Joy Writer: Wayne Shorter
This isn’t a review of the Wayne Shorter Quartet plus Imani Winds at Carnegie Hall, it’s an appreciation. It was a pure joy to hear. It was pretty clear that the musicians felt that joy too. The main...
View ArticleWhy FONT?
This festival (Festival of New Trumpet Music, or FONT) and its growing organization is dedicated to music: performances first and foremost, but also commissioning new brass music (12 commissions to...
View ArticleListening to Freddie Hubbard
Even with centuries of innovation in brass instrument making, the trumpet is still basically a metal tube through which one is expected to blow, vibrating the lips against the opening at one end. It...
View ArticleA Call To Arts
From the most recent guest post at NPR’s A Blog Supreme. A Call To Arts by Dave Douglas It’s good to see arts and especially jazz philanthropy back in business, thinking about what to fund and how best...
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two thousand ten.
Two thousand ten. Charles Wuorinen meets Warren Smith backstage at Abrons Art Center and they realize they had worked together fifty years earlier. Festival of New Trumpet Music presents the double...
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Dave Douglas and Curtis Macdonald: Q&A & Q&A
Dave asks Curtis. DDQ: What do you consider the relationship, if any, between your music for saxophone and bands and your computer-created “from the box” music? CMA: To me, composing “in the box” is...
View ArticleJazz Workshops in the 21st Century, the New Mentorship Process
Every time I see a teaching artist talk about music I learn something new. Every time I look at a contemporary book or blog post explaining creative music work I find something I’ve never seen before....
View ArticleBeyond The Music.
Dave Liebman shares deep thoughts on the value of music and art. Enjoy. -DD Question: What values does a jazz education offer beyond the music itself? Artists have always had a supply and demand...
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Redux: The Practice of Ear Training
There’s been some action on Twitter recently revolving around an older post here at the Greenleaf blog. Thanks for all the shares and comments. Feel free to chime in on this, or any of the great posts...
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What Lasts.
No BS! Brass Band at Rockwood Music Hall As the tenth Festival of New Trumpet Music drew to a close I found myself sitting back enjoying the challenging new piece Tom Harrell wrote for the festival....
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Greenleaf Artists Sound Off: Year End Observations & Music Thoughts
Year end thoughts from Dave Douglas, Grammy nominee Donny McCaslin, Michael Bates, Linda Oh, Kneebody, Matt Ulery Dave Douglas Henry Brant would be 100! After co-producing his 52 trumpet piece with...
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Year End thoughts from Dave Douglas: 2014
My gosh, so many challenges this year. The world scene is so complex, it’s hard to know where to begin. Better to think about 2015! Much new music was created in 2014 that will emerge in the new year:...
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A Year Ends, A Year Begins
Getting ready to close out a great year for creative music! A challenging year in some other ways, admittedly… We are aiming to reach a new high in our community of subscribers. If you listen to the...
View ArticleWhy FONT?
This festival (Festival of New Trumpet Music, or FONT) and its growing organization is dedicated to music: performances first and foremost, but also commissioning new brass music (12 commissions to...
View ArticleListening to Freddie Hubbard
Even with centuries of innovation in brass instrument making, the trumpet is still basically a metal tube through which one is expected to blow, vibrating the lips against the opening at one end. It...
View ArticleWilmer Wise: Be sure Brain is engaged before putting Mouthpiece in gear.
Festival of New Trumpet Music is celebrating Wilmer Wise on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Abrons Art …
View ArticleJeff Berlin response to below comment thread on metronomes
It’s complete and total war, my friends. Asked Jeff for his take on the comment thread and …
View ArticleWhy Spotify is the best, and the worst.
Spotify raises some serious issues for artists and independent labels these days. Jim Tuerk, who works with …
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Dave’s notes from the road: Augsburg
Gartenamade Hubert posted this picture of me and Joe from Augsburg. It’s been such a pleasure …
View ArticleWood Shedding Season
Was so happy to vote yesterday and to see sanity retake the House of Representatives. We didn’t …
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