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You can order the book “Music, Math and Mind” from you local independent bookstore or online here.
You can learn more about Dave’s music here: DaveSoldier.com
References
“Puerto Rico” – Eddie Palmieri
“Jeleo” – Steve Beck, composed by Dave Soldier
Bo Diddley on the Ed Sullivan Show (1955)
Stuff Smith’s Unfinished Concerto arranged by Dave Soldier, played by Miranda Cuckson
Work with children
Da Hiphop Raskalz
San Mateo Ixatan, Guatemala
“Osage Stomp” and “Get with It” – Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys (1935)
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith (1909-1967) – Toured Texas extensively in the ’20s
Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman (Texas) with Charlie Haden (Missouri) and Don Cherry (Oklahoma) (1959)
BONUS
As I mentioned in the interview, we were only going to be able to scratch the surface of Dave’s work on this call. One areas he’s done work in is exploring the musicality of animals. If they can recognize and make music, we may need to recalibrate how we view and treat them.
“Rain” – Elephant Orchestra. Instruments built and directed by Richard Lair and Dave Soldier in Lampang, Thailand (2006)
You can order Dave’s book “Music, Math and Mind” from you local independent bookstore or online here.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!
Blog, People, Video
On this page a short but pointed tribute from Adam Mannes to what’s below the “tip of iceberg” of what we hear on records and see in live performances and on video.
It’s called “practice” but it really understates what’s involved.
Ongoing training, study, exploration, perfecting. For serious artists, it’s a never ending process and as fans we’re the beneficiaries.
Adam is one of many educators who is making music education available around the globe at a level that was previously unimaginable.
Note BOLD: Online education is a godsend, but for children it is NOT a substitute for a caring, inspiring LIVE teacher.
Some of my favorite resources for piano (a very short list)
Adam Maness and Open Studio
Jon Cleary – New Orleans piano and culture
Dan the Composer – Unique meditations on the art of playing the piano
Rick Beato – Musician, producer, educator
Oliver Prehn – Pianist and educator
Jonny May – Jonny May shows the tricks of the trade behind a number of piano styles
Jamey Aebersold – Not strictly a piano source, but you can’t talk about jazz education without Jamey. (See our podcast interview with him.)
If you have a hankering to learn some piano and are starting from scratch, I particularly recommend Jon Cleary and Oiver Prehn for to help you break the ice. The most important thing – more important than theory, practice, good form etc. – is to put your hands on the keys and discover that when you do, interesting things can and often do happen.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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The album is called Skyline, and it was recorded at the Power Station in New York.
I’m sure you know their names, but do you know their stories?
Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
To focus one just one…
Ron Carter is one of the most recorded artists in history with 2,200 albums to his credit. You’d need a phone book (the big old school kind) just to list them all.
You could trace the history – and many of the highlights – of modern jazz by simply following his career.
In 2014, France had the good sense to give him the title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France’s premier cultural award.
Radio Free Birdland is presenting The Ron Carter Quartet Premiering Saturday March 6th at 7pm On Demand Through Saturday March 13th
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Imagine getting to listen in on a conversation between Oscar Peterson and Count Basie about Art Tatum.
You don’t have to imagine.
Here’s the video.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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A shortlist of some of the master musicians who passed in 2021
A Jazz on the Tube playlist
1. Robert Farris Thompson (1932-2021) (00:00)
2. Victor Paz (1932-2021)- Manteca (00:39)
3 Larry Harlow (1939–2021) – La Cartera (07:01)
4. Dave Frishberg (1933-2021) – I’m Hip (14:52)
5. Howard Johnson (1941-2021) – Evolution (18:22)
6. Raul de Souza (1934-2021) – Ela é Carioca (25:04)
7. Chick Corea (1941-2021) – Crystal Silence (32:17)
8. Johnny Pacheco (1935-2021) – Quitate Tu (Yo Soy La Salsa) (41:30)
9. Junior Mance (1928-2021) – Georgia on my Mind (49:18)
10. Dr. Lonnie Smith (1942-2021) – The Whip (55:12)
11. Pat Martino (1944-2021) – Full House (59:49)
12. Freddie Redd (1928-2021) – The Thespian (01:09:34)
13. Curtis Fuller (1934-2021) – Blues March (01:20:05)
14. Ralph Peterson, Jr. (1962-2021) – An Original (01:26:47)
15. George Mraz (1944-2021) – A Story Often Told But Seldom Heard (01:35:23)
16. Barry Harris (1929-2021) – Like Someone In Love (01:42:37)
17. Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) – Samantha (01:49:17)
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– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
P.S. At the end of every year, we put together a short (and frankly incomplete) playlist to honor some of the giants who passed in the previous year.
It’s a bittersweet project.
Sorrow at the loss of such great souls…Joy in the appreciation of what beautiful gifts they made to all of us with their lives.
Join Jazz on the Tube fans around the world in celebrating and honoring these great artists – and please share the link.
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Before you get your knickers in knot that “this isn’t jazz”, keep in mind that very, very, very few great jazz musicians started out playing jazz.
However, many started their musical “careers” as surprisingly young children, often playing with their families.
It’s a missing chapter of what I call Jazz Reality History.
We don’t have footage of Louis Armstrong singing with his quartet on street corners (his description: “the best boy group in New Orleans.”)
We don’t have a recording of Lester Young playing drums in his father’s band…or Eddie Durham playing with his brothers in San Marcos, Texas…or Charlie Haden singing on the Haden Family Radio Hour at the age of two.
So we have to use our imaginations.
Meanwhile, thanks to the magic of consumer video and Youtube we can get a glimpse of what this magic is like in real life.
By the way, in case they didn’t teach you in school – and they probably didn’t – music is love.
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– Ken McCarthy
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