The 2020 version of an extensive collection of jazz bass transcriptions is out today and is free to download.
Progressive Jazz Bass Repertoire is the second version of an annually updated ...
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This is the handout that accompanied my 2019 presentation at the Association for Popular Music Education conference in New York City.
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I will be presenting and performing at this year’s international society of music education conference in Baku, Azerbaijan the week of July 16-20. Monday will be a talk on jazz education & psychology, while Thursday there will be a ...
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Augmented Chords and Harmonic Minor in Davy Mooney's "Wrinkles"
While playing through a tune for an upcoming tour (“Wrinkles” by guitarist Davy Mooney) I was really taken by a particular sequence of harmonies centering on a Gbma7#5 chord. This ...
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Tips for The High School Jazz Audition
For the last several years I have been asked to assist in the audition process for the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Jazz program. I’ve seen hundreds of auditions and it’s striking how it’s a similar learning curve ...
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