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I will be presenting at the International Society of Bassists 2021 Virtual Convention on Thursday June 10th, a discussion of Charlie Haden's performances with Ornette Coleman.  This presentation is co-hosted by Dr. Fumi Tomita, and features a ...

Sunday December 13th

4-5pm (EST)

Jazz Studies Collaborative Listening Party

Presented by Fumi Tomita

This update contains new transcriptions from Cachao, Andy Gonzalez, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and an ...

Not letting a quarantine stand in his way, Ron Carter has been creating and releasing some exceptional online content lately. One of these gems is an 11-minute 35-chorus walking bassline performance of “C Jam Blues” ...

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 ...

This is the handout that accompanied my 2019 presentation at the Association for Popular Music Education conference in New York City.

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 ...

I will be appearing at this year's JEN conference in Dallas, Tx presenting a bass clinic and research paper.  At 9am I will present a clinic for non-bassists entitled "Getting Friendly with the Low End" which is desigbned to be a large group ...