Guitar Studio Recital on Youtube.

The Capital University guitar studio recital was this last Sunday November 15th. Thanks to youtube user q1com, we have video recordings of a few of the pieces that were played. Due to some weird coincidence (no joke), the only videos I've found online include myself performing. If I find others I'll post them as well, but for now here's what we have. Ignore the typo on "In the wee small hours" ... It's actually Thelonious Monk's "Let's cool one."

"A Child is Born" (Thad Jones) Duo with William Flynn


"Let's Cool One" (Monk) Trio with Ben Johnson (b) and Zach Compston (dr)


"Corcovado" (Jobim) Quartet with Ray Brooks (g), Ben Johnson (b), and Zach Compston (dr)


That's what I've found so far, if anyone finds more from the same date, please let me know so I can put them up here as well. I promise I'm not only posting videos of myself because I'm an egotistical bastard.

"peex"

David Ornette Cherry visits Columbus, OH.

This week I was lucky enough to get another chance to hear the music of David Ornette Cherry. Cherry is a brilliant musician who I have had the privilege to work with in the past. Not only does his music combine many different elements of various types of musics from around the world, but his sheer presence as a player and ensemble director always makes for exciting performances. David performed at Zanzibar brews this last Tuesday (11/10) with Stan Smith, Roger Hines, and Danny Aguilar (all Columbus based musicians).
When I was able to work with him, I was on the student side of a student-teacher relationship. His approach to teaching an ensemble provides an extremely natural way to familiarize students with concepts of the early free jazz movement, and helps people unfamiliar with certain aspects of improvisation to get comfortable and just play.

Check out some of his music here.

http://www.davidornettecherry.com/