Ella Fitzgerald

Ray Brown

by Rachel Cantrell on August 26, 2009

I realized the other day that even though I’ve been playing in a jazz rhythm section for over two years, the three other instruments of this section (bass, drums, guitar) are probably the ones that I’m the most unfamiliar with. So I consulted our jazz band’s current bass player, Brandon Canada, for a good bass [...]

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Jazz Through The Generations & Freedom4U

by Rachel Cantrell on August 21, 2009

So a lot of things happened this past week: (A) I started school (and I started jazz band, woo!). (B) I reconnected with some HOBY alumni (HOBY.org) at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (C) I drove up (with my family) to see Jazz Through the Generations hosted by Freedom4U. School is fantastic and hectic as always; [...]

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You left out what?

by Rachel Cantrell on August 6, 2009

So I was hanging out in the library the other day and I picked up a copy of Icons in Jazz: A History in Photographs 1900-2000, which pretty much sums up the big names in jazz — everyone from Cannonball Adderley to Lester Young. It’s a pretty great read if you want to get a [...]

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