Owner: John Stewart's Music Blog URL:http://jstewartmusic.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:53:04 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: This is John Stewart's (aka: J. Norman Stewart) Music Blog. It is a spin-off of John's popular 'A Drawing Per Day' blog. It will have some of John's music and some of his favorite music selections, etc.... Site statistics:Click here
- SATIN DOLL - 2007-10-26 00:50:00 "Satin Doll" was written by Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) for and with pianist William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn (1915-1967) in 1967; the lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976). I played it on a M-Audio 88 midied into a Mac running GarageBand. Then I dubbed in the bass track. I'm shooting with an old Panasonic palmcorder that has terrible sound, so I have to sync the sound track from GarageBand into Imovie.
- Here's That Rainy Day - 2007-10-20 02:11:00 Here's an arrangement that I did using GarageBand of this nice old jazz standard. It's title is a perfect description of today's weather here in Cottonwood.
- MISTY - 2007-10-18 00:49:00 Erroll Garner was instrumental (no pun intended) in getting me to play the piano. I had piano lessons at an early age, but left music to do art and then came back to it with Erroll in my teens. Like Erroll, I don't read music, and play completely by ear. I saw him perform once at the 'Mogambo' night club on the old Sunset Strip. Here is a video of my version of 'Misty'
- Bill Evans: The Days of Wine and Roses - 2007-10-31 15:29:00 I could listen to Bill Evans
all day long. His smooth improvisations, harmonics, and technical excellence really appeal to me. (click on arrow to see the video) Read more:Roses
- Cancun, Mexico - 2007-11-29 14:40:00 Just got back from an all-inclusive holiday at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun
. It was indeed paradise and the service was definitely 5 star. They had a nice little grand piano on a platform in the middle of the huge lobby/bar, and I talked to the manager to see if I could use it for practice. I played from 4 to 6pm (hora feliz) and was invited back for the next four days. It was especially nice, because I could play whatever I felt like and the response was anywhere from non-existent to unexpectedly great. The piano was in the dividing of the smoking/non smoking zones, so I was getting flash backs to the early 60's. Read more:Mexico
- The Keith Jarrett Trio - 2008-01-18 22:55:00 I first got turned on to Keith
's music when I was working with a guy named Mel in 1976. I bought a couple of lp's: The Koln Concerts" and "Arbor Zena". These made me an instant fan and since then I've bought several others. Here is one of his videos and he's playing "My Funny Valentine". Read more:Jarrett
Glen Gould - Goldberg Variations 1 - 7 2008-01-16 20:34:00 I've never heard anyone play Bach with more feeling than Glen Gould. [the following is a quotation from his biography at www.sonyclassical.com:] In 1981 Gould departed from his custom of not rerecording a work and, twenty-six years after his first recording of the GoldbergVariations
, went into the same New York studio for his second recording of the work with which he had become so closely identified. Gould viewed the two interpretations as substantially different because he came to see the variations not as separate and distinct exercises but as belonging to a larger whole, with one rhythmic pulse, harmony and ideology underlying the entire work and forming a definite unity of composition. Always acutely aware of the possibilities technology offers, Gould was also motivated in his decis
- As Time Goes By - 2008-03-31 22:17:00 I hadn't realized how long it had been since I posted - I've been working on a couple of CD's since my last post. One is called "Songs for Valerie", (my wife) and the other is called "Quiet Elegance" which is synthesized harp music. Both are on CDBaby.com. CDBaby.com is a great resource for unknown artists, like myself, to reach a broader audience and they even have resonably priced hosting for music websites.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIAN MCPARTLAND 2008-07-12 18:39:00 I've been a fan of Marian McPartland for a number of years. In fact, I learned her arrangement of "Emily" from one of her early lps. Billy Taylor is in charge of this interview. Enjoy.........
~~ MY NEW CD ~~ 2008-07-04 17:02:00 I've been working on a CD, "Reflections - Classical Improv" that is improvised, and is classical and lyrical in style, and I just sent it off for distribution. If you'd like to take a look at it and hear some samples, you can click on the album cover below and it will take you to the CD webpage. It is available for purchase on that page and will be available for download from Itunes, Amazon, etc
Hiromi and Chick Corea play "Summertime" 2008-08-10 17:57:00 I found this on You Tube and was blown away. It's like hearing one pianist with four arms, amazing technique and lots of soul mixed in. They seem to read each other's thoughts. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Read more:Corea
, Summertime
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