Wear Your Music
Jewelry made from the strings of your favorite guitarist, and the proceeds go to charity!
This Is Your Brain On Jazz
When jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off (but not completely).
Look Ma, No Gasoline!
Peter Mulvey’s carbon-neutral Wisconson tour.
Download of the Day
A new free jazz download every day at allaboutjazz.com
True Temperament Guitar Necks
You woudn’t think ypi could bend on these, but apparently you can.
10 Recording Bloopers That Made the Album
Interesting what you can hear when you really listen!
Seth Godin’s Music Lessons
Things you can learn from the music business (as it falls apart).
On Tuesday April 8th The Jazztet will be returning once again to The Front Room in Baker Center. For this performance we’ll be welcoming percussionist Roger Braun on vibes. Roger is Director of Percussion Studies at Ohio University and has performed with many well-known and diverse artists including Keiko Abe, Lyle Mays, Kathleen Battle, Billy Taylor, Bob Mintzer, and Ghanaian master xylophonist Bernard Woma. Probably best known locally with his work with Los Viejos Blanquitos, Roger is also a founding member of Biakuye, an African music and dance ensemble and a member of the New World Percussion Duo.
On Tuesday March 11 The Jazztet will be back performing at The Front Room in Baker Center. This week we’ll have all of the regular members of the group back on the stand, and we’ll also be welcoming one of Ernie’s improv students, violinist Laura Geier for a few tunes.
In other news, we are happy to announce that our monthly gig at the Front Room has been extended into Spring Quarter. You can see all of the dates (including one Monday show) on the Upcoming Gigs page. Also, a new recoding of “Afluencia” (featuring guests Kris Keith on flute and Roger Braun on percussion) has been added to the Listen In page.
Last night I had the opportunity to fill the guitar chair in Ohio University’s Jazz Ensemble I and play behind saxophonist Jeff Coffin. Jeff is probably best known for his work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. During the afternoon, we had a rhythm section sectional with Jeff and then a full dress rehearsal. Jeff quickly put everyone at ease with his relaxed, funny, and down-to-earth vibe and was particularly skillful at quickly and precisely communicating the details that he wanted to hear from the the group, often using some great analogies to illustrate his ideas. Do yourself a favor and check out Jeff’s latest release “Bloom” on iTunes, it’s fun and funky as hell.
The black and white photos from the gig were taken by photographer William McFadden.
