Presenting Concepts for Improvisation, Volume 3! I have included 13 of my compositions transcribed as I played them on various recordings. Includes “Highway 14”, “Barcelona”, “My New Old Friend”, “To Love Again”, “Vienna”, “San Michele”, and “Surrender” among others. You may order it ……….here.
from Joe Cocker “Stingray” with the very best band EVER,,,,”Stuff”. That would be Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Gordon Edwards and Steve Gadd. Listen to how this track builds…it is pure genius.
Swedish Bassist Lars Danielsson here at the Jazz Baltica 2010. This man’s music is special. So beautiful, so visual, so much space here to interact with the music. The band is wonderful. I had the great pleasure of playing with drummer Magnus Öström last year when I was in Stockholm. I was playing with the great tenor saxophonist Lennart Åberg, and Magnus was playing drums. Magnus was a force and had a pocket as wide as a Vermont barn! So hip!! Magnus was also the drummer in E.S.T., the amazing trio with the late, great pianist Esbjörn Svensson, and supreme bassist Dan Berglund. I hope you enjoy this wonderful Scandinavian music….
My hobby and passion is photography…music and photography are the yin/yang for me. One tangible and malleable (photography) , the other intangible and best left as a first impression (music). I am into shooting HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos…it is where I shoot one image with as many as 9 different exposures, and then combine them together for the final shot. It is so much fun…WAY BETTER THAN PRO TOOLS!!! 🙂 I hope you enjoy what moves me and what I enjoy seeing….feel free to leave me a comment! Have a beautiful holiday!
My latest book will be out in the first quarter of 2012. It is my “Concepts for Improvisation” series, Volume 3. This will be the latest release and will complete the trilogy along with Volumes 1 & 2, “The Diminished Cycle” and “The Architecture of Music”. Each song is a transcribed piano score of me playing my compositions on many of my recordings. Below is a list of songs included as well as their respective recording:
A Sleeping Child Milagro
Badlands Badlands
Barcelona My New Old Friend
Daddy, What Is God’s Last Name? Badlands
Greta Live At Rocco
Heartland Milagro
Highway 14 My New Old Friend
My New Old Friend My New Old Friend
San Michele Dedications
Surrender Badlands
The Law of Diminishing Returns Live at Rocco
To Love Again Live at Rocco
Vienna My New Old Friend
In Your Own Sweet Way, possibly performed live somewhere in Italy is my guess. The trio is on fire, Bill swinging hard as ever and yet so precise, and some GREAT trades with Paul Motian. Beautiful brushwork by Mr. Motian…enjoy this. AP
One of the greatest EVER. 80 years young, so creative. My brief moment with Paul was in NYC in 1996 when he cheerfully agreed to be to the drummer for my CD project, “Dedications”. The disc featured Paul and Dave Holland ( the first time the two had EVER recorded together!), Michael and Randy Brecker and Gary Bartz. I was, needless to say, in heaven. Paul heard my tunes and made them his own…it was incredible. And he was a beautiful cat on top of everything else. We will miss you Paul. Thank you for your spirit and your voice. You have forever changed the way we hear music. Here is a track from “Dedications” entitled Mr. Softee, with Paul Motian , Dave Holland and myself. Peace.
from the recording EGO, we are lucky to have this video. Larry Young and Tony on “There Comes A Time”. What an incredible tune…
many profound ideas and concepts are discussed…please give it a listen.
Hello everyone…
For your consideration….please click on the TWIN BILL CD image to the left or on the READ MORE tab below to check it out…..Once each year, the music community honors it’s own at the Grammy Awards.
To even be considered I believe is an honor, and in the process, we are keeping the tradition of Jazz and its culture alive. I thank you all VERY MUCH!
Alan