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Know what the gig is!
Know what the gig is- Sorry to hear about the loss of singer David Johansen, a charismatic and multi-talented musician. Â Â He taught me...
jonathanmusician
Mar 12 min read
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Improvisation- Go left or right?
I've heard the phrase "Improvisation is the courage to choose the next note." On the piano, you have certain choices (actually you have...
jonathanmusician
Sep 22, 20242 min read
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Chopin: living the piano player's life
I'm finishing up reading "Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times" by Dr. Alan Walker. I've really enjoyed it. Two things that stand out to me...
jonathanmusician
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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"Hey, you should play like..."
Decades ago I was playing in a nightclub where I had a steady gig accompanying singing waiters (these days referred to as "servers.") As...
jonathanmusician
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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On being LOGICal
For the last couple of years I've been using Logic Pro software to not only record my compositions, but to orchestrate them. Using...
jonathanmusician
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Parkinson's and piano playing.
I just had a phone conversation with an old friend, an older man who has Parkinson's. He used to do comedy and comedy writing, and he's a...
jonathanmusician
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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I became a better pianist during the pandemic.
Okay, maybe I'd rather have skipped the pandemic and not improved my playing, or better yet, skipped the pandemic and still improved....
jonathanmusician
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Remembering Chick Corea one year later.
Chick Corea died a year ago today. He and Keith Jarrett were the gods of jazz piano for me. I could probably name 150 plus pianists who...
jonathanmusician
Feb 9, 20222 min read
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Facing Keith Jarrett, by Jonathan L. Segal
In March of 2018, Keith Jarrett disappeared. Keith (Jazzers sometimes call the greats by their first name as a tribute to how intimately...
jonathanmusician
Oct 24, 20205 min read
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