Ceora has such an optimistic, joyous melody. It was a staple in my repertoire at the hundreds of solo gigs I did at local eateries here in the world class wine country north of San Francisco.

I'm sure this tune has been a TOTM at one time or another. It's one of those that you never get tired of and again and again.

Check out a great collaboration between American and Greek musicians creating something unique.

Hello to everybody:
I am very glad to present you the new CD of the MAROSA JAZZ PROJECT (latin-jazz group from Galicia, Spain), which I have the honour to led. This is one of the album´s songs called "Isra sempre vai a latin" ("Isra always goes latin"). I hope you like it! Have a good day and... Enjoy it!

Israel Arranz

MAROSA JAZZ PROJECT
SONG: Isra sempre vai a latin (by Israel Arranz)
ALBUM: Lémbrame

So....
I was chatting in the shout box about sight reading subscriber Bob Adler. We briefly talked about sight reading. So I thought I'd start a post about sight reading.

I'm not a great reader but I can manage. First I put the music stand slanted and level with the instrument. This is so I can use peripheral vision to see the notes.

Bb Rhythm Changes - had a great improv class this semester. It's a joy to teach when the students come to class inquisitive and motivated to learn. Throughout the semester some of the improv concepts that we worked on included Four Note Groupings (FNGs), Major 7th #5 Superimposition, Tension Resolution, Motivic Playing and Reharmonization Concepts. Yesterday the students were asking what to play on Bb rhythm changes so we selected Bird's Anthropology and applied some of the concepts that we covered in the semester.