Below is the press release for my new book, Bach Shapes, out May 25. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BACH SHAPES, A NEW SAXOPHONE BOOK THAT COMBINES BAROQUE MELODIES WITH A JAZZ APPROACH, RELEASES MAY 25. May 12, 2017 New York, NY – Bach Shapes, a new method book for saxophone that utilizes baroque melodies for […]
The new Fresh Sound CD is out, and Bach Shapes, my new book for saxophone, will be out May 25, and if you haven’t ordered either yet, please do so at my new Shop page, Jon De Lucia Shop. In the meantime, I just wrote a short article for fellow blogger Doron Orenstein over […]
We had a great show at Sir D’s Lounge last week. The Octet is really fun to play with and I hope we can do more soon. This time we featured Bill Holman’s charts from the Gerry Mulligan Songbook, along with some Dave Van Kriedt and Bill Smith from the Dave Brubeck Octet and the […]
Almost exactly two years ago I published my Google Map of New York’s Historic Jazz Clubs here on the site. In an effort to dig a little deeper I thought I would start a monthly series featuring one of the clubs from the map. I want to start with some of the lesser known clubs that […]
Dangerously close to letting a week go by with no blog post but here we go. I recently ordered a few CD’s from the label that will be putting out my next record in 2017, Fresh Sound. Known by many of my peers as a label for new releases of young jazz musicians, they have […]