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W hen Mary and I were going to college together (about a quarter-century ago) I was a trumpet player. In fact, I was a music major and my proficiency was the trumpet. And Maynard Ferguson was my favorite trumpet player. Unfortunately, a health issue caused me to lose my ability to play the trumpet—not that I was ever able to do what Maynard can do, or even come close. The loss of control of my lip muscles brought some fear with regard to Mary’s recent surgery and we’re praising God for retaining her ability to play the clarinet. Perhaps the fact that she’s good and ... Read Full Story

Find out how to play guitar Everyone have their influences and whether is intentional or not you will pick up some techniques and licks form our guitar heroes when wepick up a guitar for the first time. Everyone has a favorite band or genre and this should be sued for your first few lessons to help you develop. If you enjoy blues music then acoustic blues guitar lessons should hopefully appeal to you and allow you to learn quickly. Similarly, guitar lessons dvd may prove to be the best form of learning for any budding rock and rollers out there. All of these different ... Read Full Story

Freddie Hubbard — 2 LP Blue Note Reissue Series — 1961/1965 (1990) Genre: Jazz Freddie Hubbard first played and recorded in Indianapolis with the Montgomery brothers. After moving in 1958 to New York he began a series of brief associations with established jazz musicians, including Philly Joe Jones (1958-59, 1961), Sonny Rollins (1959), Slide Hampton (1959-60), J.J. Johnson (1960), and Quincy Jones, with whom he toured Europe (1960- 61). In 1961 he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, but left in 1964 to lead his own group. He also played as a sideman with Max Roach (1965-66). From 1966 Hubbard worked principally with his own ... Read Full Story

Big Pop Instrumentals: Tenor Sax (Big Pop Instrumental Solos) ( Paperback ) By Alfred Publishing Staff Buy new : $12.44 8 used and new from $10.75 First tagged "michael jackson" by Janice E. Dekelbaum "saxgirl13" Customer tags: michael jackson , music Read Full Story

So you want to learn how to play the blues on your acoustic guitar? On this page you will find a collection of excellent acoustic blues guitar lessons that I gathered from YouTube from the folks over at Next Level Guitar. I can’t promise you will become the next B.B King or [...] Read Full Story