Meet Bill Harrison **Click here to download the Rhythm Changes chart pdf** After the 12 bar blues, the most common chord progression in mainstream jazz is...
Meet Willis Ask Willis a Question | Read More Q&A Hey Willis, What’s up with that palm mute thing? thanks, Frank Hey Frank Since it produces a...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Mark Weinstein “Timbasa” (www.jazzfluteweinstein.com) Mark Weinstein is amazing. Initially making his mark as a trombonist in 1967 with his “Cuban Roots”...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo “Zakopane” (www.satokofujii.com) woah.. This ain’t your grand-daddies big band album. The most obvious comparison (just to give...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Jean-Michel Pilc “True Story” (www.jmpilc.com) Jean-Michel Pilc is the kind of player who has transcended the connection he has with his...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Ryan Keberle “Heavy Dreaming” (www.ryankeberle.com) Admittedly, I had yet to hear trombonist Ryan Keberle prior to receiving this album for potential...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Robby Ameen “Days in the Life” (www.robbyameen.com) For those of you who know who Robby Ameen is, you already know you...
Meet Steve Gregory On a recent Sunday a young woman brought her 4 year old son, who has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), to...
Meet Carl Dawkins – While deciding which topic to focus on next, I hit a bit of a fork in the road. There were several options...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Aaron Germain “Before You Go” www.aarongermain.com Aaron Germain is a cross genre bassist who keeps quite busy as one of the...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Rufus Reid “Out Front” www.rufusreid.com Rufus is a living legend and there is none more deserving of his stature in the...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Dave LaRue “Hub City Kid” www.davelarue.com Dave LaRue’s first solo release (being re-released in May of 2010) is a primed example...
Meet Carl Dawkins Hello all, and welcome to the next installment on how to further yourself as a musician in the industry. This article is currently...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine Yves Carbonne “A LIfe” www.yvescarbonne.com French contrabassist extraordinaire Yves Carbonne is astounding at what he does. Often seen with his Jerzy Drozd...
Meet Jaime Vazquez WELCOME TO THE NEW DECADE! Hope you’ re grooving a lot my friends!!! This time we’ re going to work with the chord...