Horace Silver and Nica’s Dream

One of my favorite jazz artists is Horace Silver. He is, of course, a great master of the piano with a secure place in jazz history. He has put together incredible groups of musicians and has an immense discography whose recordings number among the very best in jazz.

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Book: Performing in the Zone by Jon Gorrie

Performing in The Zone This is an awesome book that really helps with performance anxiety and a host of other issues that hold me back from performing at my full potential.  I wish I had this book, when I had my “big” audition for bass player in the National Symphony in Washington, DC back in [...]

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Backcycling Guitar Chords

Backcycling is a cool term that basically means to take a music idea and move it around the “cycle of fifths” to play it in all keys.  Too many musicians, myself included sometimes, will learn a lick or a chord or even a whole song  in only one particular key.  This is very limiting and [...]

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