Bill Harrington was using my software, the KaiserLooper, at a concert last Wednesday. All of a sudden while focusing and concentrating on the performance, a window popped up on his computer that said, “Jeff Kaiser will …
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Odd memories of Paul Whiteman…
Little known fact: My step-grandmother’s (she is deceased) first husband (my grandfather was her fourth) reportedly played with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. She kindly gave me his cornet…a very nice instrument…this memory was triggered by an …
Choir Boys: Eight Days in Chicago-4.12.2006
After another afternoon of teaching, we had our debut at the Empty Bottle, a great, classic, jazz/creative music bar in Chicago. Unfortunately, it lived up to its name, it was somewhat empty…but we had a good …
Choir Boys: Eight Days in Chicago-4.11.2006
Andrew showed up bright and early (5 am!!!!) He wanted to save a night on the hotel…turns out our “patron,” Roosevelt University was picking up the bill for all this stuff…he could’ve got there a day …
Choir Boys: Eight Days in Chicago-4.8-4.10.2006
I love Chicago! So when my friend Don Malone invited me to come and play his final recital (retiring after THIRTY-One years) and teach some Master Classes, I said, “of course!” Even better, he had me …
Dostoevsky and Tea….
A friend sent me this quote: “I only like playing with words, only dreaming, but, do you know, what I really want is that you should all go to hell. That is what I want. I …
and more tea…
OK, one more link on tea and aging…and the prevention of a mental decline… Click Here It totally makes sense: If tea helps prevent arteriosclerosis , most commonly thought of in relationship to heart disease, would …
Tea and more…
Many of you know of my love of tea. Particularly white teas, green teas, and pu erh teas. Well, in a lovely morning of drinking organic Tuocha and doing some delightful searching on the internet for …
Saturday Night at Spark…
Wow. A memorable evening. Great music, particularly by Ben Nevile and Andrew Pask and then by Randy Jones. Ben and Andrew did a trance inducing set of interlocking polyrhythms and modal melodies, whereas Randy got more …