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I recently found recordings of many of the Chili dogs made by an enthusiastic amateur guitarist on acoustic/cowboy guitar. I hope that you enjoy it!

I LOVE FRANK CRISAFULLI. You Love Frank Crisafulli? We All Love Frank Crisafulli! He was brilliant. Kind. Modest. Hilarious. Everybody’s grandpa. Of course, he made all those amazing recordings/played all those fantastic concerts/won all those Grammys playing with the Chicago … Continue reading →

Imagine being handed a folder with fifty pages of duo music for trumpet and trombone; like an incomplete map to a treasure! The only date? 1595. The only instrumentation? Trumpet in treble clef ‘C’ and trombone in bass clef. The … Continue reading →

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What would the Beatles sound like today? With two gone, and the others aged, is it even a valid question? Since the great songwriting and great singing were two of the bulwarks of the iconic band, perhaps the talented Dominic … Continue reading →

Juan Calderon, a beautiful composer, was kind enough to record one of my 12 “Chili Dogs” for solo guitar. Like my “Stereograms”, for solo bass trombone, each “Chili Dog” is very different from the others. I have included a few … Continue reading →

Tommy Dorsey, James Pankow, Trombone Shorty, J. J. Johnson, Arthur Pryor and Clay Smith? I cannot recall the author of the study, but seem to recall the conclusion well. After examining master musicians who had achieved success in their field … Continue reading →

We had one rehearsal, and I went out for lunch with my string player friends before the concert. From their perspective, this was the most amazingly precise big band they had ever heard, much less performed alongside! They were quite … Continue reading →