tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62767749359159797012024-03-26T23:37:45.073-07:00James Armstrong MusicMusic Blog for James Armstrong, San Francisco Bay Area Pianist and ComposerJames Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-67697367967675210912024-03-24T12:54:00.000-07:002024-03-24T12:54:00.595-07:00Variations and counterpoint on a pan-modal theme.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/W4pOfCrZ-Hc?si=g-ZuEFYT_9BWHNSD" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-29764174856548540572024-03-17T17:23:00.000-07:002024-03-17T17:23:23.607-07:00Variations on “Pyramid”, by Edward Kennedy Ellington<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/mzbrbA41aig?si=nYG272LWUnznN9gS" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-21853479815213445952024-03-10T10:12:00.000-07:002024-03-10T10:12:00.920-07:00Andrew Hill: Mist Flower<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/dM812YSGcLs?si=7gGac6jR996gfrXH" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-36888632613590521052024-02-11T15:00:00.000-08:002024-02-11T15:00:36.826-08:00Improvissando, senza veloce<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zBOmZUXqsDE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/zBOmZUXqsDE?si=mBdzbVJrL-P0564-" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-26469650174994617282024-02-04T13:59:00.000-08:002024-02-04T13:59:40.005-08:00“Blues Inn” from the Jackie McLean album, Jackie’s Bag.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EsCIK0JD3_Q/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/EsCIK0JD3_Q?si=mCKcJkHl6OtLGRNw" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-28948690310371312982024-01-18T19:21:00.000-08:002024-01-18T19:21:35.291-08:00“Down Under”. Composed by Freddie Hubbard.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Z0RjjRkKiWU?si=isQvqCuDyz-J-3uC" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-72068416982788529492024-01-17T21:24:00.000-08:002024-01-18T19:23:02.267-08:00"Ticket to Ride". Composed by John Lennon.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bgL8MdWh_tY/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/bgL8MdWh_tY?si=mk-BD3LGhFn4390z" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-38363856238571655662024-01-14T14:50:00.000-08:002024-01-14T14:50:24.739-08:00Variations on a theme by Joaquin Turina.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YqxRrOKInc4/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/YqxRrOKInc4?si=CEUVlajBcm8wedH7" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-60535732465001150622023-12-15T21:51:00.000-08:002023-12-15T21:51:26.167-08:00Variations on a theme by Calvin Massey.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/PElrV5tXsyo?si=KvgC5c5weeTt_qbt" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-26090822912254786812023-12-03T22:32:00.000-08:002023-12-03T22:32:11.765-08:00Variations on a theme (contrafact) by Charlie Parker.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/7qrdIAAqXWA?si=6ELEny0nkj_Y0bmH" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-16952881555886803732023-11-20T08:51:00.000-08:002023-11-20T08:51:46.104-08:00“Night Flower” by Donald Byrd, revisited. (Live).<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/lsrRsqJiHQQ?si=msLZzBD6uJqx9EGu" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-4247427709765193292023-11-20T08:42:00.000-08:002023-11-20T08:42:55.622-08:00Blues for Art Tatum (live).<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/9gRfCVTQUqE?si=_qUxa3MX0YxtvabA" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-43603413492147167812023-11-19T08:16:00.000-08:002023-11-19T08:16:16.182-08:00Donald Byrd: “Night Flower”.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hpb7IwA9vr4/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Hpb7IwA9vr4?si=ibF7VS0vXKUlMyHz" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-7789771147705693422023-11-12T10:48:00.000-08:002023-11-12T10:48:35.544-08:00Paraphrase on McCoy Tyner: Speak Low; blues in B flat.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o5OsCiS_1gU/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/o5OsCiS_1gU?si=EFm-3BbMxKZa3lt4" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-38373048601279004952023-09-06T07:19:00.001-07:002023-09-06T07:19:36.565-07:00“Sunset”, by Kenny Dorham. Auditory memory in action.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/E0KY6RDouGA?si=ZB_8bMrVfh8t8RwA" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-16372755179067151682023-08-26T14:16:00.001-07:002023-08-26T14:16:11.823-07:00Malleable form, centered in B flat. Tempo adagio.<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JzgocE0knfk/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/JzgocE0knfk?si=DzmS1KMTBq62hcTr" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-47610958631352129742023-08-17T06:38:00.003-07:002023-08-17T06:38:59.141-07:00Chromesthesia / ARC-3428 is now available on Bandcamp. Thanks, Christopher Burnett / Artists Recording Collective.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzdcQGRIW7Yl4-QvaTm7o7YS2LpE_OjwniM-PRWQ-66c3d4YbUDaf4BUSLgDHGEgzzzoZC9Jtu8bhzW5ClEcfSITmNWYlhz3ZLSOXSKd9NSgn--nEcLSo51MbP2eB1atXUbEaIlfuZ099edZvJpzBjj9RIfCJJ0AhYg3twmITFbkhQyj-7J7VAbR8RnMm/s1400/Chromesthesia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzdcQGRIW7Yl4-QvaTm7o7YS2LpE_OjwniM-PRWQ-66c3d4YbUDaf4BUSLgDHGEgzzzoZC9Jtu8bhzW5ClEcfSITmNWYlhz3ZLSOXSKd9NSgn--nEcLSo51MbP2eB1atXUbEaIlfuZ099edZvJpzBjj9RIfCJJ0AhYg3twmITFbkhQyj-7J7VAbR8RnMm/w640-h640/Chromesthesia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://jamesarmstrong.bandcamp.com/album/chromesthesia">https://jamesarmstrong.bandcamp.com/album/chromesthesia</a></span><p></p>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276774935915979701.post-77458109810734934572023-07-30T10:55:00.004-07:002023-07-31T10:01:10.005-07:00"Chromesthesia" -- new solo recording completed 7/29/2023, release on the Artists Recording Collective label is pending<p> A very productive recording session at Doug Pohorski's Acoustic Sound Shop yesterday. <br /><br />More soon !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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No key center.<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/QSWQkwsk7CE" frameborder="0"></iframe>James Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034344183276729382noreply@blogger.com0