Friday, December 17, 2010

Wadada Leo Smith / Ed Blackwell | The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer

The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer is a set full of brash, in-your-face spontaneity, which is a meeting of expectations when the musicians at hand are trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Wadada Leo Smith and the late drummer, Ed Blackwell. Smith's contribution to the free jazz cannon stretches back to his days with Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), while Blackwell rose to prominence as a member of Ornette Coleman's legendary quartet.

Posted via email from ...notes written and heard...

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas With Bessie Video

Here is the video that I shot at Christmas With Bessie. It is not complete, some of the performances were left out because of space on my Flip and just plain forgetfulness. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F3D8EBEAA3230077

Posted via email from ...notes written and heard...

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

This Quarter's Project

For Charles Mingus  
Download now or listen on posterous
ForCharlesMingus.mp3 (10781 KB)

Here's a midi mock-up of a piece I was working on this quarter. I called it For Charles Mingus since I was inspired by the Town Hall Concert album when I started to write it. I'm hoping to get it played live at the Composer's Forum at school next quarter.


Posted via email from ...notes written and heard...