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American drummer Brian Blade has conquered many jazz fans with his sophisticated technique, open nature, and instinctual rhythm. His unique touch, never too loud and never too soft, has played a crucial role in projects of likes such as Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Mark Turner, David Binney, and Wayne Shorter. He also built an amazing reputation as a leader of the Fellowship Band, a 20-year endeavor that normally comprises two saxophones, one or two guitars, piano/keyboards, and bass. Body and Shadow

The Blue Whale is a live jazz venue and art space in Downtown Los Angeles within the Little Tokyo neighborhood. It is now hosting Steve Coleman & Five Elements. Every night in December, Steve and his band is performing and running intensive workshops for musicians. The performance on Saturday, December 5, 2015, was memorable. It featured Steve Coleman on the alto sax, Jonathan Finlayson playing the trumpet, Maria Grand on the tenor sax, Miles Okazaki on the guitar, Anthony Tidd on the bass, and Sean

As inspiring as the music of Coltrane itself, “Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary” unfolds the life of the galactic saxophonist whose soulful approach to music incessantly spread light, peace, and love into the world. Coltrane put his life in music, resorting to a unique timbre, accurate technique, and an unshakeable spirituality, delivering quintessential records that still sound modern and bold today. I believe that every true jazz fan was touched in a way or another by the art of this

he was the seventh out of eleven children. He was a classic freelance musician, his career spans more than 70 years. During this time he created a name for himself that will forever cement him along with the legends like Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. Mr. Clark was a man of many talents and during his time on this earth he was became a world-class trumpeter, flugelhornist, educator, composer, writer, trumpet/flugelhorn designer, teacher and even an NEA Jazz Master; He made flugelhorn what it is

Biography of Miles Davis Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926. He was the son of a dental surgeon and a music teacher in a middle class household. Davis developed his earliest appreciation for music listening to the gospel music of the black church. His father introduced him to playing the trumpet at the age of 13. Miles Davis had talent playing the trumpet and was soon sent to music school directed by Elwood Buchanan. He quickly developed his own style inspired by major trumpeters

Considered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time. Duke Ellington had an enormous impact on the popular music in the late 1920s. For almost fifty years he toured the world as a bandleader and piano player. Today his recordings are among the most popular jazz of the big-band era. Born in Washington D.C. in 1899 Edward Kennedy Ellington was his name or better known as “Duke” began playing piano as a child. His mother who also played the piano saw his education and by the time he was seventeen

Miles Dewey Davis III was a phenomenal jazz trumpeter from the late 1940’s who composed several timeless jazz classics and would soon become immortalized within the genre. While attending the Institute of Musical Art, Davis skipped several classes only to participate in jam sessions with his mates, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, who too will become popular musicians. Davis and Parker often collaborated during the late 1940s, exploring with the capabilities of what one can improvise with harmonies

Waiting for “Superman”, a documentary by Davis Guggenheim glorifies Charter Schools and labels them the solution for many of the problems faced by inner city education. Given the idea that public schools have inadequate teachers and that Too many of our inner city students are not thriving in school, this film seems to have all the answers and explanations of how to fix it. This film makes it clear that many of our public schools are failing and takes you through the struggles and disappointments

Jazz music has been one of America's most creative forms of music, and has been influenced in many different ways throughout the U.S.A.. Jazz music is a type of music that features lots of different instruments including brass instruments, reed instruments, piano, drums, guitar, and bass.These instruments work together and create very distinct and unique music that has sparks creativity all over. Jazz music evolves and progresses more and more each day as there are no limits or rules to jazz. Jazz

Vol.1-Inter-be marks the debut of Mae.Sun, a New York-based eclectic group led by the clear-pitched soprano saxophonist Hailey Niswanger, a Berklee-graduate who makes a bold move here in comparison with her previous three albums as a leader. The adroit sextet, whose other members include vibraphonist Nikara Warren, guitarist Andrew Renfroe, keyboardist Axel Laugart, bassist Aaron Liao, and drummer David Frazier Jr., stacks up engaging sonic layers with a foot in the contemporary jazz and the other