Archive for August, 2009
Practicing scales for Jazz improv
Posted by Mike Mckenna in Free Lessons Friday, 21 August 2009 19:55 No Comments
A fundamental part of learning how to improvise is becoming familiar with the major, minor, and dominant 7 scales. This lesson will cover how to practice these scales and can be applied to any other scale you want to use it on. I learned this method during a master class with Dr. Barry [...]
Jazziz Magazine Open To The Public
Posted by Mike Mckenna in Suggested Reading Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:04 No Comments
Have you checked out Jazziz Magazine online? For the rest of the summer http://www.jazziz.com is open to the public while they update the website. The website is media rich and features a number of past editions of the magazine free in digital format. Normally these would only be available to subscribers, but [...]
Jeremy Pelt live @ Smalls
Posted by Mike Mckenna in Suggested Listening Tuesday, 18 August 2009 09:43 No Comments
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt & Wired will be performing at Smalls Jazz Club August 21 & 22. The performance is part of the Trumpet August promotion which features a different trumpet player each weekend. The Wired band includes Jeremy Pelt on Trumpet, Frank LoCrasto on Piano, Gavin Fallow on Bass, and Dana Hawkins on [...]