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  • music-o-mat,  review-o-matic

    New Ambient

    / September 4, 2010 / 1 Comment

    I went on an expedition today to seek out new ambient music. It was a tricky hunt. Ambient is a misused, misunderstood genre. If you refer back to Eno’s…

  • food,  Tribute

    Goodnight, Mr. Charoenrat

    / August 30, 2010 / 2 Comments

    I was quite saddened to learn of Darawan Charoenrat’s passing, especially since I’m only now hearing about it, three months after the fact. His legendary Thai restaurant Kanomwan on…

  • music-o-mat

    New Zealand on the Tiny Desk

    / August 23, 2010 / No Comments

    NPR’s excellent music blog includes an ongoing feature called Tiny Desk Concert in which bands perform lo-fi sets from the station’s office (desks included). This week the site hosts…

  • glam,  travel,  world

    Montemartre, Anyone?

    / August 11, 2010 / 6 Comments

    Well kids, we finally did it. We finally booked our trip to Paris. This is particularly monumental being Steph’s first Euro vacay and all. But now that we have…

  • software

    Parking Integers

    / August 5, 2010 / No Comments

    There was a time when meaningful internet domain names remained widely available. This bygone era began in pre-web 1985*, if you can imagine, and ran until the gold rush for…

  • Featured,  The Others,  Tribute

    I Once Had A Bar in Texas

    / July 31, 2010 / 8 Comments

    The story of an urban couple's hasty exit to the middle of nowhere...

  • film,  in detail,  videos

    The Black Orpheus Mystery

    / June 23, 2010 / 5 Comments

     Black Orpheus  is a beautiful movie with an equally beautiful soundtrack. I recently found a copy of the original LP for $3, which is now in almost constant rotation.

  • Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  Tribute

    The Zachary Breaux Jazz Fest (Jazz Where Least Expected)

    / June 13, 2010 / 2 Comments

    Many years ago, guitarist Zachary Breaux took a vacation with his wife and three daughters to the sandy beaches of Florida. As they meandered along the shore the group…

  • in detail,  learning

    The Freakishly Smart President

    / May 20, 2010 / 2 Comments

    Which President earns the title Most Freakishly Smart?

  • Featured,  studio-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    “The Incredible Sounds of Synclavier II,” and other hits

    / May 14, 2010 / 2 Comments

    One of the most expensive synthesizers ever made and arguably one of the most beautiful too. On how the Synclavier captured our imaginations...

  • steinway-hand
    classical,  jazz,  jazz education,  videos

    The Perils of a Jazz Pianist’s Left-Hand

    / May 12, 2010 / No Comments

    For the modern jazz pianist, the risk of developing disparities between the right and left hand is well-known and rarely discussed. It’s our secret shame. To understand this, try…

  • in detail,  Journal,  rand-o-mat,  The Others

    The Bufos are Back

    / May 1, 2010 / 1 Comment

    It’s late spring and the toads have returned. Every April thousands of breeding-obsessed amphibians invade our neighborhood for an extended game of Where’s-the-tadpole? These fat little lumps, better known as the…

  • music-o-mat

    Soul of a City

    / April 15, 2010 / 1 Comment

    It’s April, time for the Spring KUHF fundraiser. One of the gifts-with-donation this year is the Engines of our Ingenuity CD Soul of a City. This new multimedia package, the 11th…

  • jazz,  jazz education,  transcriptions

    Horace Silver Transcription, “Peace”

    / April 7, 2010 / 12 Comments

    Horace Silver made his name working alongside Blakey, Rollins, and countless others. But later he would part ways with be-bop to explore the funkier aspects of jazz. His strong…

  • jazz,  jazz education,  transcriptions

    Phineas Newborn Transcription, Sugar Ray

    / April 4, 2010 / 6 Comments

    Phineas Newborn was the pianist’s pianist. He died way too young and only recorded a few albums, all of them gems. I spent some time transcribing the “head” to…

  • Shiny Vapors
    music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    “Crank It Down”: Music For Sleeping

    / March 29, 2010 / No Comments

    Ambient music, it’s warm milk to a seasoned insomniac. It’s Ambien without the morning hangover. The sandman of choice for me has always been the genre’s master, Brian Eno. There’s just…

  • jazz,  jazz education

    Monk Institute Audition Requirements

    / March 19, 2010 / No Comments

    The audition recording requirements for The Thelonious Monk Institute. It's a good punch list to take home and practice, audition or no audition.

  • ARP 2600
    Featured,  Journal,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    For the Love of You, ARP 2600

    / March 12, 2010 / No Comments

    It’s my sad confession. I once had a crush on a machine. I was an impressionable teenager and the ARP 2600 was my pinup girl. I loved this thing…

  • jazz,  jazz education,  music-o-mat,  transcriptions

    Benny Green Transcription, Cottontail

    / March 5, 2010 / No Comments

    Benny Green trading choruses with a guitarist on the Ellington rhythm changes “Cottontail” from the Ray Brown CD Seven Steps To Heaven. Note the tempo — a scorching 300…

  • jazz,  jazz education,  music-o-mat,  transcriptions

    Benny Green Transcription, The Song Is You

    / March 3, 2010 / 2 Comments

    This is the first chorus of a Benny Green solo on “The Song Is You” from his debut CD Prelude (1989, Criss Cross). The thing that’s impressive about this solo…

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