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It’s Sunday afternoon here in lovely (and I really mean it) Boston.  It doesn’t really feel like Sunday afternoon, though, but that’s because of the crazy schedule I managed to keep in the past week.  Briefly, it involves a drive to NYC on Tuesday for a 5 hour rehearsal, a gig at Lincoln Center on [...]

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I’m back in Boston for a few minutes, packing up and heading to Logan in order to make my way to our gig in Ireland tomorrow. Pretty fun summer, I must say. Anyway, last night we played a great concert for a million of our closest friends (seats 3500, standing room only, people [...]

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Speaking of Joel, he stars in this video, which was filmed on an Either/Orchestra tour of Holland and Germany last May. He’s the “Spanish” speaking talking head at the end. Musinetwork is run by E/O pianist Rafael Alcala, the gent in the blue hat who introduces the whole thing.
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My friend Joel (groovy trombone player in the Either/Orchestra) sent me this link to still-more Ethiopiques audience video from our concert at the Barbican in London. This song is Ashkaru (aka Embi Ba, aka Gouragigna), sung by the great Mahmoud Ahmed.
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Several weeks ago, I posted a few things about my friend Vicente Lebron. On July 16, 2008, many area musicians (including yours truly) performed at a benefit concert for him - it was rather successful, although it has by no means solved his financial challenges. At the concert was the great Chris Burbul, [...]

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I am slowly, but surely, crafting some thoughts on teaching to be posted here. There is a new page (look at the top of this page) entitled Teaching, and in the coming weeks I’m hoping to get some reviews posted of key materials I use in helping guide aspiring musicians. Specifically, I’m a [...]

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The videos just keep on comin’…
Here’s another Youtube video (audience recording) of the Either/Orchestra playing with Mulatu Astatke at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. It starts in the middle of Charlie Kohlhase’s brilliant solo on Yegelle Tezeta, the third movement of Astatke’s Broken Flowers Suite (arranged by Russ Gershon).
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Sorry for the string of geek posts. Social bookmarking disappeared when I upgraded, but now it is back and working. Thank God. Best, R. Oh, PS, that means “share the content from my blog with your friends and about zillion other random people.”  To do that, just look for the green [...]

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Yes, it seems like each time I log in and write something up these days, it’s because there is some new video posted on Youtube, or perhaps I have a new piece of gear. In today’s installment, the former.
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Ok, so the theme is updated now, although it looks like some of the layout still needs tweaking.  Tags/Categories still don’t work - my apologies.  Let me know if you notice anything else.  I’ll try to get it back up and running by next week sometime…
Best, R.
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