I was enjoying a beautiful evening, by hiking in my neighborhood park, following a trail to the summit of the city’s own volcano(!)…. And the benches overlooking the view of the city were full of people enjoying the pending sunset accompanied by dominant seventh chords and jazz patterns.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Grace Notes Weblog
I’ll be posting here about music and lessons and practicing. Saxophone and clarinet lessons; reeds; music notation; musical events; and favorite songs.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Portland
The first of many solos that can only be described as way out – Elliot Mason on trombone, followed by Ryan Kisor and Marcus Printup trading phrases on trumpet.House of Jade by Wayne Shorter: beautiful melody, quite peaceful after the Nelson arrangement.Portraits in Seven Shades, Dali by Ted Nash: written for a combined event with J@LC and MOMA…. Came time for the drum solo, all the horn players clapped hands and stomped their feet in a complex rhythmic pattern, enabling Ali Jackson, drummer, to stretch and shrink the time.~ intermission ~The Holy Ghost from a Mass written for Abyssinian Church’s 250th celebration: Ted Nash on alto and Marcus Printup on trumpet shared an improvised solo where one was mimicking the other.