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Fun Recording Of Gordon Brisker

I found this on YouTube. Very cool! I miss Gordy but his music lives on.

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Added by Vanessa Keeton on May 11, 2010 at 12:38am — No Comments

Jazz Marketing

I propose that jazz musicians come together, possibly through Jazz Alive's web site, to discuss ways we can get the Jazz arts to become more visible, viable and into the publics eyes and ears. We are a stepchild of the arts community and have no central source to promote our efforts in getting funding for creative groups or projects. Jazz Alive could become one vehicle to help achieve the goal

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Added by Joe Gaudio on March 20, 2010 at 11:00am — 11 Comments

For arrangers & other interested parties.

http://www.jazzarrangingclass.com

This will take you to a site on arranging tips & techniques by video lessons . This is from one of our linked pages if you are interested in their offerings you can check out our links page for more info. Continue

Added by Joe Gaudio on March 5, 2010 at 10:24am — No Comments

LEAD SHEET WEB SITE

http://www.wikifonia.org/

An interesting site for finding and transposing lead sheets.

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Added by Joe Gaudio on March 5, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Advice for commercial gigs.

This is a link to an article that a weekend musician wrote you may find interesting & helpful.

http://www.saxontheweb.net/Spratt/CommercialPlaying.html

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Added by Joe Gaudio on February 28, 2010 at 5:24pm — No Comments

You Tube Video

http://pdfjazzmusic.com/blog/what-your-brain-does-when-you-improvise-jazz/
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Added by Joe Gaudio on February 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Jazz Dispute

http://www.polyphonic.org/blog/2010/02/jazz-dispute/

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Added by Joe Gaudio on February 18, 2010 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Survival

This is an article appearing in The New York Times on Sunday Feb. 7. Musicians and friends of Fred Hersch should find this interesting. Check it out!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31Hersch-t.html?pagewanted=1

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Added by Joe Gaudio on February 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

New Orleans Trad jazz Camp for Adults

Hello, Wanted to let everyone know about the New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp for Adults to be held August 1-6, 2010. Please visit our website at www.neworleanstradjazzcamp.com and thanks for any help in spreading the word. And one more thing..... WHOOO DAT... Go Saints! Best, Nita Hemeter Continue

Added by Nita Hemeter on February 4, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments

First Times

So I was thinking of a good topic to open up with, and thought I would start with a story of a first. So many important things just fly by us in our lives, however there are moments when we realize that we are experiencing something special and so we slow down and savor the moment. When one of these moments is a first, then it seems to carry a fondness and clarity that most other memories lack. My first that I would like to share with you is the first time I listened to Sonny Stitt. My senior y… Continue

Added by Vanessa Keeton on January 21, 2010 at 12:07am — 2 Comments