This is one of a set of blogs about practicing jazz. Below I present some ideas about what I’ve been practicing and in a companion blog What Are You Practicing? I invite you to share your thoughts. Hopefully we can all learn from each other and grow in more interesting and beneficial ways. When I […]
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Share your jazz practice routine.
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School starts again next week for me and I’m anticipating hearing hours of placement auditions to the Lamont Jazz Studies program ensembles. I think its a good time to write a little about what those of us on the other side of the audition want to hear. First, remember that the people who listen to […]
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Some advice for playing a jazz blues.
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Musings on the roll of competition in music.
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