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Some Jazz You Need to Know
01/24/11 01:28, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: airto moriera, al dimeola, chick corea, dan grigor, return to forever, stanley clarke, thelonius monk
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
People say Jazz is hard. It isn’t true. It doesn’t even exist. It’s a flavour. The rhythms are kind of complex sometimes and the melodies do interesting things. It’s music that plays with… more »
Bebopping at Midnight
03/15/10 00:08, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: Welcome, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: april fool, be-bop, coltrane, dexter gordon, herbie hancock, jazz, round midnight, thelonius monk, tunings, war
By Paul Bourgeois
I was born in 1964, at Midnight on April 31st, and I grew up on my mother’s record collection. I remember listening to Paul Whiteman’s orchestration with Gershwin on piano, cover all blues and modern art, a copy of the… more »