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Check out Jackie McLean on Mars
Director Ken Levis created a compelling documentary about Jackie McLean in the mid-seventies. This was 14 years before my time at Hartt, but it offers some insight as to what my time in school was like. Also has some footage from the Artists Collective, where I taught saxophone lessons occasionally. The film [...]
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John Coltrane — I Wish I Knew
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But Beautiful Instant Recording Session
Here’s the video and recording from a session I played on Tuesday with the TSS Yukonaughtica crew. Guitarist Todd Colburn is creating a series of weekly recordings each recorded, mixed, edited, and released within 24 hours. I enjoyed the honor of participating in this week’s East Village basement recording of "But Beautiful":
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Videos
It’s been over 30 years since I carried lunch to school with a Space Shuttle Enterprise Lunch Box, but the launch videos are still incredibly exciting to watch. This is an HD video of Atlantis‘ second to last mission STS-129. (Kudos to the commentator for using the term penultimate.)
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Earth Day with The Lorax
The Lorax was one of my favorite top three books as a child, and I suspect played a large role in my interest in the environment as an adult. With Earth Day on my mind, I searched YouTube for The Lorax not expecting to find anything (someone keeps the Internet fairly scoured clean of [...]
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Sax Clips From The Puck
Here’s a roughly-edited sampling of sax clips from last Saturday night’s BlackTails gig at The Puck:
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We sold out the joint and made a lot of friends. It was definitely a party. A word about The Puck. It’s a really awesome venue. [...]
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Macarena Sax Jam
This is a fun clip of an impromptu jam that broke out after our gig last Friday. The whole gig was a bit like this, featuring live musicians jamming with a DJ. Half the band has put its instruments away by the time we did this, though, and the DJ is holding the [...]
The Peking at South Street Seaport