I love Swing music. Especially love Swing music played by a Big Band. I play tenor sax in a 19-piece big band in Portland, The Bureau of Standards Big Band. I get a kick out of playing these charts of…
Ear Worm. It’s the same ol’ song. Over and over again. It might be a song you like. It might be a song you don’t. Whichever it is, you can’t get rid of it. It’s an ear worm! A few…
Joan Baez is today’s musician in my 30 day music challenge. At age 72, she is still going strong as a performer. Her soaring soprano voice continues to inspire us. From the ’60s Vietnam War protests to today’s Occupy Wall…
You can interpret each day’s word any way you like in the 30 Day Music Challenge. The only “requirement” is to name a song that fits the word in some way. When I created the list, I was thinking about…
Day 7 of the 30 Day Music Challenge is Bebop! Every saxophonist alive today owes some debt to Charlie Parker, one of the original bebop artists and arguably one of the most innovative. I was attending Indiana State University when…
30 Day Music Challenge word of the day is waltz. One-two-three, one-two-three. Dance music. Strauss. Schubert. And Bill Evans! I love his jazz waltz, Waltz for Debby.