Shagtastic Voyage

Enjoy!

This is more like a three-fer! It’s the entire performance but I put it on here because A) it’s Bill Evans and he kills it throughout and B) Marc Johnson [bass] and Joe LaBarbera [drums] both play pretty nice solos, too. So… Enjoy!

Welcome to Solo Saturday!! Enjoy.

A few days ago, I was going through the iPod and landed on Booker Ervin‘s 1964 release, The Space Book(Prestige). This is one of those albums I can leave in my car’s CD player for weeks and never get tired of it. Ervin (tenor sax) was only in the recording scene for for twelve years [...]

As the debate about government funding for the arts continues and said funding continues to be cut (see a recent conversation here), it is clear that musicians need to, more than ever, make a point to support each other. It’s hard to make this support count for saving teaching jobs and school programs but we [...]

Rocket Science is everything a Flecktones album should be -complete with nostalgic art work

I looked through the archives and the newest video I have is a warm up- improvised tune from a rehearsal from last year.

I’m not 100% one way or the other on this subject but it interests me in how hot or cold people are on it…

…His work reminded me of Adam Ben Ezra’s videos as it has similar direction…

In the past, of course, I have fallen victim to trying too hard. I have tweeted things and tried to write posts or music because I wanted followers or fans. It’s hard to admit but it’s true. It’s also true that I felt fake and just plain stupid when I did it.