Mar 10, 2010 |
Jake and Hannah join me for the Dave Holland gig
I asked Jake and Hannah to join me to come and see the Conservatoire students led by Dave Holland in a performance at the Adrian Boult Hall this evening. I’m so glad they came.
It was a great performance, and there was some inspiring drumming (my ulterior motive for asking Jake along). Best of all, Dave made a special point on stage at the beginning of the second half to thank me personally for the web project I’m doing, and said some very nice things about it – so having Jake there to hear that was extra cool and it meant a lot.
Mar 8, 2010 |
Dave Holland videos some Conservatoire students
I’m working on a project this week at the Conservatoire. Dave Holland, the jazz bass player, is doing a one week teaching residence there, and a bunch of students get to work with him and put on a performance of his compositions later in the week.
It’s a pretty big deal. If you know jazz, you’ll know Dave Holland. He plays the bass on a couple of my favourite Miles Davis records, and I have quite a few of his own releases as well.
My project is about capturing the week and putting it online. I’ve given everyone hand-held digital video cameras, and I’ll be gathering, uploading and making sense of the videos that I get given – as well as adding some photos I’ll take throughout the week.
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