Food for thought: Glenn Gould on why Beethoven is an admired composer.

Spoken notes before performing Piano Sonata 17 in D minor, op 31. The Tempest Sonata. Broadcast March 19, 1967

“…within every creative person there is an inventor at odds with a museum curator…and most of the startling things that happen in music are the result of some momentary gain of one at the expense of the other… In his case… this struggle isn’t tucked away out of sight like the proverbial skeleton in the family closet. It is the very surface of the music… and Beethoven let’s us see it happening as if he had no skeleton to hide…”

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Bob Egan has written a nice post about the location of jazz clubs in NYC. I’m posting here in case his server quits for posterity. It is amazing how these clubs were really organically the first floors of homes, a few chairs, all beside one another. #history

https://www.popspotsnyc.com/jazz_clubs/

Locations of Jazz Clubs in New York City Greenwich Village

Locations of Jazz Clubs in New York City 52nd Street

Locations of Jazz Clubs in New York City Harlem

Locations of Jazz Clubs in New York City Greenwich Village

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After 55 Years, though the originals were erased, the world kept a copy and we have this album of new material from John Coltrane’s Quartet.

Just #thankful that it is here as a document. Coltrane the person, the soul, the musician is like staring at the sky. Thank you Ken Drucker and Ravi Coltrane for bringing this to the world.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/john-coltrane-both-directions-at-once-the-lost-album/

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My apologies for the slow uptake on writing, it has been forever and much has changed. Nearing the end of the work-to-live ‘day job epoch’ and hopefully will enter the ‘creative freedom epoch’ within the next couple years.

Uploaded another pic of the Village Vanguard to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Vanguard.

Submitted to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Vanguard

Enjoy!

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A photo taken of the Village Vanguard has been up for several months now on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Vanguard

About as sweet as the sound of Coleman Hawkins in Body and Soul.

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Hi, I’ve made this for the band based on Brad Mehldau’s lyrical Resignaton from the Elegiac Cycle. Notable differences:

• This is in 6/4 time, whereas the original is in 7/8 (it appears my band cannot count in 7/8).
• This is a lead sheet meant for improvisation.  Just the first round through the A section (the actual piece is sort of through-composed and changes until the end some 100-200 bars)

Enjoy!

PDF version here Resignation – Brad Melhdau – 6:4

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Here is the Leadsheet for this great song by Elliott Smith. Feel free to share.

Enjoy Responsibly

(PDF) Between the Bars – Elliott Smith (Leadsheet) – Arr. Alwinian

Arrange/Transcription of Between the Bars by Elliot Smith

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Cleaning out the harddrives. A spot test and absolutely the first file created on the beloved macbook 15′ – 2011 model. Improvised a simple march and drew the poor soldier at work on the weekend. It’s just fun and admit – there is a soft spot for this wacky guy. Enjoy.

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For improvising to. Enjoy.

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Another Great One from Michel Gondry.

Metronomy – Love Letters from Partizan on Vimeo.

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