I have come across an interesting interview with Bill Evans, where he discusses topics such as teaching jazz, creativity in music and self teaching. Extracted from the movie “The Universal Mind of Bill Evans – Creative Process and Self-Teaching”. Part… Continue Reading
I have recently added a bass guitar and an electric guitar to my home studio. Until now, most musical activities have been centered around one of the many keyboards I have, and the addition of the guitar opens the path for many new… Continue Reading
In December we did 2 gigs at the Fana kulturhus featuring christmas songs only (with the exception of a few Shorter / Hancock tunes). The main source of printed music is The Real Christmas book which we stumbled upon. This book… Continue Reading
Logen teater On September 19th 2010, we performed at the Logen bar in Bergen for a small but enthusiastic crowd. The 2 sets featured music by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter only. Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe island got another chance, here in… Continue Reading
In August 2010 we performed for the first time at a jazz festival. The Sildajazz festival is located in Haugesund on the west coast of Norway. The programme this year featured a great mixture of artists spanning from well known international… Continue Reading
how do jazzmusicians improvise, Alan Pasqua, jazz improvisation Continue Reading
A composition for orchestra and jazz combo by Gunter Schuller, on how Peter Parker becomes a real jazz musician, narrated by Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein – Journey into Jazz
On May 8th, we premiered a new monthly jazz concept at the new Fana culture house, called Jazzspinneriet. Our quartet have agreed with the local municipal culture office to give jazz concerts between 2pm and 4 pm on the second Saturday… Continue Reading
For the spring term, one our assignments were to give a concert where we apply ICT as a musical tool. In addition we will produce an accompanying text with reflections on the creative process seen in relation to relevant theories… Continue Reading
My master thesis is going in the direction of investigating the shared knowledge on music, on Herbie Hancock in particular, made available in informal digital lerarning spaces, such as discussion forums, YouTube and optionally also FaceBook (where I am not a… Continue Reading
