Author: Daniel

Playlist Matt - Charlie Ventura & His All Stars - “If I Had You” - Matt posed this as a “can you guess who it is?”. I couldn’t, very few Baritone players from the 30’s & 40’s stick out, or receive features, I knew this wasn’t Carney and it felt too early for the next… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 7/31/23

Playlist The link to the event page for Seshjawn 7/31/23 Travis - Japanese psychPop… Cool and dreamy. Everything Travis plays has a certain sensibility of interesting layers that are distinctly recorded, regardless of style or substance. He should have his own radio show and be performing more than he does. His is a unique ear.… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 7/17/23

The Message Before the Messengers: The origins of the name: The Jazz Messengers - 1955-1959 Bart Miltenberger and I did a deep dive into the early years of the Jazz Messengers and Art Blakey's leadership. We tried to answer our questions of where/when did Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers title assert itself? What are the modern signatures… Continue reading The Message Before the Messengers

Playlist Brian - Purcell - Reginald Mobley & Brandon Acker - I became addicted to this piece last year, I was using it for teaching in a classroom. Brian went to school with Reginald and he is equally addicted to this piece, so we discussed it last year when I discovered it and he already… Continue reading EOMNLS 6/12/23

A Memorial for Rich Moskowitz - Rich Moskowitz Memorial Seshjawn Playlist About 2 months ago our friend Rich Moskowitz passed, myself and friends of Rich will be honoring his memory with Music, Words and Food on June 25th, 2023 at The Emerald Wildflower Garden & Perch, @ 2309 Emerald St, Philadelphia, PA 19125-1503, from 1-4pm.… Continue reading A Memorial for Rich Moskowitz