<![CDATA[Jazzcorner.com's Speakeasy]]> http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/ en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:30 GMT vBulletin 10 http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/images/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Jazzcorner.com's Speakeasy]]> http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/ Why should it feel like hours spent on the internet are always a waste of time? http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31947-Why-should-it-feel-like-hours-spent-on-the-internet-are-always-a-waste-of-time&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:49:41 GMT I have a very flexible schedule. I don't work 9-5 and I don't work much.

Last night I played a hospital gig for Musicians On Call, which involved standing and walking with a guitar and playing and singing for a total of almost 4 hours.

My body is a little tired today, and I have nothing on my schedule until another Musicians on Call gig tonight.

So I've been sitting down at the computer for 3 hours. I've been writing and posting on various sites, writing a long letter to an old girlfriend, corresponding with other friends, and keeping up with the news.

Basically, I think the time was spent productively. Yet it's a nice day and I haven't even been outdoors yet, and I can't get over the feeling that I've merely wasted my time? What's that about, and do you often share that feeling? ]]> THE ALLEY steve(thelil) http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31947-Why-should-it-feel-like-hours-spent-on-the-internet-are-always-a-waste-of-time Catherine Sikora, Jorge Espinal/Jack Wright @ JACK June 24th http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31946-Catherine-Sikora-Jorge-Espinal-Jack-Wright-JACK-June-24th&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:56 GMT JACK NY 505 1/2 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238 Between Fulton and Atlantic in Clinton Hill (C or G train to Clinton-Washington). June 24th l Two sets l $10.00 per set l 8pm Catherine Sikora l 9:30pm Jorge Espinal/Jack Wright Ensemble JACK NY 505 1/2 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238 Between Fulton and Atlantic in Clinton Hill (C or G train to Clinton-Washington).



June 24th l Two sets l $10.00 per set

l 8pm Catherine Sikora

l 9:30pm Jorge Espinal/Jack Wright Ensemble



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]]> GIGS Kreilly http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31946-Catherine-Sikora-Jorge-Espinal-Jack-Wright-JACK-June-24th Sam Most, R.I.P. http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31945-Sam-Most-R-I-P&goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:16:56 GMT Image: http://www.latimes.com/images/logoSmall.png *Sam Most, father of modern jazz flute, was 82* By Elaine Woo ...

Sam Most, father of modern jazz flute, was 82

By Elaine Woo June 14, 2013, 5:36 p.m.


Sam Most, considered the first modern jazz flutist, had some unusual talents, one of which was the ability to hum and play notes at the same time. A number of flutists have said he was the first to combine humming and playing, a style that was later made famous in jazz by Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef and in rock by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson.


"I was living in an apartment in New York in the early '50s, and I couldn't make a lot of noise late at night," Most, 82, who died Thursday in Woodland Hills after a brief bout with cancer, told The Times in 1998. "So I found that by standing in the closet playing and humming the same notes, I could hear myself and not disturb the neighbors."


You can catch a demonstration of Most's humming-playing sound in the opening minutes of "Sam Most, Jazz Flutist," a 2001 documentary by Fernando Gelbard and Edmond Goff.


]]> SPEAK OUT Ron Thorne http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31945-Sam-Most-R-I-P Will Pete Cherches be surprised that he started this thread about me? http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31944-Will-Pete-Cherches-be-surprised-that-he-started-this-thread-about-me&goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:47:07 GMT http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/spea...p?forumid=8129

And the final post, by Walto, is proof that sometimes a thread just ends, and the final post can actually be the best. In other words, it isn't about Walto being a threadkiller.

It's about me. ]]> THE ALLEY steve(thelil) http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31944-Will-Pete-Cherches-be-surprised-that-he-started-this-thread-about-me MOOCs http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31943-MOOCs&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:09:25 GMT ]]> Anyone taken one?

]]> THE ALLEY rollhead http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31943-MOOCs An Ode with no Lyrics http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31942-An-Ode-with-no-Lyrics&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:27:16 GMT As the final days wind down here. I've come to feel some what melancholy about the whole affair. As this medium has grown , so have I. I've come away from being here feeling that I've taken more then I've given. I'm am by nature a person whose's pleasure derives more by giving then taking. So this ends. There is an end to everything.

As I write this " A child is born " is playing.

I recall joining the first debate about jazz with great trepidation on JCS. I'm almost sure it was either a Miles or Coltrane discussion. That led to our first real test , our first real time argument about jazz. The Wynton effect. Now 20 years later it seems so pedestrian. We've gotten to know each other so well , that when it comes to jazz our debates ended long ago. It has for me become more of a social hang out then a place to understand jazz. I was 32 years old when this first happened , I'm now 52. That's a long time to be hanging with the same people. Some I've had the pleasure to have met , some I would like to still , yet there others who I haven't but feel that I know as if I have actually have , others , please stay away.

My own personal journey has taken me to places that with out jazz , I would have never gone to. A lot of the inspiration was provided by this joint. So I feel that the only thing left to say is that:

"I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places ................"

Everyone be well . And thank you.


EDIT: It wouldn't be right if I didn't mention that I've been drinking , again. ]]> THE ALLEY ran http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31942-An-Ode-with-no-Lyrics <![CDATA[Korner Karnataka #3 - "Yagapriya", The Jazz Version]]> http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31941-Korner-Karnataka-3-quot-Yagapriya-quot-The-Jazz-Version&goto=newpost Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:06:38 GMT Let's take a look at a very hip sounding scale, Melakarta #31, known as Yagapriya. As you can see, Yagapriya has an unusual interval makeup:

1 1/2 steps - half step - half step - whole step - half step - half step - 1 1/2 steps
 ]]> MUSICIAN RESOURCES bobbysternjazz http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31941-Korner-Karnataka-3-quot-Yagapriya-quot-The-Jazz-Version Greg Osby 4 at The Village Vanguard June 11-16 http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31940-Greg-Osby-4-at-The-Village-Vanguard-June-11-16&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:22:55 GMT The Village Vanguard Presents:
The Greg Osby 4
June 11th through 16th
Sets @ 8:30 & 10:30pm

What: The Greg Osby 4
When: Tuesday through Sunday June 11-16
Where: The Village Vanguard, 178 7th Ave S New York, NY 10014,
Cost: $25
Info: (212) 255-4037 / http://www.villagevanguard.com/html/home.html
Reservations: http://www.villagevanguard.com/html/tix.html

Featuring:
Greg Osby – saxophone, Simona Premazzi - piano, Matt Brewer - bass, Damion Reid - drums ]]> GIGS jazzjock251 http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31940-Greg-Osby-4-at-The-Village-Vanguard-June-11-16 does any of you have a handle on youtube? http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31939-does-any-of-you-have-a-handle-on-youtube&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:08:45 GMT I can spend days on youtube but don't comment. Soetimes the comments are quite entertainiing, so ]]> THE ALLEY Uli http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31939-does-any-of-you-have-a-handle-on-youtube <![CDATA[What's Your Twitter Handle?]]> http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31938-What-s-Your-Twitter-Handle&goto=newpost Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:03:13 GMT Walto has urged me to join Twitter. I'm actually on it but don't use it, but since Walto says I should I will.

I personally don't have any idea why someone would be anti-facebook and pro-twitter. My problem with twitter is that it forces people to say things quite briefly which I suspect, but don't really know, dumbs down the conversation. But who am I to totally resist dumb conversation. And I realize the character limit probably also produces economical gems of wit and insight. I'm more resistant to that, but I could try.

Anyway, I guess if I'm going to be Twittering,I want to know who to follow,and since it's probably you, I'd like to know your handle.

yours twitly,

@stevethelil ]]> THE ALLEY steve(thelil) http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31938-What-s-Your-Twitter-Handle Are You Hunting Edward Snowden? http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31937-Are-You-Hunting-Edward-Snowden&goto=newpost Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:07:56 GMT Definitely. When I catch him, Brian Williams is going to have me on Rock Center and Ann Curry is going to "show me the town." ]]> rollhead http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31937-Are-You-Hunting-Edward-Snowden Art Pepper Transcription http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31936-Art-Pepper-Transcription&goto=newpost Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:11:32 GMT I have added a transcription of Art Pepper's solo on "Holiday Flight" to my website:

http://www.scooby-sax.com/Transcriptions.html

Enjoy!

- Scooby ]]> LINKS scooby http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31936-Art-Pepper-Transcription Extremely important historical/sociological document about the Alley vs the Chair http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31935-Extremely-important-historical-sociological-document-about-the-Alley-vs-the-Chair&goto=newpost Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:45:56 GMT Now that we're all trying to put the upcoming closure in historical perspective,
I thought you may want to see this.

Note that for some reason it provides real names instead of user names of many of the posters,
including DEEP's . DEEP is funnier than hell on this thread btw. And Doctor Dave's history
of the Chair post is breathtaking.

IMHO there's a lot of clever shit from a lot of participants. This kind of thread is what made the Alley special to me.
BTW, I didn't start it. Rollhead did. Kudos. A man who knew that in the future we would need this documentation
about an important transition in internet history.

In this thread I describe the JCS Empty Chair board with un-PC splendor as "a cross between the Algonquin Round Table and the Willowbrook cafeteria." While I laud myself for that line, I also scold myself for not remembering the line (and eventually beating it to death)

Ironically, I mention in this thread that I printed out some stuff from the chair. I might actually have it.

http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/spea...p?forumid=1423 ]]> THE ALLEY steve(thelil) http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31935-Extremely-important-historical-sociological-document-about-the-Alley-vs-the-Chair <![CDATA[Korner Karnataka #2 - Melakarta #15, Double Harm. Maj. & Graha Bedham]]> http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31934-Korner-Karnataka-2-Melakarta-15-Double-Harm-Maj-amp-Graha-Bedham&goto=newpost Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:12:36 GMT A Melakarta, in Carnatic (South Indian) Music is a scale consisting of seven notes (swaras), which among meeting other qualifications, must include a root (Sa) and a perfect fifth (Pa). (http://www.bobbysternjazz.com/1/post/2013/06/korner-karnataka-2-melakarta-15-double-harm-maj-graha-bedham.html)... A Melakarta, in Carnatic (South Indian) Music is a scale consisting of seven notes (swaras), which among meeting other qualifications, must include a root (Sa) and a perfect fifth (Pa).

The fact that a Melakatra has 7 distinct scale tones means that it shares that all important quality with the Major / minor scale system on which the vast majority of western music is based. In fact, Carnatic Music also shares with western music a system of 12 distinct, basic (chromatic) pitches overall.

Because of these similarities, it is worth investigating the Melakarta system as a type of "Thesaurus", or a source of largely untapped melodic material for the western improviser of non Carnatic music. ]]> MUSICIAN RESOURCES bobbysternjazz http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31934-Korner-Karnataka-2-Melakarta-15-Double-Harm-Maj-amp-Graha-Bedham Arguments for Sale in the Lobby http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31933-Arguments-for-Sale-in-the-Lobby&goto=newpost Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:25:26 GMT In a Grand Closing Sale I am selling all my unused arguments. As a matter of fact, I give them away for free. Sale does NOT include Points Of Views, Opinions, FACTS &STATS.

You pick em! ]]> THE ALLEY Uli http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?31933-Arguments-for-Sale-in-the-Lobby