tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124798652024-03-12T19:58:47.068-06:00the jazz authority; random dubiously zappy rants about 'the musicians music'.Jazz Authority was created for the purpose of sharing knowledge about music theory, saxophone technique, and for discussing music in general.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-49397248008067284952011-02-17T00:45:00.004-07:002011-02-17T00:49:46.554-07:00Happenings in early 2011Well, I haven't been updating all of my shows here on myspace over the last year, as facebook has proven to be a better way to get the word out about upcoming shows.Haven't been blogging much either. School and gigs (and family! :) keep me very busy. Here's a bit of an update...I returned to the Port Theatre in January to perform with Sarah Wood, showcasing excerpts from her show "BC to Broadway"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-13278586924359313222009-10-22T23:34:00.002-06:002009-10-22T23:37:37.017-06:00BC Liberals cut funding to arts - make your voice heardPlease consider emailing a short letter to your MLA and the BC arts minister explaining why you support the arts and communicating that the BC Liberals will not receive your vote/support specifically because of their recent cuts. If you don't live in BC you can still speak up on behalf of the arts. Below are a few good statements about why the arts are important and worth supporting.Cheers,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-63557183368013548232009-09-09T19:50:00.002-06:002009-09-09T19:54:31.393-06:00Video from Blues/Funk band showThanks to Andrea Adams for this great video!More music by this band can be heard at their myspace page.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-46944511136308557842008-11-30T13:36:00.002-07:002008-11-30T13:48:46.227-07:00Concert Review - Don Thompson QuartetConcert Review of the Don Thompson Quartet – Canadian Tour 2008The October 20th evening concert at the Knox United Church in Parksville, British Columbia, was a “must see” for serious jazz fans and musicians of any and all kinds. The material performed was entirely original compositions by Don Thompson. Over the course of two sets, lasting about 45 minutes each, the audience was treated to a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-21871049440760190392008-11-30T13:25:00.003-07:002008-11-30T13:35:28.612-07:00Video from a recent gig: Cape Verdean BluesThis is a video from the Horace Silver tribute band I'm playing with. See more at my Youtube profile.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-74841490064598870022008-11-30T13:14:00.002-07:002008-11-30T13:22:09.805-07:00Reflections on the Relationship Between Jazz and Classical Music(This is a copy of a term paper I wrote this fall...) Topic: The influence of classical music and early African American folk music on the development of jazz in the 1950s and 1960s. Two jazz genres – third stream jazz and hard bop – grew simultaneously in opposite directions during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The post-bebop jazz style called symphonic jazz or alternately “Third Stream” jazz Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-58624754883306851232008-11-07T13:09:00.003-07:002008-11-07T13:27:28.910-07:00CD Review: “The Growing Season” by Rebecca MartinMy Very First CD Review Ever: “The Growing Season” by Rebecca MartinSometimes we arrive at places we never meant to visit, like the time I was on the subway in Toronto and decided to get off one stop early. I walked the rest of the way, passing unknown shops and unfamiliar landscapes as I navigated my way home over the next thirty minutes. Something similar happened in the way I arrived at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-7137669732309305372008-10-29T21:47:00.007-06:002008-11-09T15:42:38.871-07:00Show Update - Horace Silver TributeI'm very excited to be playing two dates with this band!The Message - A Tribute to the music of Horace SilverThe Georgia Straight Jazz Society is proud to hostThe Message - a A Tribute to the Music of Horace SilverSunday November 2, 2008Elks Home, 6th Street, CoutenayHorace Silver is one of jazz music’s unsung heroes. Nanaimo musician James McRae aims to do something about that. An octet of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-15750740742113313422008-08-20T20:41:00.004-06:002008-08-20T20:55:12.134-06:00Is Canadian Culture Important - Harper Says NOApparently our PM Stephen Harper, who likely enjoys paint by numbers and took lessons as a child to learn how to play the radio, doesn't recognize the economic and other benefits of investing in the arts.See my other blog at this link.It's not often that my musical and political efforts come together. This is one of those times. Here are two more:http://greencameron.blogspot.com/2007/12/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-22895898310201954762008-01-30T12:36:00.000-07:002008-01-30T13:45:51.947-07:00Gettin' It TogetherI had the opportunity to host the Malaspina Jazz Jam at the Queens last night. I was invited by drummer Adam Cormier (the jam host band leader) and we played with Ken Lister and Pat Coleman. A fellow by the name of Steve (last name Smith, I think) sat in on keyboards.Ken and Pat are local heavies and I was very honored to have the opportunity to play with them. Adam is a young up and coming Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-62752426415547554742008-01-14T00:03:00.000-07:002008-01-14T00:36:05.334-07:00Video and updateBelow is a short clip of a show I sat in on back in Edmonton in 2003. The video and audio quality are very poor, so turn up the volume and don't squint too hard.Back in B.C. now, and I've been doing some playing. Had a great new years eve show on Gabriola Island with Dinah D on acoustic bass & lead vocals, Tina Jones on trumpet and vocals, Myron Makepeace on piano (Fender Rhodes... super niceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-71191768702286030222007-08-28T15:47:00.000-06:002007-08-28T18:16:53.393-06:00The Jazz Authority Is All Of UsI'm keeping my chops up playing in a local R&B/classic rock band. Teaching a bit as well, and feeling inspired to do some real work on my jazz chops lately. Wish there were more jazz players out here...I'm still hoping to build on the Jazz Authority project. The concept of 'The Jazz Authority' was not about me; it is meant to be about our collective knowledge of music and improvisation. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-77651453388894409292007-02-04T14:35:00.000-07:002007-02-04T14:42:02.584-07:00UpdateVideos below were found on Youtube, and I'm putting together a larger collection at my Youtube spot. I will host more vids in the future.Just wen't on holidays back to my hometown Victoria, B.C. and was inspired to really start busting my buns to get into a regular practice schedule. When there's nobody to jam with it's hard to make the time to practice, and while Aebersold playalongs are great, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-75834351272617724292007-01-04T07:37:00.000-07:002007-01-04T07:47:07.391-07:00Video: John Coltrane - NaimaFootage of Coltrane performing the beautiful piece Naima. From this website:In 1957, after the age of 30, Coltrane began to shift spiritual directions. He married Juanita Naima Grubb, a Muslim convert, (for whom he later wrote the piece Naima), and came into contact with Islam, an experience that may have led him to overcome his addictions to alcohol and heroin; it was a period of "spiritual Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-22026153940306575432007-01-04T07:32:00.000-07:002007-01-04T07:36:35.166-07:00Video: Trane & Miles live '58 - So WhatMiles Davis & John Coltrane, in "So what", live, 1958. Great footage. Great music. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-23871501224126536662006-12-28T14:35:00.000-07:002006-12-28T14:43:11.133-07:00Still Playing... & CampaigningWell, I sure have been delinquent in my efforts here at my jazz blog. With the recent update to the new blogger version I'm putting a little extra time into my Green Party blog, and I thought maybe I should post here as well.I'm still playing in my rhythm & blues/classic rock band here but it's not very fast paced. I'm partly to blame; I could help chase down gigs but I'm far more focussed on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1139851149916745672006-02-13T09:48:00.000-07:002006-03-01T20:36:14.046-07:00Jazz on Wikipedia“There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. These are the qualities I want to retain in my music.” “The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it’s still a melody.” “It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1138673962715970852006-01-30T19:14:00.000-07:002006-03-01T20:38:58.126-07:00Election Over... Back To Life As UsualThanks For The Green Support By Cameron Wigmore I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this election by voting. You've helped make democracy happen. A special thank you goes out to my supporters, volunteers and those who voted for me; your efforts and votes have shown that people in the Crowfoot riding believe in me. It's good to know that you want to see green values represented in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1138673620940068942006-01-30T19:06:00.000-07:002006-01-30T19:13:40.940-07:00Lost template for this blog!Oh boy. Blogger lost my template, along with all the modifications and additions I made. Bummer. It'll take me hours upon hours to put it all back up. For now, enjoy the archives, and stay tuned for more solid jazz content!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1136559749989466612006-01-06T07:43:00.000-07:002006-01-06T08:02:30.006-07:00Two and a half weeks left!Two and a half weeks left and I'm very busy with the campaign. I've been participating in forums and debates, putting up lawn signs (to later be collected and re-used ;-) and canvassing throughout my riding, which is very big.As a Green Party candidate I'm being received surprisingly well out here in southern Alberta. People are excited about our platform when they find out that the Green PartyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1131328004564843982005-11-06T18:41:00.000-07:002005-11-06T18:46:44.566-07:00Over 3000 visitors!!!3000 Hooray! People like my blog! Keep coming back. If you want direct interaction, e-mail me and let's talk music. Cameron W(post title links to branvan3000, an interesting band)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1131327613328920242005-11-06T18:36:00.000-07:002005-11-06T18:40:13.330-07:00Still Working...Well, my candidacy has taken up a lot of time lately, not to mention my 20 month old, promoting my dinosaur poster business, working at the museum, and playing in my R&B band. I will be adding more posts in the future, on the subjects that have been suggested, and I look forward to any and all e-mailed questions or suggestions. L8R Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1129182803085152132005-10-13T23:09:00.000-06:002005-11-06T18:29:03.116-07:00Green Party CandidateTonight I officially became a candidate for the Green Party of Canada.I will be representing the green party as a federal candidate, and I know that this will be a learning experience.I have little political background, but what's more important than that is that I have an extensive 'green' background, and I'm serious about this opportunity.Obviously this means that I'll be very busy with my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1127411936723695852005-09-22T23:47:00.000-06:002005-11-06T18:52:44.770-07:00Don't forget my archives..."If they act too hip, you know they can’t play $#!T."- Miles DavisSo I finished my mouthpiece article and posted it. Now I guess I have to come up with some other subject matter. I hope people are checking the archives - I have a lot of great posts written on various topics that are worth checking out, and just because they're a couple of months old it doesn't mean that the information isn't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12479865.post-1127357145512093462005-09-21T20:35:00.000-06:002005-09-21T20:45:45.526-06:00Mouthpieces & YouThere is a lot of ground to cover when the subject of mouthpieces is up for discussion. With so many variables, it's hard for us to know if we've really got the right one. Not only do we have dozens of mouthpieces to pick from; there is the issue of how they all interact with our horns and our reeds. The ligature is another concern, and of course if our embouchure is incorrect, nothing will soundUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1