Stanley Music Links

Captured inspirations from the
Stanley Middle School Music Department.

This site is a log of artist and song citations observed during Stanley Middle School jazz band rehearsals.

Archive

Feb
2nd

Wed

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Cool
Solo changes

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Just Friends
Solo changes

Jan
13th

Thu

Groovin High
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie

Whispering

Click the title for a link to the recording on JWPepper.

Eric Richards has taken this wonderful old standard and given it an exciting samba setting that makes it thoroughly contemporary and fresh! Tenor and trumpet roll out the melody and then other melodic and background parts are layered in making it a dense harmonic palette for the whole band. There’s a unique a cappella break that’s almost fugal in structure and open solos galore. Great ensemble and small group playing opportunities abound. This is one cool chart!

Jan
11th

Tue

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True North
Mike Dana

This is a captivating, contemporary even-eighth note ballad in the ECM tradition.

Dec
1st

Wed

Clay Jenkins

Associate Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media
ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Trumpet

Harold Danko

Chair, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Department
Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media
Director, Jazz Performance Workshops

Nov
17th

Wed

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FELIZ NAVIDAD

Nov
13th

Sat

Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man
From Head Hunters, recorded in San Francisco.

Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man
Original from “Taking Off” with Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins.

Parker Blues Changes

Charlie Parker developed the progression/change that came to be known as the Parker or Birds Blues. Clint Eastwood scored with a movie about the Jazz great “Bird” in 1988.

Eddie Harris
Listen Here (live Montreux)

Oct
30th

Sat

Sing, Sing, Sing
Benny Goodman

This is how it’s done, guys and girls.

Oct
15th

Fri

Miles Davis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miles Davis Quintet - Surrey With The Fringe On Top

The Miles Davis Prestige Quintet performing “Surrey With The Fringe On Top” from “The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions”- Box which contains all Songs from “Cookin’”, “Relaxin’”, “Workin’” and “Steamin’” plus unreleased Material.

A Tribute To Miles’ First Quintet Which Made Him A Heavyweight of Jazz.
Personnel: Miles Davis (Trumpet) John Coltrane (Tenor Saxophone) Paul Chambers (Bass) Red Garland (Piano) Philly Joe Jones (Drums)