Posts Tagged ‘Jazz’

May I share some of my new LIVE STREAM JAZZ album with you?

// February 25th, 2010 // Comments // Jazz, Rob Michael, twitter, ustream, video

On Friday, February 5th, Rob Michael & Steve Uccello on Ustream Steve Uccello played bass with me during an impromptu Ustream concert.

As always, the show was super fun. Steve and I met when we organized and performed together last spring at the Atmos Trio “Twitter House Concert.”

We got together in my studio to play some tunes. I employed my Ustream rig which consists of the iSight cam on my MacBook which receives a nice audio mix from studio’s mixing board. I had also just received  another HD camera as a gift so I had a 2nd video feed destined for YouTube. I also made a multi track recording of the show.

Upon reviewing what we had captured to disk, the music was deemed worthy to share. Just goes to show that a good sounding record doesn’t need to take a pile of cash and months to make. Just a couple of musos and healthy does of simpatico.

Please be sure to share this music with a friend.

If you would like to hear the rest of the album sooner rather than later, simply fill-out the mailing list form in the sidebar and you’ll be linked to an Exclusive Advanced Access Listener’s page.

Enjoy!

Album artwork by Linda Palmer.

Ustream Concert with Todd Johnson

// February 19th, 2010 // Comments // Jazz, Rob Michael, twitter, ustream, video

Yesterday marked the latest of what is becoming a series of great internet jazz performances. One of my most valued online connections is with world-class bassist Todd Johnson. He and his lovely wife Gay came to my studio to hang-out and play some music to an enthusiastic international audience on Ustream.

Here is a brief peak into what we played. There will be higher quality video on my YouTube channel in the next day or two.

Rob Michael & Steve Uccello: Travels (Pat Metheny)

// February 10th, 2010 // Comments // Jazz, Rob Michael, twitter, ustream

Here is another excerpt from my Ustream show from last Friday that featured bassist Steve Uccello.

This is 1980’s-era Pat Metheny tune that touches on the more country/ folk side of things. Hope you like it.

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Rob Michael & Steve Uccello explore the Jazz Classic “Autumn Leaves”

// February 8th, 2010 // Comments // Rob Michael

Often viewed as a “Jazz 101″ kind of tune, Autumn Leaves has to be one of the most commonly played and recorded standards of the idiom. In terms of playing an entire set, this meeting was the first time Steve Uccello and I had played together and that is the perfect time to cherry-pick from the Standards repertoire.

Based on the Cycle of 5th’s, this tune is a remarkable vehicle for improvisation.

Dig it!!

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Excerpt from Live duo show featuring Steve Uccello and I - Pionsenka Dla Stasia (Song For Stasia).

// February 6th, 2010 // Comments // Rob Michael

Though I typically play these shows solo, yesterday, I had the good fortune to have Monterey-based bassist, Steve Uccello come to the studio to join me during my first Ustream concert of the year. Steve and I met via Twitter last year and together organized a wonderful house concert.

It was super cool to play again. Look for more of these excerpts in the coming days.

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Rob Michael and Jason Parker hanging with tomorrow’s Jazzers.

// January 21st, 2010 // Comments // Rob Michael

My friend Jason Parker and I played a fun duo gig this past Friday at Addison Elementary School in Palo Alto. Jason is one of my valued connections that I’ve had the good fortune of making via twitter and his excellent blog. Having had many great online discussions, we decided to meet and play this gig together.

Jason went to school in this neighborhood as a youngster where he was turned-on to jazz and the trumpet by none other than Dizzy Gillespie some 35 years prior.

We, hopefully, brought that experience full-circle by playing some tunes and taking questions from the students. I was super-impressed with the attention that these kids gave to the music and the intelligence they displayed via their questions and observations. Kudos!!

Here is some of the music that we played just 10 minutes after meeting one another.

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