Jazz

Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 2: "Tritone Substitutions"

We don’t know who discovered the 'tritone sub'... this harmonic device provides colorful harmonic variation without disturbing the overall form or flow of the piece... it also provides the improviser ...
KSLA

Harmonic Convergence to turn the clock back to the 1970s on Thursday at Caddo Common Park

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Listen up if bell bottoms, hippie vibes and the funky music of the 1970s is what gets you moving. Shreveport Regional Arts Council is presenting a nostalgic throwback to a ...
Jazz

Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 1: "The Blues"

Viewed in this way, we can see the blues as a quest for existential answers to questions that have always been, and always will be—they have no beginning, and no end. In my article about Harmony and ...