Four Valentine’s Albums
For my money, there’s no better way to score Valentine’s Day than with jazz standards.
arrange • compose • conduct
For my money, there’s no better way to score Valentine’s Day than with jazz standards.
Joni Mitchell’s Grammy performance this year reminds us that phrasing is paramount in musical interpretation.
Recordings, shows, films, podcasts – here’s the media I recommend from this year.
I read some great books in 2023. Here are a few favorites.
Here’s my top Christmas album list.
Let us all salute the vocal harmony juggernaut that is The Manhattan Transfer.
How do you learn the right way to start and end tunes in the jazz tradition?
Säje is one of the best things happening in vocal music today.
It matters who you choose to listen to. As I wrote yesterday, when my students are learning a jazz standard, I work hard to impress on them the importance of targeted listening. This is, after all, an oral tradition, and we can only sing these songs well if we understand […]
It matters who you choose to listen to. When my students are learning a jazz standard, I work hard to impress on them the importance of targeted listening. This is, after all, an oral tradition, and we can only sing these songs well if we understand that tradition. Even as […]