http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:20:00 GMT At Jerry Kalaf's Christmas Party this year, bassist Larry Steen and pianist Rich Ruttenberg got into a discussion about practicing and staying inspired as soloists. Here are a couple of methods I've gotten mileage out of lately... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=240570 http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=240570 Default I played two sessions for film composer Miriam Cutler. She had scored a documentary about journalist Helen Thomas for HBO. She'd done a MIDI mockup of the score and was replacing the parts with acoustic instruments. For the first session I brought a Roland VK-8 over to her house, an organ with drawbars that imitates a Hammond B3 well. Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:31:00 GMT http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=216155 http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=216155 Default I met publicist Lexi Kavanaugh when I was playing in Chicago last November. Lexi has given me some great suggestions for promoting my music on the web. I wanted to share her advice with the Jazz community...<br> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:32:00 GMT http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=209501 http://www.lajazz.com/blog21.cfm?ID=209501 Default