Musician, Composer, Dad
Guelph
Joined December 2008
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Today, October 11th, marks the birthday of two extraordinary jazz drummers: Art Blakey and Billy Higgins.
I was fortunate enough to share the bandstand with both artists on several occasions. I treasure my memories with them both.
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Davis Schneider, pro baseball player, lost his brother and best friend Steven in 2020 to an accidental opioid poisoning. He’s telling his story to help break down stigma and encourage others to be prepared. Read more: emergentbiosolutions.ca/opio…
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"I was in love with the Beatles. I was a real Beatle fanatic. When I was with Miles [Davis], I had an apartment in New York with a Beatles poster up on my wall. When you walked in the front door, it was staring you right in the face. People would come to visit and they’d see this poster and say, 'Man, why you got that on your wall?' You know, here I am supposed to be this 'jazzer' and I’m listening to the Beatles.
"It’s the tunes, the music, the whole thing. In ‘65, I told Miles we oughtta do a tour with the Beatles; we oughtta open up for them.
"Even now, when I listen to some of that stuff, it connects with me."
--#TonyWilliams
#Jazz #Fusion #Drums #MilesDavis #Lifetime #HallsOfFame #TheBeatles
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My Sunken Ship - Avi Granite's Verse youtu.be/KE8yXqvyhjw?si=uFQL…
#JazzRoomWaterloo #Live #Music
@tedwarren @CopterStetson @AviGranite
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Something worth watching ;)
McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers Step Out of a Dream - Live at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival
#Jazz
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The music should welcome the audience even if it's complex. You don't have to be a wine connoisseur to understand when someone hands you a wonderful glass of wine, you taste it and you go "Wow this really good. I don't know about wine but I know this is good."
So when I listen to great classical compositions, I don't know what's going on I just know if I like it. And that's what I expect people to do when they hear us. Either they like it or the don't - and I want them to like it. But I don't want to make the music cheap in order for them to like it, like do things that are not honest in order to make them respond. I want them to hear something very honest.
Yes, I would like to be understood, and I don't think you have to be a musician to understand it.
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Another special #ThrowbackThursday this week: "My Funny Valentine," released on February 23rd, 1965. I recorded this album as part of the Miles Davis Quintet, with George Coleman, Tony Williams, and Herbie Hancock.
Give it a listen: ow.ly/Ko4I50MwtHJ
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“Creativity is not simply a property of exceptional people but an exceptional property of all people.”
— Ron Carter
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The great thing about playing slowly is that anyone can do it.
Paradoxically it becomes harder to do the more skill you acquire
It can be maddening. Especially when ego and impatience get involved. Maintaining a Beginner Mind is the escape from suffering the weight of boredom.
