Karatê & Ade - Waterman/de Vries

You might have missed the other great videos that Rodney Waterman posted on his YouTube Channel.
The following is one of my favourites:



But make sure you watch the other ones as well!

Song of Reconciliation

O ôvo

Zana

Bebê

Ade Monsbourgh – 3 Ragtime pieces

New Recording - Wise One (J. Coltrane)

I've just released another recording on my MySpace profile.

Title: Wise one
Author: John Coltrane

Tony Arco Time percussion
Director and drums: Tony Arco
Recorder: Gianluca Barbaro
Vibraphone: Giulio Patara
Bass: Alex Orciari
Percussions: Federico Donati, Max Malavasi, Francesco Meles, Andrea Migliarini, Davide Rinaldi

Live Recording at Teatro Nuovo - Milano - 2009/11/18

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The Recorder Player's Introduction to Jazz

Almost fifteen years ago two fundamental pioneers and wonderful musicians published an article in American Recorder magazine: The Recorder Player's Introduction to Jazz.

With permission from the two authors, Pete Rose and Joel Levine, and the American Recorder Society, I am pleased to make a pdf copy of that article here available to everyone, just click here to download it.


2009-10-16 update: A lot of thanks to Joel Levine for sending me the original recording of the transcribed blues solo included in the article.

It is an original piece composed by pianist Uri Caine and recorded in Philadelphia during the early 80's.

Title: May Oui? (U. Caine)

Joel Levine - recorder
Uri Caine - piano
Wayne Dockery - bass
Mickey Roker - drums

You can download a partial mp3 file by clicking here.


"The Recorder Player's Introduction to Jazz" was first published in American Recorder in May 1995 (XXXVI:3:6). For more information, please visit www.americanrecorder.org.

Pamela Thorby - Ammonite

New CD release from one of UK's most renowned recorder players.

Notes from her music store:
"Beautiful new music from the UK's most innovative and stylish virtuoso recorder player featuring
Pamela Thorby recorders
Mike Eaves lead guitar
Ife Tolentino rhythm guitar
Steve Lodder piano, keyboards
Dudley Phillips double bass
Chris Wells percussion (Timbão, Djembe, Timbales, Moringa, Snare drums, Marimba, Vibraphone, Kalimba)
Sarah Ewins violin
Steve Morris violin
Nic Pendlebury viola
Ben Chappell cello
William Jackson Scottish harp (clarsach)

All music composed by © 2009 Pamela Thorby and Chris Wells
Recorded and mixed by Calum Matheson at Castlesound Studios, Scotland
Assisted by Stuart Hamilton
Produced by Pamela Thorby and Chris Wells
Executive Producer: Steve Smith "

Pamela Thorby's website: http://www.pamelathorby.com/
To listen and download: http://pamelathorby.ithinkmusic.com/my-store/detail.php?page=LR&r=9265

New Recording - Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers

I've just released another recording on my MySpace profile.

It is played by Fabio Stella at a Roland C-30 Digital Harpsichord and myself with a Mollehauer "modern" alto.

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Rodney Waterman plays Ade Monsbourgh

In the following video you can see the Australian recorder player Rodney Waterman paying tribute to one of Australian Jazz fathers, Ade Monsbourgh.


Very nicely done Rodney!

St. Thomas with "jazz" recorder and bass guitar (Sonny Rollins)

I bet most of you readers have already seen this video:



My 2 cents: this player - Mits Marton - has a great swing and does perform a beautiful improvisation. On the other side his sound, his articulation, his intonation on the instrument - in a word: his recorder technique - are what I would expect from a sax player occasionally playing a recorder...
I wish there were more proper recorder players with Mits' swing and jazz language skills ;)