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“It Might As Well Be Spring” - a great song by Rodgers and Hammerstein written for the 1945 film State Fair. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. I was reminded of the song listening to the superb recording Last Dance by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden. They play a beautiful version of the song. I’m using my signature mallets (M39) from Vic Firth. Very happy with how they sound in terms of clarity, fullness and the ability to extract nuance from the instrument at all dynamic levels.

"How My Heart Sings" composed by Earl Zindars and played by pianist Bill Evans on his 1964 recording titled the same name. Bill and Earl were good friends and Bill played quite a few songs composed by Earl. I first learned this song way back when I was studying with Gary Burton in the 70s. It was played quite a lot around Berklee back then. There's another great version from pianist Mulgrew Miller on the recording Young At Heart from drummer Tony Williams. My fantastic student/vibist Lucas Amorim and I have been working on this song in the past few lessons.

Hi VW friends!
If you are going to be in town for PASIC, be aware that Indy's jazz tradition is still going VERY strong. We have amazing players who come up from the great music school at IU, plus a bunch of fantastic local players. There are two clubs in Indy that are strictly jazz - the Jazz Kitchen, and the Chatterbox. The Chatterbox is located downtown - just one mile from the Convention center and is really worth checking out. On weekdays the music starts at 8:00 and there is no cover charge and the drinks are cheap.