This is a continuation of my previous post “Five Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends” (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/01/13/five-classic-jazz-songs-for-your-classic-rock-friends/). In that post, I was talking about classic jazz tunes that might appeal to your friends who are more inclined to listen…
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Five More Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends
Tagged with: Art Blakey, Classic jazz, Classic Rock, Duke Ellington, Giant Steps, Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Rockin' In Rhythm, Sidewinder, Straight No Chaser, Thelonious Monk
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Five Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends
One of the things that music nerds like me like to do is to try and turn people onto music we love (that’s really what this blog is about). So over the years I have tried to get my friends,…
A Short Selection Of Holiday Themed Music That Doesn’t Suck
I think the title pretty much sums it up. Let’s first go with something classy, Duke Ellington. who in 1960 recorded a jazz interpretation of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky. The video below is of the Overture, opening with a descending…
Tagged with: Christmas Music, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Run-DMC, The Nutcracker, The Waitresses, Vulfpeck
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
A Haiku For The Holidays 2018
Something Different For The Holidays This Year Music Is A Gift The New Jazz Spasms – Tradition (Fiddler On The Roof)
“Getting Off The Root” . . . : Digging Deeper With Jeff Antoniuk
As I’m doing my own deep dive into jazz bass playing, I’ve been working on my bass soloing. As the material has a much faster harmonic rhythm than the rock/blues/funk tunes that I usually play, I’ve noticed that many of…
Tagged with: Bass Soloing, Improvisation, Jazz, Jazz Theory, Jeff Antoniuk
Posted in Improvisation, Jazz, Music Theory
Posted in Improvisation, Jazz, Music Theory
“That Which Does Not Kill You”. . : Recent Adventures In Jazz Bass Playing
I have written about my returning to playing bass after a prolonged period of playing the Chapman Stick Guitar. One of my immediate challenges in actually find people to play with. I hate going to jam sessions. You wait for…
Stick Theory – Bodega Cats (Original Song) on the Chapman Stick Guitar
This is my tune, Bodega Cats, played on the Chapman Stick Guitar (SG12). I’m using the double guitar tuning so it’s like two standard guitar necks joined together. This was the first tune I wrote on the Chapman Stick guitar.…
Tagged with: Bogeda Cats, Chapman Stick Guitar, SG-12, Thje New Jazz Spasms
Posted in Chapman Stick, Jam Band, Jazz
Posted in Chapman Stick, Jam Band, Jazz
