It’s not often that you learn one of a jazz musician’s past gigs was as a pianist at Walt Disney World from 1999 to 2020. Chris Rottmayer can–and does–put that on his resume, but that […]
When I was a kid, I had a friend who played the trombone. After playing for a minute or two, his face would be red and he’d be out of breath and utterly exhausted. Once […]
Bill O’Connell released his latest album, Wind Off the Hudson, a few months ago, back then it was a bit more topical. This is a summer album, the kind of jazz you listen to while […]
Talk about extremes–yesterday it was Filter, and today it’s the Flying Horse Big Band. I was just thinking that the big band jazz releases have been slowing down lately, but if you can say one […]
I’ve tackled the issue of bassist/leaders in jazz before, something that can be expanded to include drummers as well. My idea is that a leader who comes from the rhythm section pays more attention to […]
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