http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com Trombonist, Composer and Educator Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:18:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's a lot of music shaking this September and I just wanted to make everyone here aware of it. The Heavyweights have two big gigs coming up that I'm spreading the word on Monday September 6th @ The Rex Hotel 9:30PM The Rex is Canada's Premier Jazz Venue and this marks ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=434 Getting press as a jazz musician is extremely difficult. Partly for that reason, I'm very happy that an article on both myself and a band I'm involved with have been published in the past week. The most recent is a blog post by the Artistic Director for Toronto Downtown Jazz, Josh ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=425 I'm at home right now. I should have been at a rehearsal but it was canceled, due to safety and transportation problems cause by the G20. I decided to make lemonade and write this blog. Most of this morning was spent watching youtube videos, checking out blogs, Twitter and Facebook media. ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=406 Just a short little one here. First off here is link (link removed due to copyright infringement) to a recording of Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony. It was performed last night as a collaboration between the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the  Berlin Philharmonic. The recording starts off with a question and answer with ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=383 [caption id="attachment_379" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Music of J.J. Johnson"][/caption] This coming sunday night my quartet will be playing the music of J.J. Johnson at the fine Roncesvalles Village Jazz establishment Gate 403 Christopher Butcher- Trombone Todd Pentney- Piano Justin Gray- Upright Bass Fabio Ragnelli- Drums and Cymbals J.J. has gone down in the history books as ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=378 I always start my posts with a thought on how long it's been since I last wrote. I  can be a little bit of a procrastinator especially if it doesn't involve directly playing music. So maybe this is just the rate that I will blog at.  Lots has been going ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=369 Toronto is full of interesting people. They likely aren't hanging around North York, or Bay Street, but you may find them in Kensington on a sunday, in art galleries on Dundas, Queen West, around Parkdale. Musicians, artists, dancers, photographers, cyclists, inventors, social media celebrities, business owners, chef's etc. etc. Just ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=356 [caption id="attachment_349" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="The Heavyweights at Grossman's "][/caption] First off that title is a joke, merely a play on words with a reference to one of Rob's many blogs. Now that that's cleared up, Rob is an amazing human being. He's a local tuba player and composer that I met ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=347 I have been an erratic blogger as of lately. I'm planning a bunch of short ones instead of procrastinating on long in depth posts. I'm just going to share some short things. I purchased a tamborim today. I have been attempting to play the deceptively difficult little drum, the melodic voice ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=342 Below is the very recently released music video for Alex Cuba's, "If You Give Me Love". I was familiar with Alex's music through it's frequent and deserved airplay on CBC radio, but the shooting of this video was the first time I met him. Alex is the real deal, born in ... http://www.chrisbutchermusic.com/?p=325