Victor Wooten Redefines The Word Musician

Neil Johnson has managed to play over 300 gigs a year in the last 5 years, teach private lessons at a local music store, and raise his son by day. He's performed for 1500 and he's performed for 15. "It's all the same" according to Neil. "The distraction of phones, and TV's, and information overload has me especially angsty' these days, but I'm not jaded yet, in fact I'm just getting started."

Their music has included collaborations across musical genres; Bubba Sparxxx on their 2006 Prohibition album, as did Danny Boone from the

played with a few local outfits. He had his Boyd Tinsley Band, which he continued to play

As the lead guitarist of the band ¨Dragon Force”, he deserves credit for his major success. By following his dreams, he presently stands out for as an amazing guitarist, with much practice you can accomplish almost anything.

In this paper, I am going to discuss my experiences playing in the WNE, the bass guitar, and the one and only Willie Nelson. In the legendary WNE, I am the bass player. For this project, it took hours on end of studying the bass inside and out to become this legendary player that I dreamt of before this project. The electric bass, a mystical object that is the foundation of every song, was invented by Paul Tutmarc. Since the 1960s the bass guitar has replaced other instruments

The night had some very special moments when Eric Bazalian joined the group to a rousing ovation for “Time After Time,” “Yeah Yeah,” and “ True Colors.” His exuberance accompanied by a infectious smile captured the fans and he blew us away on the sax, guitar and his signature melodica. We also were treated to a full night of Bob Hyman (Hooters) on guitar along with Bette Sussman on keyboards, William Whitman on bass, Scooter Warer on drums and Keith Mak on guitar. A fine band who Cindy conducted like a symphony orchestra while dancing strutting, jumping and

a steady job with the Lion Hampton band, where he was featured as a soloist. This

Maynard Ferguson, jazz legend, internationally renowned big band leader and one of the world’s greatest trumpet players with his Big Bop Nouveau Band. He draws upon bebop, straight-ahead jazz, funk, swing, classical and contemporary music to create a fresh sound within the classic big band form. (cite from Jazz Alley web site) Because me being Korean, I personally was little surprised and impressed by two Korean were members of his big band. A massive piano player, Ji Young Lee, pretty amazing in all pieces, her extended work on “but beautiful” was really lovely and the most memorable. Stockton, powerful drum player, thrilled the audience especially one of my friend, with his solos. He was banging away using all his gear, play in energetic and lively. M.F. and his band provided a remarkable arrangement of "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone," as well as some elegant and very impressive, as Maynard ended a song by playing a soft muted trumpet, while the rest of the band played softer and softer, creating the effect of a fade-out.

Stuart Zender is a talented bass guitarist and is world known for playing in a band called jamiroqaui, the band has sold more than 40 million albums world wide. Stuart was one of the founding members of the funk/acid jazz band. He joined the band in 1993, and became known for his playing style. Soon after, Zender was asked to become an official Warwick bass’s endorser. Zender received a number of unique custom shop Streamer models. He played, co-wrote and produced on Jamiroquai first three albums: Emergency on Planet Earth, the Return of the Space Cowboy and Travelling without Moving. His most famous songs are Omar- best by far all saints- saints and sinners.

JazzTrail was there on Friday, April 7, for the second set and found Preminger displaying his vibrant phrasing and uplifting timbre in the company of his quartet composed of Max Light on guitar (replacing trumpeter Jason Palmer), Kim Cass on bass, and Ian Froman on drums.

Brass bands survived and thrived by incorporating popular music. Contemporary brass bands are no exemption to this either. This chapter examines the particular pieces that have been a part of the repertoire since the turn of the twentieth century. It will concentrate on how the band members used popular music into their own style to fit the band's instrumentation, technique and style.

In a few months, the highly expressionist saxophonist is going to release another five albums on Leo Records, entitled “The Art of the Improv Trio - Volumes 1 to 5. One of them will feature this powerhouse trio with one difference: Morris will be playing guitar instead of bass, exactly as it happened in 2012 with the album “Living Jelly”.

Upright string bass performance is an ever-changing profession that has played a vital role to the history of the jazz ensemble. The bass has evolved more through jazz in the past one hundred years than since the instrument’s conception in the 15th century. In early jazz bands, the bass had a simple and extremely conscientious style, which limited itself to furnishing fundamental harmonic tones. One of the greatest bass players in this style is Pops Foster, known for the extraordinary power and attack of his playing. Later on in the mid-20th century, bassists like Jimmy Blanton and Oscar Pettiford pushed the string bass into a new light where the instrument’s unsuspected potential as a solo instrument would be realized. The bass also underwent a radical change from entirely acoustic to entirely electric which has changed modern music forever. Electric bassists like Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius could now play many notes at once and utilize the fusion aspect of the music and the instrument.

Victor is a boy who tries to impress and get a girl to like him.

This is by my favorite sit-in and performance of the semester. I have been fortunate enough to be raised around music all of my life. Sticking to a sound I know and love, is jazz. Know performing, is a whole different category. It takes practice, but what I did not realize is how much. Here is a comparison, when I was in in jazz band, we practice the same piece to perfection. Is this the right way to learn music? Joe Eckert opened up the class with this question, and it made me ponder. Teaching music is almost as instrumental as playing it. One thing that needs to be incorporated in teaching aspects today is sight reading music. This is when a jazz ensemble picks up a song they have never seen before and plays it. Practicing slight reading