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I'm enrolled in, and enjoying Berklee/Gary Burton's online Jazz Improvisation Course, via https://www.coursera.org. Hoping to learn tons.
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I've had an intense and enjoyable experience this week, in Buenos Aires, recording a CD with Josefina Mendez, Mike Facey, and a host of wonderful Argentine musicians. We've been putting in 12 and 14 hour days in the studio. I had the intense pleasure of recording Michel Legrand's "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life" with Josi singing, Santiago on bandoneon, Andres Pelican on bass, Diego on drums, and me on piano (last names to follow). I felt so very fortunate and blessed to find myself in such elite company!
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I'm very excited to be going back to Buenos Aires this month with Josefina Mendez and Mike Facey. We'll be reconnecting with musicians that we met last June, this time with the intention of recording a CD. The producer, and recording engineer is the fine musician, Alvaro Torres. He will also be playing some piano on the CD. The collaboration between US and Argentine musicians will surely result in a unique and exciting product! More to come. Stay tuned!
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One more day in Buenos Aires. Today is our tenth. We've seen, tasted, smelled, heard, and otherwise felt grand and new sensations. It's difficult to classify the energy here. The words "loco," "intense," "perilous," "kaleidoscopic," "irresistible," and, "consuming," come to mind, thinking about the last ten days. Within the relatively small geographic area we've had the pleasure to explore, variety abounds. Each neighborhood has it's own flavor and history... I suppose similar to New York's boroughs. We're living in an apartment in the neighborhood called Recoleta.
It's an elegant neighborhood with tons of cafes , and parks. It's one of the safer neighborhoods to walk around. We've been so fortunate to have our own personal guide, and native Porteña, Josefina Mendez, setting up our living arrangements, helping us communicate with taxi drivers and waiters, and showing us each sight from a local's perspective. She also arranged several gigs for us, and sought out all the cool jazz spots and jam sessions. Our typical day starts around noon, and goes until two or three in the morning! June has done amazingly well hanging out with the musicians. Josefina's family has, predictably, fallen in love with June, who loves to communicate thru English, español, or charades, as needed.
I've learned tons playing with and listening to some fantastic musicians. The rhythmic intensity with which each tune is performed has, at times, left me reeling. Included among some of the fine players I've met and played with are:
Alvaro Torres, piano
Quintino Cinalli, Drums
Andrès Pellican, Bass
Jorge Negro Gonzàles, Bass (and legendary owner of Jazz Y Pop club)
Pablo Motta, Bass
Gustavo Bergalli, Trumpet
Gabriel Santacchia, Saxophone
Abel Rogantini, Piano
Tomás Fraga, Guitar
Victor Sanders, Bass and Piano
and many others.
We hung out and played at:
Dain Usina, in Palermo
Jazz Y Pop
Notorious
Biblioteca Cafe
We hope to return to BA in the very near future.
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I'm currently in the middle of an incredible journey to Buenos Aires with my dear June and our lovely Porteña companion, guide, fellow musician, event planner, and friend, Josefina Mendez. We've listened to, and played music every night since our arrival. Here are some of videos of us during our stay.
At Jazz Y Pop:
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At Dain Usina Cultural:
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In La Boca:
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Been having great fun playing with Josefina Mendez and the Intervention Band at the Westin Snowmass Resort. This recording of "Tu Mi Delirio" was made March 7, 2013. Play it from the Music Player, or check it out on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/timmyfox/tu-mi-delirio
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I'll be facilitating a "Survey of Jazz Styles" class at the Third Street Center, Carbondale, CO., June 16th, 2011, from 6:30-8:30. For information on attending, click here. The following, is a tentative outline for the class.
A necessarily succinct survey of jazz styles, with guest, Bob Levey.
We'll listen to and put a little context to the following styles of jazz:
- Blues (call and response)
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- Mississippi Fred McDowell; "Soon ONe Mornin'"
- Traditional Jazz (Hot Jazz)
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- Louis Armstrong; "West End Blues"
- Swing
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- Duke Ellington; "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Don't Have That Swing"
- Coleman Hawkins; "Body And Soul"
- Bebop
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- Bob Levey; Stories about Stan Levey, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, etc.
- Bebop; Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Levey, Stan Getz, etc
- Charlie Parker; Just Friends
- Hard Bop
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- Doodlin'; Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
- Joy Spring; Clifford Brown - performed by Bob and Tim
- Giant Steps; John Coltrane
- Modal Jazz
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- So What; Miles Davis
- Avant Gaurd/Free Jazz
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- Acknowledgment; John Coltrane
- Jazz Fusion
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- Birdland; Weather Report
- Some of today's artists and their "amalgamated" music
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- Joe Lovano
- Tim Hagans
- Kenny Werner
My notes on Jazz Styles - click here.
My Diigo Jazz Appreciation list of links - click here.
My Diigo Webslide show - click here.
My Jazz Appreciation Bibliography - click here.
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Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/yrF28xq
I use Dropbox for a bunch of stuff. I can:
- put a file (e.g. a pdf) from my computer in to Dropbox, and read it later on my iPhone
- put a pdf of sheet music in to Dropbox, and play from it on an iPad
- do an "offsite" backup of important files
- share files that are too big to share as email attachments
- share file systems with other Dropbox users
Download it and install it from here: http://db.tt/yrF28xq
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We'll be firing up the Roaring Fork Jazz workshop again in late September or early October 2010. Until then, keep woodshedding those bebop scales!
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Here's a little video that I'd like to share of me playing with a little trumpeter. Note her complete lack of inhibition, and how closely she listens and watches. She, without any prior knowledge of jazz practices, is hanging in there with trading fours. Okay, so the notes aren't quite there, but she plays with such reckless abandon, and has some serious phrasing going on. After the session, I wondered who learned more, ALG or me.
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First of all, I'd like to make clear that, at this point, the Workshop is just that. It's not a rehearsal for a band. It's more like a group lesson in jazz improvisation. If you all get inspired to make some connections, and start a group, that's awesome! I hope that the Workshop will help equip you with some foundational skills to make your group sensational.
OK. Now for the schedule. I'd like to have the High School students and adult beginner/intermediates meet from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. Then from 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, have a group practice session, which I'll lead. I'm going to treat it as I would my own practice sessions, focusing on a creative approach toward working on scales, tunes, and improv. If you'd like to sit in, you're welcome. It'll be geared toward advanced stuff, so watch out!
See you on April 7th!
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