Hey all! Just posting that ALL of the Bach Shapes books are heavily discounted right now, through the next two weeks. If you’ve been waiting to pick up print or digital copies of the books, now would be a good time!
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Bach Shapes II Out Today!
Today’s the day! Pick up the book, physical orders will go out when I have the book in stock in a couple of days, digital is immediate. You can read more at bachshapes.com too!
Bach Shapes II Release Party Webinar!
On May 24th I’m going to host a webinar talking about Bach Shapes II, which will include a discount on the book, and free PDFs. You can sign up here:
https://deft-writer-1464.ck.page/jazzworkshopfive
It’s going to be a lot of fun and you’ll get a recording afterwards!
Jon
New Youtube Lesson Series
I’ve started posting short lessons on Youtube focusing on whatever I might be working on. Today’s was on Lennie Tristano’s “Two not One.” A couple of days ago I made on on Bach and Bird in harmonic minor. It’s really fun making these, many more to come. Please do subscribe if you get a chance. In other news, Bach Shapes bass clef edition is almost done, will be added to store next week!
New Article on Ted Brown
Happy New Year! Hope all is well and apologies for not posting for a while. I’ve been busy finishing up the MA at City College, playing gigs, teaching and working on a couple of projects. One of those projects is the transcription and eventual performance of some of the arrangements from the Lee Konitz meets Jimmy Giuffre album, which I highly recommend: Lee Konitz meets Jimmy Giuffre. One of the original performers on that record was the great tenorist Ted Brown. I’ve been honored to know Ted and have played with him, one of the most melodic improvisers I know. I was pleasantly surprised to come across Marian Jago’s article on Ted at the Journal of Jazz Studies: Dig – It: The Musical Life of Ted Brown. It was great to learn more about Ted’s personal life and some of the specifics he worked on when studying with Lennie Tristano. Hopefully more will be written about Ted in the future.
In other news, my upcoming quartet album, As The River Sings, is mixed and mastered, and will hopefully be out later this year. The Bach book is still in the works, also hoping to get some work done on that this month. See you all soon!