Whats new:
11/29/24
The holiday season is upon us again along with the typical engagements that keep musicians busy at this time of year. I’m happy to share a recoding I recently made with composer and dear friend Gary Lindsay, a piece in memory of the great pianist/composer Lyle Mays which Gary Recently adapted for soprano saxophone. I addition to the solo saxophone I am also playing flutes. Here it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdgg30fAc4.
I’m also looking forward to a week in the pit for the Broadway show “Some Like It Hot” which has a very well written big band score that swings in the 20’s-30’s style of early jazz.
The new edition of the Jazz Chord/Scale Handbook is selling steadily and getting great reviews. Only hard copies are available at this point, trying to keep it out of the free digital universe, and it’s a great resource to have in your music reference collection. It is available exclusively from Gary Keller Music. Click here for a detailed description and endorsements. The new edition features expanded content and revisions reflecting insights gained from my teaching and performing since the original edition was published in 1998. Price is $30 plus postage and handling, can remit via PayPal or Venmo. To order send an email to gary@garykeller.net with your address and preferred payment method and I will reply promptly. Please be aware that the current book is substantially expanded and revised from the earlier edition on Advance Music, which is now out of print and unavailable. Beware discounted (or overpriced) copies of the old edition, which are now showing up online as people replace their original copies! Order directly for me at gary@garykeller.net. Look for the beautiful cover art by my friend artist Max Miller.
Some less recent but significant projects:
Fans of my dear friend and mentor Ron Miller will be excited to hear that The Regions Tribute to Ron Miller is now available digitally on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and other digital sites. Former students of Ron’s have banded together to create an album of some of his iconic tunes, under the direction of producer Jon Gilutin. This pandemic project was done all remotely in our individual home studios and it sounds pretty awesome thanks to Jon’s keyboard and production prowess. These are all new approaches and fresh arrangements on ten great tunes!! My particular contribution was on the tune “Men in White.” Hope you like it.
Brian Lynch’s new big band album The Omni-American Book Club won the Grammy award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording. You can hear me blow alongside Dave Liebman on the 4th track “The Trouble With Elysium.” Crazy chords! The sax section is all Frost alums and my former students, anchored by lead alto Tom Kelley.
Some other places you can check out my playing:
Miami Sax Quartet You Tube channel
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