Downbeat Review - Aimee Nolte’s voice is beautiful, sonorous and reflective on her latest album Looking For The Answers, The singer arranged and produced every track on the album, lending a consistent aesthetic and laid-back vibe to most of the cuts here. What separates Nolte from other vocalists and composers is the poetry and storytelling quality of her compositions, with lyrics reminescent of Joni Mitchell - just minus Mitchell playfulness. “Save Me One Last Time” speaks to the bandleadeader’s seriousness as a lyricists when the theme of lost love is addressed: “If I keep on falling, I’ll be lost forever/ Save me one last time.” [ 
My NAMM 2020 Story
I went to NAMM 2020 in Anaheim to perform at the Earthworks booth. There were some twists and turns and surprises, both good and bad along the way. I hope you like my NAMM story.
Aimee Nolte At The Blue Whale
Footage and audio from my gig at The Blue Whale in Los Angeles on November 18, 2019 Guitar: Mike Scott Bass: Bruce Lett Drums: James Yoshizawa Audio mixed and recorded by Jonny Maia Video recorded by my husband, John.
20 Choruses Over Honeysuckle Rose
Sometimes, it can be really advantageous to choose a song and improvise for a long period of time, with a plan. 20 choruses is quite a bit of time to improvise, and by then end, (if you record yourself), you will learn a lot about your own improvising. You'll notice your habits, what things you need to work on, your strengths and your weaknesses, and you'll be better for it!
Blues Improv for 20 Minutes On Fender Rhodes
Nearly 20 minutes of improvisation over an F Blues backing track from the iReal Pro app. I wish I could have kept going for ten more minutes, but it's the holiday time and my family needed me! My main idea here was to start simply and build toward more complex ideas as I went, but to always be in the pocket and to take my ideas where they lead.
"Jazz Artistry Now": Best of Jazz 2019
HERE ARE THE TWELVE ALBUMS THAT SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE’S DEVICES
THE DAVID BERKMAN SEXTET - album: SIX OF ONE
TUCKER BROTHERS - album: TWO PARTS
GARZONE · ERSKINE · PASQUA · OLES - album: “3 NIGHTS IN L.A.”
CHARLIE DENNARD - album: DEEP BLUE
MIKE HOLOBER & THE GOTHAM JAZZ ORCHESTRA - album: HIDING OUT
JOEL ROSS album: KINGMAKER
DAN ARCAMONE - album: PSALM
AIMEE NOLTE - album: LOOKING FOR THE ANSWERS
“A simply wonderful album … with teeth!”
JOHNATHAN BLAKE - album: TRION
KENNY WERNER album: THE SPACE
BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET - album: THE SECRET BETWEEN THE SHADOW AND THE SOUL
ANTHONY BRAXTON - album: “QUARTET (New Haven) 2014”
Speedy Roman Numeral Analysis
This is a follow up video to my How To Transpose A Song To Any Key video. In which we discuss how to correctly label chords that are "out of the key", but in a slightly easier and "on the surface" type of way. The purpose is still to help you transpose to and play in any key very quickly.
Merry Christmas Darling
Here's my arrangement of The Carpenter's classic, Merry Christmas Darling. I hope you have a great holiday!
Playing Your Holiday Requests
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