Casa Valdez Studios
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Going Latin with Foxy
April 27, 2017 03:44I just finished a Producing Music with Logic with Berklee Online class. This was my final project....
Shades of Happiness CD now available of CD Baby
April 25, 2017 22:47You can now preview all the tracks from my new Shades of Happiness album that was just released on CD Baby. You can soon find it on iTunes, and streaming services also. Hope you enjoy it. Album notes: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px} Alto saxophonist David Valdez leads this lush, lyrical and sophisticated Latin Chamber-Jazz ensemb...
The saga so far......also- Shades of Happiness Chamber-Jazz CD preview!
April 21, 2017 19:37I've been working like crazy to complete my Berklee degree for the last several months, so that I can accept a graduate teaching assistant position at the University of Kansas next Fall. Thirty years ago I bailed Berklee seven semesters into a performance degree. There were many different reasons that I made this ill advised decision, but at the time it make sense. On the strength of my playing, professional resume, teaching curriculum (much of that posted on this blog) and the achieve...
Kevin Sun's Jazz Blog
July 21, 2015 18:37Kevin Sun has an interesting article on Mark Turner on his blog A Horizontal Search, as well as an archive of great transcriptions. Transcriptions
The Pocket Herb- the genius of Herb Pomeroy
January 23, 2015 02:39 - 10.5 MB application/pdfThe teacher who had the biggest influence on me during my time at Berklee was Heb Pomeroy. I was quite fortunate to play in his Concert Jazz Orchestra for three years, as well as a few semesters in his Line-Writing band and his small combo. Herb was a true master composer, arranger, educator, improvisor and band leader. His influence of how modern Jazz harmony, composition and arranging can not be overstated. For instance, for many years the Altered Dominant scale was called the Pomeroy sca...
Doug Webb Clinic
January 19, 2015 19:57 application/jsonI posted Doug Webb's substitutions a while back, but never got around to editing the audio from the clinic. I figured that I should just post the raw audio tracks, or I'd never get around to editing the tracks. There is a lot of great information here, but it is kind of long. Near the end of the clinic Doug Plays through the entire page of his substitutions, which is really fantastic. (Click for a larger version) Doug Webb improv clinic- part 1 Doug Webb improv clinic- part 2
Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People-
October 29, 2014 17:26Here is a link to some interesting Harmony PDFs: Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People
David Valdez, Weber Iago, Hristo Vitchev, John Stowell- Live at Studio Pink House
September 26, 2014 23:42
Kenny Wheeler Songbook
September 24, 2014 19:36We lost one of my favorite trumpet players last week. Kenny Wheeler influenced a generation of players and he was also a master composer. Here is his NY Time obituary. A while back a regular reader sent me a PDF of Kenny's tunes that he got when Kenny came to do a clinic. I have been playing some of these tunes since I got hold of this PDF. There are also Eb and Bb charts in there. Great stuff. Honor the man by playing his tunes! Kenny Wheeler Songbook