J. Ruddermaker
Certified Astrologer,
International Astro-Illogical AssociationTM
(March 21-April 19)
Ruler: Mars - Body: Head and face, [...]
Tokeli and our band are laying down the tracks at Spragueland for what will be our first full length album. We’ll be doing some of the songs with our band, and others with various San Diego heavys (including Peter Sprague, Gilbert Castellanos, Bob Magnusson, and Duncan Moore). The line-up looks like this:
Peter Sprague, [...]
If you go to the listening page, you will find a link at the top of the page. Click on it, and you’ll be taken to a page where you can hear demo cuts from the upcoming album “Where do You Start?,” that I’m currently recording with singer Tokeli. Some of the cuts [...]
Heres a little of my music. Click any link to listen.
“If Every Day Was Like Today” is sung by stylist Tokeli (http://www.tokeli.com), and the song she’s singing is my own composition. We’ve been working together now for over a year, and we’ll be cutting a CD in 2006 with some jazz greats, including Peter [...]
I’m very happy to report that next weekend, Tokeli, the trio, and myself will be stepping into Spragueland and laying down the first few tracks of our upcoming album. We’re even having Peter Sprague himself on one of the cuts. In later months, we’ll be returning to Spragueland, and this time we’ll be [...]
Just for fun, here’s the surf rock group Calling Australia (at the Metaphor), playing my number, “Stone Age.” [/wp-content/audio/Stoneage.mp3]
It’s official. My website is now up and running. Still fine tuning it, but its definitely a good start. I’m quite pleased. I’ll be keeping a steady stream of updates flowing into here, like new show dates, recordings, and other important news. Thanks so much for your care [...]
I’ve just returned from New York. My friends and I were in town for the 2006 IAJE Convention (International Association for Jazz Educators). For those who don’t know, the annual conference is choc full of clinics on a plethora of jazz/music biz subjects, information on all sorts of jazz-related organizations, and, of course, [...]