Cool Autumn breezes carried two sophisticated ladies to the Carolinas. Pianist and singer Aimée Nolte from Los Angeles invited her friend from Connecticut, Nicki Parrott to sing and play bass together with her. They were joined on the stage by Taylor Roberts, playing his 7-string Benedetto guitar, which was handbuilt in nearby Savannah. On his Gretsch drum kit, made in Ridgeland, SC perhaps fifteen miles away from Hilton Head Island, was Justin Varnes, in town to play another in his "Classical meets Jazz" series of concerts.
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Learn how in 6 months, I went from being a very low-singing alto with a high note-aversion to singing a Bach Sinfonia in a very soprano range.
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I’m so happy to announce that Nicki Parrott, Justin Varnes, Taylor Roberts and I will be headlining at the Jazz Corner for 2 nights in Hilton Head, SC. Nicki and I both have new albums so we’ll play plenty of those tunes as well as some surprises and hip duets!
Please share with your Carolina friends and come if you’re in the area! Oct 18 & 19.
Hang out with me as I teach super-fun, syncopated accompaniment groove that I love to play. I call it The Bacharach Bounce, but it's definitely not limited to Bacharach tunes. Video recorded using: Earthworks SV33 Earthworks PM40 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand Panasonic Lumix G85
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9/25/2019 I called in this week to talk about my recent album, my YouTube channel, and a few other things with Abe Perlstein of Tuesday Lunch With Abe on Central Coast Radio. Thanks to Abe for having me on the show and I hope you enjoy it!
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Welcome to my new series, brought to you from The Pacific Ocean. Today, I'm testing my newly-accquried Sennheiser MKE 2 Elements mic, along with the GoPro Hero4. It's been a dream of mine to make music-related videos from my surf board, so thank you to everyone who donates and purchases my PDFs because YOU MADE IT HAPPEN.
Video recorded using: GoPro Hero4 and Sennheiser MKE 2 Elements mic
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