Alan, yes, that was Nancy on tenor sax. It's nice to have her stop by once in awhile. The drummer's name is Jackie Enx. She's excellent and has been ...
Hello from 'La Hora del Blues', La Hora del Blues December Reviews on-line include among others new CD's Ronnie Earl, Marcia Ball, Michael Burks, Jimmy Lloyd...
Hey Everybody, Come join us at Ed Ivey's Blues Jam tonight at Velma's from 7 p.m. till 11 p.m. where tonight Velma is providing some delicious roast turkey for...
Thanks, Stan! Yeah, she was quite impressive and it was a pleasure to share the bandstand with her and the rest... Mark mentioned that he had not been there in...
Bay Area favorite René Solis and Lucky 13 have been selected to perform in the MBBF talent search and they would like your help get them to first place....
Tomorrow is the next Johnny Nitro Blues Jam at the Red Caboose in Antioch. If it is anything like last month it will be a great time. We had a lot of new...
Hey Dave, yep, I finally came back. What always seems to happen is when you're up in front of people, all that comes out is the same stuff that's been coming...
Some say those red faced moments are where the real music is happening. Not sure if it's true or not, but on good nights, I think you should expect at least a...
You know, Miles used to encourage his musicians to practice on the stand. Of course, Herbie, Wayne, and Coltrane's "practicing" were maybe a little more...
I don't know everyone in this band, but judging by the sax players I do know, Fil Lorenz and Tom Politzer, I can guess at what you might expect at the Boom...
Stan: I agree with Some about the positive virtues of those red-faced moments. There is a definite excitement in hitting the wrong note and then scrambling...
Another thing that I should do much more of than I do (and which probably would make the gestation time of new musical material considerably shorter) is to...
Found this Myspace about Black Patti Records Thought some of you might like it ! @ http://www.myspace.com/blackpattirecords Black Patti Records was the only...
I've heard that musicians will sometimes play intentionally "off key". And sometimes it works or the band "leader" gives you the "what the f**$" are you doing...
"I've heard that musicians will sometimes play intentionally "off key". " I don't know if it's possible to intentionally play off key. Accidentally play off...
... Alan: Great point! I highly recommend the Band In The Pocket cds available locally at all of the Guitar Centers: http://www.fivefeathers.com/ Marvin Taylor...
Alan is 100% on the money here. There are some great tools for this these days. Jazz students have the Jamey Aebersold discs, and Band In A Box software has...
... key". " ... This is what jazz musicians refer to as playing "out." It's "off key" in the sense that the note choices might be in between the standard, ...
... these days. Jazz ... has always been ... of all styles are the new ... able to turn any ... just want to hear how ... rhythm guitar player ... want, and...
Well, excuse me! Evangeline ... From: Scott Miller <hebjo@...> Subject: Re: [Bay Area Blues ] OPL Jam Sunday 11/30 To: bayareablues@yahoogroups.com ...
Speaking of loopers, I happen to think the Mermen make interesting music with loops. All spontaneous on stage stuff that the guitarist sets up by playing a...
... Dave: While the JamVOX sounds really cool, the TASCAM MP-GT1 guitar trainer has been around for a few years now and it can also remove the vocal or guitar...
Hi All, I have finally uploaded a few video clips to share from last Wed's awesome LF jam. What a great house band. Vince, can you let me know the names of...
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