Awesome original song by former Guitars, Etc. student Alec Zamora.
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Horace Silver, 1928-2014
A few from the great jazz composer/pianist Horace Silver, who died yesterday at the age of 85. Señor Blues with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook: Wes Playing Silver’s Nica’s Dream Song for My Father, Horace Silver’s 5tet: photo by Dimitri Savitski Read more →
How I Spent the Last 6 Months: Curious Automata
The music industry is in bad shape. Record labels are losing money. Naturally, I started a record label. The Catalog So Far: Thesaurus of Diatonic Sets — The book that started it all. Lots of numbers, and they only make sense if you’re used to pandiatonic composition. Still, Still, Still — The first audio release was a reissue of Aspen… Read more →
John Scofield Trio, 2004
A full set from my favorite Scofield line-up. With Steve Swallow on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. Read more →
Conan Goes Guitar Shopping
NAMM training video featuring a young Conan O’Brien: Every guitar should have a “fiber-optic body”. via NAMM.org’s Facebook page Read more →
New Album from The Pete & Vic Duo
Pete Ehrmann and I have just released an album of our favorite swing tunes from the past seven years of gigging as The Pete & Vic Duo. Give it a listen below or find out more at Curious Automata. Read more →
Recycled Analogues: Sunset at Ish Reservoir
Photographer/Renaissance Man Gravee reworked “Somewhere Else Entirely” from Analogues of Infinity into a meditative accompaniment to his time-lapse of a sunset at Ish Reservoir. It’s well worth 45 seconds of your time. “Analogues of Infinity” was released under a Creative Commons Attribution license so you can use it for your own creations. Download the full album here or at Curious… Read more →