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Probably every jazz saxophonist on the site here has played music written by or arranged by Bill Holman. Bill is now in his 90s and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute is hosting a festival near LAX airport October 20-23. Four days of Holman's music for various groups as well as films, discussions...

Hi, I'm a junior in high school and I tried out for jazz ensemble in sophomore year but two people better than me had already had those spots pretty much "reserved" since they were older and better than me. I filled in for a winter concert where I had to practice 6 days a week to catch up with...

Hi Guys, Looking for a little help. I've been taught to improvise using modes. This works a lot of the time, but I realize that sometimes it is easier to use key centres and think of changes in terms of what scale I can use given the sharps/ flats of the chord tones. My question is, in the...

Great solo! The whole album (Mulgrew Miller - Wingspan) is great as well.

(39) Lo-Fi Dreaming - YouTube Also available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. under the album name Hindsight by Major Minor. Released Jan 2022.

Promotional video from my debut album performing Andy Laverne's original composition "Pursuing Resolution". Hope you enjoy the jazz and thanks for listening!!!! www.timlin.bandcamp.com if you'd like to purchase a CD or download a digital mp3. Spotify URL...

Just wanted to share a video of my quartet's in studio performance of Harry Warren's "A Weaver of Dreams" The band: Andy LaVerne - piano Jay Anderson - bass Billy Drummond - drums If anyone would like a copy of a CD, I would be happy to send a signed copy to all SOTW members here...

Just wanted to share a video of my quartet's in studio performance of Harry Warren's "A Weaver of Dreams" The band: Andy LaVerne - piano Jay Anderson - bass Billy Drummond - drums If anyone would like a copy of a CD, I would be happy to send a signed copy to all SOTW members here...

Physical CDs are now available for direct shipment for my jazz debut album, “Romance in Formosa” featuring Andy LaVerne, Jay Anderson, and Billy Drummond!!!! You can purchase signed copies here: www.timlinmusic.com/new-products/romanceinformosa or high quality mp3 files/CD here...

This is the piece I’ll be soloing, at 2:10 is when the main solo starts… whenever she hits high D it isn’t just a single note but it started out as low then went high whenever she played it. I really wanna know how to do it but I don’t know how.. i’m a beginner to Jazz. Is it something in the...

I currently play on a Meyer New York anniversary 6m with 3 Vandoren ZZ reeds. I play lead alto in a few bands and would like to be able to project when needed. Currently my ZZ’s allow me to do this, but the sound I get is too harsh and edgy, and the reeds are too hard and make playing quite and...

Hello everyone ! I'm trying to decide which tip opening to get for my d'addario select Jazz mouthpiece in, but I'm having trouble understanding what the tip opening sizes does. I know wider ones let you use softer reeds, and smaller ones make you use harder ones - but I'm not sure what the...

I’ve been composing jazz for many years, but I’ve always had an issue knowing how much freedom of interpretation to give my pianists/guitarists. Here’s what I mean: If I want to hear an F13 chord, would writing “F7” be enough? If a pianist sees an F7 chord, is it standard practice for said...

I'm kvellin'! My son had recently participated in the Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency, a two-week artist residency -created to provide space to grow for young jazz artists (17-25) who are both composers and performers. At the end of the program, the participants performed their compositions...

Hi, I have been playing alto for awhile and have been playing on a s80 c* (older model) I have been entering the realm of jazz recently and i love it. I really want to get a ‘jazz’ mouthpiece. I am really stuck in a tough decision between the daddario select jazz, meyer usa, meyer ny 100th...