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Ideas from the teaching studio and the practice room, transcription projects, lesser-known pianists, and the tools behind them.
Art Tatum behind Adelaide Hall
Tatum's first records were accompaniments, not solos. Eight takes from Adelaide Hall's 1932 Brunswick sessions, with the pianos, the voice and the band on separate faders.
The Red Hot Peppers
Between September 1926 and June 1927 Morton recorded nineteen tunes for Victor in Chicago. I gathered 295 transfers of them and put his piano on its own fader, along with the banjo and the drums.
Emanon
Nick Rossi heard an uncredited rhythm guitar on Dizzy Gillespie's 1946 Musicraft recording. Source separation pulls it out of the band: seven transfers, every guitar stem ranked and playable.
Clyde Hart
The pianist on bebop's founding record dates, and almost nobody says his name. The stem mixer in the post lets you solo Hart's piano across 121 sides from 32 sessions, 1936 to 1945.
First Chorus
Why I'm starting a blog: jazz piano teaching and practice, early jazz transcription projects, lesser-known pianists, and the software behind them.