Experiments in the Outpost
Today I had a concert in the Outpost, in Boston. This was a concert in a series my friends organize called; four duo’s in momentum. The idea is that every concert there will be four duo’s performing that will create…
TEDx Fulbright 2014 Washington DC
This april I was asked to sing at the Fulbright TEDx event in Washington DC. Two years ago I played some songs at their 1st one in Boston and in this little time they had grown into an enormous happening,…
Lizz Wright workshop
This week we had Lizz Wright visiting the vocal department of Berklee. Amazing. Lizz Wright (1980) is an American Jazz/R&B singer and composer, originally from Georgia. She is mainly self taught and she signed a contract with Verve in 2002…
Herbie Hancock Harvard Lectures
This semester Herbie Hancock was guest professor at Harvard. For the Norton Lectures he will present 6 presentations in the Sanders Theatre. Since I am in Boston I attended these lectures. Last summer I met Herbie backstage during Umbria jazz…
Desmond Tutu
One of my teachers Joey Blake organized a circle singing evening with a special theme: forgiveness. This was and event concerning ‘Human Journey’; a new initiative co-founded by Desmond Tutu and Doug Abrams. The goal is to create events and…
NYC March 2014
There comes a point that I really need to go to NYC. Sometimes that city will mix you up and you’ll always get some new inspiration. I wanted to see my friend Joanne, and guitarist Joe Cohn, and my Parisian…
Blackbird
Now and then I’ll share with you some song studies I’ve been working on. “Bye Bye Blackbird” is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and…
Denver / Tempe trip with Berklee
This semester I’ve been selected to be a student ambassador for Berklee, supercool! “The Admissions Student Ambassadors give a first-hand account of what it means to be a Berklee student. Student Ambassadors represent the college and share their Berklee experiences…
Ed Saindon’s new book
One of my well respected private instructors in Berklee, Ed Saindon – vibraphone – has just released the first volume of his book-series. Its worth checking out. Its called the complete guide to improvisation and it codifies and explains the…
Rap
Just a little laughter…. this guy is amazing: KAMP Livestock Cattlerap Sessions 2014 – Rhett Parks from studiokamp on Vimeo.
Duke Ellington playing baseball
Last semester I took a class with Greg Hopkins about arranging for large ensemble. Earlier I have been writing about how fantastic of a musician and teacher Greg is – click here to read more about him 🙂 … In…
Kenny Garrett in Regattabar
Tonight I went to Kenny Garret with my friend Gabriela. This amazing saxophonist has been in the scene for over 40 years and he played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard Woody Shaw, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers…