G20, Jazz Fest etc.
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. My heart is breaking as [...]
Swing Symphony, David Bryne and La India
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 Wynton, Sir Simon Rattle and [...]
The Christopher Butcher Quartet plays the music of J.J. Johnson
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 the creator and zenith of bebop trombone playing. He did for the trombone [...]