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Ragtime Project

3 Compelling Stories from They All Played Ragtime

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Post date November 13, 2020
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The seldom-discussed stories of three ragtime pioneers

Tags Axel Christensen, Bebop, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, John Stark, Joseph Lamb, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Rudi Blesh, Scott Joplin, They All Played Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, Tom Turpin

Listening Log: Week 7

Sissle & Blake, Ben Wendel, Charles Ives

Tags Ben Wendel, Charles Ives, Election Day, Eubie Blake, Helen Boatwright, High Heart, Listening Log, Michael Mayo, Noble Sissle, Shuffle Along, They All Played Ragtime, Tom Sails Away

Listening Log: Week 6

Charles Ives, Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, Eubie Blake

Tags Charles Ives, Charleston, Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Luckey Roberts, Maple Leaf Rag, New England Conservatory, New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, Rag, Ragtime, Ragtime Dance, Richard Zimmerman, Scott Hayden, Scott Joplin, Sunflower Slow Drag, Willie "The Lion" Smith

American Music History

Jazz and Trains: A Connected History

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Post date October 13, 2020
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The American railroad system as a driving force for cultural exchange

Tags American History, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Duke Ellington, Early Jazz, Glenn Miller, Great Crush Collision, Gunther Schuller, Jazz, Lead Belly, Linin' Track, Music History, Plessy v. Ferguson, Pullman Porters, Scott Joplin, Trains, WBUR

News

New Single: Cabin Fever

My new single “Cabin Fever” is out now on Bandcamp!

Tags Bandcamp, Bandcamp Friday, Cabin Fever, Drums, Jazz, Music, New Music, Saxophone

American Music History Transcription

Solo Transcription: Lou Donaldson’s “Minor Bash”

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Post date September 27, 2020
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A close look at a Lou Donaldson solo transcription and how it relates to moments in jazz history

Tags Blues, Carmen, Charles Mingus, Charleston, Fables of Faubus, Georges Bizet, James P. Johnson, Jazz, Jon Batiste, Joshua Berrett, Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Ricky Riccardi, Soloist, Summer Reading, Transcription, West End Blues

Listening Log: Week 5

Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Hargrove, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman

Tags Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Listening Log, Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Music, Roy Hargrove

Summer Reading List 2020

Summer reading — Duke Ellington, Jane H. Hill, Gunther Schuller, bell hooks, Joshua Berrett

Tags All About Love, bell hooks, Books, Duke Ellington, Early Jazz, Gunther Schuller, Joshua Berrett, Louis Armstrong, Music is My Mistress, Paul Whiteman, Racism, Reading, Summer Reading, The Everyday Language of White Racism

Listening Log: Week 4 (Bandcamp Friday Edition)

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Post date September 14, 2020
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Henry Godfrey, Takuma Matsui, Frank Carlberg & Ran Blake, Lolivone De La Rosa, Jacob Moore

Tags Frank Carlberg, Henry Godfrey, Lolivone De La Rosa, New Music, Ran Blake, Takuma Matsui

Listening Log: Week 3

Bing Crosby, Nubya Garcia, Joshua Redman, Paul Whiteman, Lianne La Havas

Tags Bing Crosby, Ian Buss, Joshua Redman, Lianne La Havas, Listening Log, Nubya Garcia, Paul Whiteman