Thursday, March 9, 2017

Masterclass at the Cleveland Institute of Music

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Some photos of my masterclass with Franklin Cohen's studio at CIM last week: The Porkpie Goes to The Conservatory Hanging out ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Happy Mardi Gras!

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To all the readers of The Jazz Clarinet , Happy Mardi Gras! My band will be performing at BLU Jazz +  in Akron, Ohio. This year will be an e...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Two Sides of Bill Smith * CRI * 1974

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Concerto for Jazz Soloist and Orchestra William O. Smith, clarinet Orchestra U.S.A.; Gunther Schuller, conductor Mosaic  William O. Sm...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Chris Barber & Hugh Laurie * Abbey Road Studios * 2013

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Here's a fascinating YouTube video by Rick Walker featuring famous actor and not-so-closeted bluesman Hugh Laurie with one of his heroes...

Jazz Clarinet Gear Review: 1958 Selmer Centered Tone Clarinet in A

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Several years ago, while playing gypsy jazz in many keys particularly well suited to guitarists, but more rarely used in the jazz clarinet r...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Musical Proverb of the Day

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All jazz is local. Whether some world famous jazz musician is visiting your city, playing to a packed theater with three balconies of ador...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

When the Jazz Wars Went Global * Ken Colyer & The First Traditional Jazz Band

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Below is a short but fascinating YouTube video detailing the outbreak of one theater of the jazz wars: Great Britain in the late 1940s. Arou...