March 15, 2014

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 was first recorded by Gene Austin

March 1, 2014

Duke Ellington playing baseball

In class I studied Duke Ellington’s arrangements, visited his archive via Smithsonian, and discovered a video of Ellington playing baseball.