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Last night I finally got around to ripping, editing and transcoding video of a performance a few weeks ago at Jazz Camp West. Jazz Camp West is "band camp" for adults. It's a gas.

This was my third visit in four years (I went to Stanford Jazz Residency last year). Each day before dinner people have the opportunity to perform. If your name gets drawn for an Open Mic performance

Since I recently started working on my flute doubling, this post by Dries Buytaert (of Drupal fame)...

A friend of mine just posted the video from this amazing concert that I attended in September at the JazzSchool in Berkeley, CA.

...read on for personnel...

Here are some files that might be useful in reviewing the set:

• Dat_Dere_120.mp3: Band in a Box file converted to mp3 (play along)
• Dat Dere.mp3: Cannonball Adderley "Them Dirty Blues"
• Little B's Poem.mp3: Bobby Hutcherson "Components"
• Little B's Poem_100.mp3: Band in a Box mp3(play along)
• November 15th_145.mp3: Band in a Box mp3 (play along). Piano plays the kicks in the C section.

Ever been listening to a tune and wondered if there exists a chart for it in one of the commonly used fake books? The thoughtful folks at SeventhString.co.uk have provided a searchable database they call The Fake Book Index. Just type in a song title to see what books provide a lead sheet. (See the instructions at the bottom of the page for how to save your preferences of what books to search etc.)

Since I use this all the time while listening to music online I took a few minutes to create a bookmarklet for the search. Now I can simply highlight a song title on a web page and click the FB button on my Firefox toolbar to search the Fake Book Index. If I click FB with nothing highlighted, I am prompted for a title.

Might need to get these from another location, so I'm posting them...

Every once in a while I receive detailed music reviews from a music afficionado who shall be known here as Big Dewey. With his permission I'm reposting his capsule reviews of a few jazz DVDs:

Roland Kirk Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1972

This is an absolutely stunning video and features
great songs like Volunteered Slavery and Serenade to a
Cuckoo. I also would extremely very highly recommend a
Roland Kirk cd out called I Talk to the Spirits where
the entire album Kirk only plays the flute. Whether