Music Leadsheet: Heavy on the F’s
Wrote out this groove. Please jam responsibly. Enjoy. PDF Version in concert pitch here: Heavy_on_the_F’s_(Groove) Concert PDF Version in Eb pitch here: Heavy_on_the_F’s_(Groove)_Eb_Version PNGs Below.
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Both Directions at Once – The Lost Album of John Coltrane
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 … Read more
The most feared song in Jazz should be…
#Thoughtoftheday – The new most feared song in Jazz should be Giant Steps with 12 choruses of solos ascending a semitone or going down a perfect 5th after each chorus. Congrats to Vox on this video. I think the best explanation yet, without 20,000 hours of practice.
Updated: New Photo of the Village Vanguard (2018) on Wikipedia
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. Enjoy!
Interview with Pandora Founder, Tim Westergren
Charlie Rose Interview with Pandora Founder, Tim Westergren. Originally a musician! : ) Check it out http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/11097
Scarlatti
Added Scarlatti on a Quality Casio Keyboard. (insert irony here), to videos widget (right column)
Wolfram-Turing Connection
This one-off may not make sense, without knowing who these people are, but here goes… It occurred that Wolfram cellular automata have within their domain, all Turing Machines, and is a more vivid representation of them outside of binary rules. Wolfram’s work is an extension of Turing’s, which is not something that i think is … Read more
NiemansLand – from 2006-2009
Way Back Machine: Some Older Composition-Sketches from 2007, to be used in the film NiemansLand. Cello and computer arrangements mostly. 5’30 has a nice moment that is worth remembering.
Ravi and Alwin play at the apt.
Here Ravi and I are playing at the apartment. We debated messing around with post, to put in a floating translucent movie screen of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in the middle, but decided against in the end. It should be edited to start 15 sec. in later and 15 sec, which you can do on youtube, … Read more