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Aimee Nolte
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Ether J. - "I've just finished this course on Nebula and I can't praise it enough. I'm not a jazz player, but am a musician who performs in other genres. I've made learning jazz one of my top goals, but haven't made much progress. Most teachers focus on scales, chords, arpeggios, etc. I am so tired of these!! In this course, Aimee takes a musical approach by focusing on motifs. This is brilliant! I have learned so much from these lessons that I just had to write about them. I now have an approach that I can understand to do my own solos. Thank you Aimee! You are the best!"
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.” [ Read the full review here ]
Los Angeles musician, Aimee Nolte is a jazz pianist, vocalist and thriving YouTube creator, constantly pursuing new recording, performing, and educational projects. Though primarily a jazz player, she knows over a thousand songs and can play them at the drop of a hat. Aimee earned her jazz piano degree from Brigham Young University In 1998 and has been an active and passionate musician ever since; even as a wife and mother of four! She has released three full-length albums so far that have been reviewed as deeply personal, captivating pieces of art. Downbeat praised her 2019 release, Looking For The Answers, raving that “What separates Nolte from other vocalists and composers is the poetry and storytelling quality of her compositions, with lyrics reminescent of Joni Mitchell.” In 2016, Aimee started her YouTube channel, "Aimee Nolte Music" where she now has over 207K subscribers. She shares the music that is inside of her with the world in her videos, whether through captivating duets with John Clayton and Nicki Parrott or breaking down the tiniest nuances of a McCoy Tyner solo in a way that makes even the most advanced techniques understandable to beginning musicians. Teaching topics like harmony, arranging, advanced jazz piano techniques, and even beginning piano and vocal skills comes as second nature to Aimee, and she is frequently called upon to perform and appear as a guest clinician all over the country.
She continues to play and sing regularly all over Los Angeles County. January, 2006 marked the release of her first album, “Up Til Now”. She sings, plays piano and harmonica, and wrote and produced all of the tracks on the album.
In 2010, Aimee released her second album with her longtime guitarist, Hideaki Tokunaga, entitled, "Just Us". Aimee composed 7 of the CD's 11 tracks, and co-wrote 2.
Aimee has had the opportunity to perform in the past with greats such as John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, Frank Vignola, Lenny White, and most recently, the Aimee Nolte Trio (with Mike Scott and Roger Shew), and her duo, "Skirt & Suit (with Joshua Payne on guitar) with regular gigs around the LA area. Recently she performed with Nicki Parrott along with a new trio (Robert Taylor & Justin Varnes).

Hymne à L’amour - The Perfect Song For This Moment

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Jaco Pastorius - The Untold Story

Jazz guitarist, Hideaki Tokugawa spent part of the 1980s working as a bus boy in Michael Brecker's 7th Ave South jazz club in NYC. He has a story to tell of the legendary bass player that has never been told. Video shot with Earthworks SV33 AKG P220

Please Stop Learning Piano This Way

If you like the light up keys and the piano video games - keep going! I'm not here to kill your vibe, but if you REALLY want to play, there's a better way. Watch my channel and I'll show you.

Jazz vs Classical: Who Gets More Respect?

A brief rant about the divide between classical and jazz musicians and what can be done to fix it as we move into the future.

Why This Tiny Yamaha Keyboard Is My New Gig Workhorse

Guitarist Mike Scott and I demonstrate how the Yamaha Reface CP has made our Saturday night gigs a lot more fun!

Song Secrets: The Tiny Details You Never Noticed

Discussing the tiniest little details about songs by John Lennon, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and many more to uncover more about what makes the music we love sound so GOOD

How Sweet It is: How This Song Became A Hit...TWICE

Marvin Gaye and James Taylor both had hits with the Holland-Dozier-Holland Motown classic, "How Sweet It Is" and I'm here to talk about why!

Why I'm Not Leaving YouTube

The story of my YouTube journey and why I don't plan on quitting any time soon.
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