Cool Music Links

Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas—essential jazz tenor sax listening! Also check out Max Roach’s drum solo. It’s so MELODIC and you can hear him following the AABA’ form perfectly. A study in drum solo perfection.

Chris Potter plays Star Eyes

Dexter Gordon plays Blue Bossa

Joshua Redman - Hide and Seek (Live)

Stan Getz Quartet with Kenny Barron on Piano

French Horn

John Williams Tribute – Played by one man with up to 12 horns. Lots of cool movie music

How to hold your French Horn - Basics

Contrabass French Horn

Trumpet

Alison Balsom - Haydn

Alison Balsom – Italian Concertos

Excercises for Trumpet

James Morrison- Trumpet and Trombone

Digital Trumpet

Trumpet Greats – Marsalis, Sandoval, Morrison, Faddis

Star Trek - Maynard Furguson - High note master, cool flute solo, and, perhaps, the source of the phrase “More Cowbell” (see the end of the video).

Birdland – Maynard Furguson – More high notes. Please note, video taken in 1980’s. Do NOT attempt the saxophonist’s mullet, repeat, DO NOT attempt a mullet!

http://trumpetexercises.wikidot.com/en:start Trumpet exercises to help you get better.

Trombone

Christian Lindberg

J. J. Johnson – bebop trombonist

Trombone Shorty – Rocks out with his band

Trombone Shorty (Young) – can really swing at age 13!!! Guest with Wynton Marsalis. Check out minute 1:29.

Jazz Tonguing

Lip Vibrato

Glissando

Tuba

How a Tuba is Made

Czardas Tuba Solo – Performed by Baadsvik. He really takes off at 1:30. Great tuba playing.

Snare Drum

Playing with Brushes

Drum Set

Percussion

Vic Firth - Great website with TONS of resources for learning percussion. You could teach yourself drums by utilizing this website and its instruction videos.

Gary Burton - Hear the vibraphone played by the master. Nice 12 bar blues.

The Burton Grip – Jazz Master Gary Burton demonstrates how to hold 4 mallets his way. There are other ways to hold 4 mallets. See Vic Firth.com for more info.

Piano

Kenny Barron-jazz piano genius, with David Sanchez on tenor sax.

Oscar Peterson – Another piano virtuoso…still tearing it up after 50 years on the scene. Great combo work from side-men.

Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

Bass

Esperanza Spaulding – Great modern player (and singer). Elements of free jazz at 3:30 and 7:15.

Jazz

List of Big Names in Jazz - includes Youtube videos of each artist.

Krupa, Gene -- Sing Sing Sing

Spalding, Esperanza

Yellowjackets – Hip fusion group, featuring saxophonist Bob Mintzer.

Jazz History - Qwiki

Mixing Board – Try your skills at balancing the different parts of a jazz combo. Use the sliders on the mixing board to get it just right. Listen to the different role each instrument plays in the overall texture of the music.

Your Brain on Improvisation – Interesting look into the scientific study of the brain and it’s capability to be creative and improvise.

Blue Bossa played by Manhattan Jazz Quintet

ii V7 I Licks – Inspired by jazz guitarist. Useful for all jazz soloist.

Guitar

Stanley Jordan – plays two guitars simultaneously

Composition

Noteflight – A free website where you can compose your own music. Print it, share it with others or transpose it for other instruments.

Music History

Classical Music: A History according to Youtube – A fantastic site that overviews all the major eras of classical music and contains many youtube examples of seminal pieces in each era.

Baroque

Vivaldi- 4 Seasons