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Kind of Pink and Purple: Planting the seeds
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, June 12, 2016. This week I wanted to build off of last week's post, Discover jazz. Where I went through different ways to start listening to jazz. In the post, I explained how you can build a music collection from a particular artist you enjoy by learning their discography. I used Miles Davis as an example to showcase the various connections you can build from just one artist. Some jazz sta...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: December 2016
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Friday, December 30, 2016. Wrapping up 2016: perceptions about jazz. The first post on Kind of Pink and Purple was entitled Reasons Why I Love Jazz. And dates back to December 29, 2013. Since that first post, I have graduated high school and I am now in my third year of college. Painting by Grace-Mary Burega. Now that I am twenty, and settled in college, rereading these sentences takes me back to t...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: Judging music by its style: my 100th post
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, July 19, 2015. Judging music by its style: my 100th post. Recently I came across this quote from Kenny Werner: "Judging a music by its style is like judging a person by their clothes.". I couldn't think of a quote to more aptly describe what I want my writing to do: demystify the exterior of jazz by opening up the inner workings. Judging music by its style: my 100th post. He was born with t...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: The Newport Suite - Newport Jazz Day 1
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Friday, July 31, 2015. The Newport Suite - Newport Jazz Day 1. This is my fifth year of going to the Newport Jazz Festival. Remember most of Wynton's set list - "All of Me", "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," and I can still. Almost hear that set in my head, and how they played those standards. I wanted to share some photographs and music as well as my thoughts on today's 'Newport Suite.'. Matana Ro...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: If it improves upon the silence
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, July 3, 2016. If it improves upon the silence. Recently I have come across the Mahatma Gandhi quote, "Speak only if it improves upon the silence." This quote reminds me in music to play what is genuine, and in speech to say what is true. In June, I created a series on how to start listening to jazz including. And Learn at your library. F it improves upon the silence. It is easy to become ab...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: Jazz Quotes 7
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, July 17, 2016. This week I wanted to go back to my series of inspiring quotes. The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at the piano. I just go within. Listen to " Earth. If you strive to become a good human being, with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life.just maybe. You'll become a good musician. Recently I cam...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: Dear Diz - Arturo Sandoval
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, December 7, 2014. Dear Diz - Arturo Sandoval. And visit his website here. Dear Diz - Arturo Sandoval. Arturo kicked off the night with songs such as Cherokee, Hot House, and Donna Lee. These bebop standards kept the energy up, and breezing through solos. These bebop songs all flowed seamlessly into each other, as an extended sort of homage to Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. This element...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: Lessons from college
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Wednesday, December 28, 2016. After writing on this platform for almost 3 years, I took a couple month hiatus from writing in order to focus on school work. However, I am happy to come back to writing in order to share some of my experiences and lessons from this semester. Listen to Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme. Lessons from this semester. Listen to Thelonious Monk - Rhythm a Ning. In thi...
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Kind of Pink and Purple: Through one album
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, June 19, 2016. So far this month I have written about how you can discover jazz through one artist or one song. Today I wanted to take a similar route and talk about the influence one album can make. Read my previous posts, Discover jazz. And Planting the seeds. Each week in June I will be writing about ways to discover jazz for yourself through examples and tips. 1 Who recorded the album?
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Kind of Pink and Purple: A Concert Experience - Laszlo Gardony Quartet
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Kind of Pink and Purple. Kind of Pink and Purple. (A pun on Miles Davis' famous jazz album "Kind of Blue"). Sunday, January 25, 2015. A Concert Experience - Laszlo Gardony Quartet. The Laszlo Gardony Quartet. This past Thursday, January 22nd, I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the Regattabar to watch the Laszlo Gardony Quartet perform. Laszlo Gardony's Quartet consists of Gardony on piano, Stan Strickland on reeds, Yoron Israel on drums, and John Lockwood on bass. There Are No Rules. Yoron Israel...
