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<title>hear my solo piano performances at Alanis Morissette Tribute concert in Ott</title>
<description><![CDATA[ hear my solo piano performances at Alanis Morissette Tribute concert in Ottawa
3/10/2008 - Last month I participated in a unique concert put together by renowned CBC radio producer Alan Neal in honour of Ottawa-born pop megastar Alanis Morissette, in celebration of her induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. The concept was simple: Alan brought together six different Canadian artists and had us each do our own, personal spin on Alanis tunes of our choice. For my performance, I decided to do an intentionally propulsive version of "Hand in My Pocket" and a more whimsical version of "Head Over Feet". Most compelling for me was the presence of Alanis's very down-to-earth, humble, and entirely "normal" parents, whom I had the pleasure to acknowledge after our grand finale version of her very first hit "Too Hot." [Go here to access the entire show on demand or click the individual song links above.]]]></description>
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<title>R.I.P., Oscar Peterson</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 12/24/2007 - Oscar Peterson died Sunday. Peterson was really the reason I became a jazz pianist, and was the first jazz pianist I probably was ever exposed to, his recording of "Night Train" the first jazz album I ever owned, the first jazz pianist I ever heard live (back in Ottawa, in an event that also featured Claude Bolling and Michel Legrand in a memorable three piano, round-robin "duel" and for which I sat in the front row of the National Arts Centre opera house), and his "Hymn to Freedom" one of the first jazz pieces I ever played. His impeccable sense of swing and the blues tinge he brought to everything he did, combined with his flawless and elegant piano technique are probably among the key qualities that will forever come to mind when I think of his impact on me personally (as well as, I'm sure, many others) as pianist and musician. But he was also Canada's musical ambassador to the world, and the fact that such a figure was also African-Canadian was even more inspiring to me as a someone with African/Chinese background myself. I am thankful that I finally had the opportunity to briefly shake his hand a few years ago at a National Jazz Awards event in Toronto, but in the end how can you ever really thank such a great Canadian and artist such as this for everything he achieved and represented to us all? R.I.P., Oscar Peterson.]]></description>
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<title>A chat with Andrew Dubber of New Music Strategies</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I was delighted to have had a chance recently to sit down and finally chat in person with New Music Strategies guru Andrew Dubber when he was in town attending the CMJ Music Marathon Conference. For those unaware, Andrew is arguably one of the foremost thinkers on what we all need to be doing to operate as musicians in this Web 2.0 age (you can download his free e-book on the subject here). Our conversation covered such wide-ranging subject matter as Creative Commons and music copyright, the meaning of the seemingly new business models introduced by such artists as Radiohead and Prince, the controversy over Gerd Leonard's "Music Like Water" idea, my own Artistshare website and strategies for selling digital vs. physical content, plus building fan relationships and more. Listen to it now in my "Living Jazz Podcast #22".]]></description>
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<title>James Carter recording, Moonfest and other recent activities...</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Thoughts on my recent James Carter recording, my celebration of the Chinese Moonfest, and the Beatles...]]></description>
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<title>New Music Strategies plus MOMA concert</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Andrew Dubber's New Music Strategies website, plus reflections on my recent performance at MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art) in NYC.]]></description>
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<title>on Chicago City Limits and other mini successes of the day</title>
<description><![CDATA[ My experience today as Music Director for Chicago City Limits (New York\'s longest running comedy revue), plus news from a young fan.]]></description>
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<title>I could not resist - and bought an iphone!</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I finally bit the bullet and bought one on iDay, at the Apple Store in midtown Manhattan on 5th avenue.]]></description>
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