Category: jazz

16 posts

• 6/13/2015 How Ornette Coleman changed my life
• 6/1/2015 The many faces of "Stella by Starlight"
• 12/13/2014 Thoughts on Cuba while watching Cuban musicians performing the 1947 bolero "La gloria eres tú"
• 4/5/2014 Review of edX 8.01x: Jazz Appreciation
• 10/11/2013 Finally learning about Carnatic music
• 8/24/2013 RIP Marian McPartland of Piano Jazz
• 6/9/2013 Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2013: dancing salsa to Eddie Palmieri
• 4/13/2013 Singing and playing tango and jazz at an unexpected music party
• 3/23/2013 RIP Bebo Valdés, master pianist of Cuban music
• 3/18/2013 Finally doing some Latin music jamming on flute; also Irish and French
• 12/19/2012 Special treat: Dutch jazz trumpeter Eric Vloeimans performed in Pittsburgh!
• 11/3/2012 Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 2
• 11/2/2012 Attending the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar for the first time: day 1
• 10/28/2012 Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jam
• 9/23/2012 Celebrating the birthday of John Coltrane, the Beethoven of jazz
• 11/20/2011 The beautiful, melancholy Indian Summer of Chet Baker