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Lester Young - Blues for Greasy (1950)

From YouTube , how ‘bout a little Friday jazz. It’s been that kind of week. Life Magazine photographer Gjon Mili joined with jazz producer and Verve-label owner Norman Granz to produce the short film "Jammin ' the Blues" in 1944 with Lester Read More...

Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 7:41 AM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Filed under: Music, Community, Fridays

Windows Live Movie Maker – It Just Works

I have been using Windows Live Movie Maker for a while now. It was free and just works. You can see an example of the result here in the Uploads window . Every one of these 49 movies were made with the beta Movie Maker program. I just bought a pricy competitor’s Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:27 AM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Filed under: Music, Tips and Tricks, Movies, Windows Live

Microsoft Orchestra, a Summer concert in Seattle

Enjoy a Microsoft Orchestra Summer concert at the Ballard Locks on a Sunny Seattle day. I had so many friends in this group which in the last six years has gone from a scary-small 25 to an impressive 82 musicians. And I forgot a pivotal piece of Read More...

Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 5:35 PM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Filed under: Music, Microsoft

Inaugural Combo Impresses

I was watching the Air and Simple Gifts composition at the inauguration of Barack Obama yesterday. (Thanks boss.) John Williams composed this song explicitly for the inauguration performed by Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on bass, Anthony Mcgill Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:19 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music

A Microsoft Weekend - Professor Gadget Sax Quartet

I have been kinda putting together and taking apart a sax quartet for a while now and this incarnation resulted in two videos being taken during a sight reading session. I've been all over the place with the names for this group from 'the Bis Keys' to Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:30 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Saxophone

Microsoft's Songsmith

On my list of music software to explore is Microsoft's Songsmith. The Seattle P-I covered it yesterday in a piece called Microsoft's Songsmith makes music using PC . This article includes a great video for those starting from scratch. It's kinda a reverse Read More...

Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 10:24 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, video, Songsmith

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

An amateur musician, I own one of the few bass saxes to low A in the world. I got to premier it doing a piece called “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” arranged by my good friend Ward Baxter. The 60 piece band behind me is the Woodinville Community Band Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:41 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Holiday, Saxophone

CRM MVP Conference Redux

Ronald Lemmen found some pictures on his camera from this year's Global MVP Conference in Redmond. The first one is of my band the Dissonance: This picture clearly shows Curtis Spanburgh in his first guitar gig in the Seattle area. We now have proof. Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:59 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, conference, MVP

Microsoft Jazz BAnd 08 Pics and Vids

This is part two of I won't be here tomorrow . Can I just say wow! This pickup band was a hoot to play with. The quality of the musicians at Microsoft is amazing. There aren't too many companies who can put together a band like this on the spur of the Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:05 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Microsoft, video, Day of Caring

Wall•E Anticipation and the über Lego Guy

Does anyone not know who Wall•E is? I've been listening to the Wall•E soundtrack and thinking can a Broadway show be far off? Andrew, One of the CRM Lead Writers is a LEGO enthusiast with some serious creds. Today's Friday fun post covers his Wall•E interview Read More...

Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 10:51 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Way Off Topic :o), LEGO, Movies

CRM MVPs Visit Rainy Emerald City

The Microsoft Global Summit met this week and that is one of my favorite events in any given year. It is the CRM team's chance to wine and dine those great people who make up the finest MVP team at Microsoft. These people are stellar both technically Read More...

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 12:51 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, conference, MVP

Music: New for this Year on my blog

I get a lot of comments from my co-workers and friends about my eclectic choice of music that is usually playing full-time in my office. So I've decided to take a page from Dare Obasanjo, akd Carnage4Life award winning blog. I've been reading Dare's blog Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:35 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Blogging

Seattle's Jazz Festival: Earshot Jazz 2007

Seattle has long been recognized as having a " remarkable jazz history ". People like Quincy Jones and Ray Charles got their start here. So it is no surprise that almost any time of the year you can enjoy fine jazz including groups that cater to people Read More...

Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 9:10 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music

This weekend: An Eppelsheim bass sax story

Some people buy boats. Others buy vacation property. I buy musical instruments. I have a small collection of vintage instruments like this Selmer Paris silver clarinet that plays like a dream. But I'm really a sax man. And to that end, I am working with Read More...

Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 10:15 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, Way Off Topic :o)

Microsoft's Day of Caring

Friday was Microsoft's observance of the King County Day of Caring. For the fourth year in a row I put together a jazz big band made up of Microsoft employees. We played at the Crossroads of Bellevue and the Brighton Gardens. One of the highlights of Read More...

Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 10:50 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments

Filed under: Music, Community