“Happy Families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy from Anna Karenina When you look back on your relationships, what have you done that you can be most proud of? What have you…
Month: May 2015
BANDING TOGETHER WITH SPYRO GYRA
Back in the 70s, before there were labels like “smooth” or “adult contemporary” jazz, aspiring musicians would listen to the music they heard on the radio and would try to emulate the stuff they heard. What a concept! Back then,…
GORDON GOODWIN: LIVING IN A BALANCED BUBBLE (OR ‘HOW TO SUCCEED IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS BY TRYING REALLY HARD’)
I’M WILLING TO BET THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE GORDON GOODWIN’S MUSIC THAN ANY OTHER JAZZ COMPOSER. WELL, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD HIS FANTASTIC BIG PHAT BAND, WHICH JUST WON A GRAMMY FOR ‘BEST LARGE ENSEMBLE.’ BUT GOODWIN…