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Class Is Now In Session

Farnell Newton DEBUT CD Project: Class Is Now In Session Farnell Newton DEBUT CD Project: Class Is Now In Session

“VISIT MY KICKSTARTER HERE” My name is Farnell Newton, and I am an adjunct professor of Jazz Studies at Portland State University and run a high school jazz youth program (PDX Jazz Project) on the weekends (www.pdxjazzproject.com). I am also a busy father of four beautiful daughters, with a fifth child on the way. I
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Sticks & Stones Accessories Sticks & Stones Accessories

Have you seen those rings I have been wearing lately to gigs and around town and on the Soul Train Awards? Sticks & Stones Accessories are partnering with me to help reach my $5000 goal for my Kickstarter “Class Is Now In Session” If you back my kickstarter with $200 you will get a various
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Class Is Now In Session Photoshoot Class Is Now In Session Photoshoot

Friday I called up my good friend photographer Adrian Adel and we went to Portland State University to take some photos at the Music Department. Here are a couple shots that will be used for the cd and promo for “Class Is Now In Session” http://kck.st/cedyji Just wanted to show you a couple of cool
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Mutes, mutes & more mutes Mutes, mutes & more mutes

So I have been on a search for the best possible trumpet mutes. It is a continuous struggle to find the right one. Some mutes won’t fit my horn well because of the Cannonball Trumpet Big Bell Design: 135mm (5.25″) and also some mutes just doesn’t sound right at all. There are so many companies
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ICONS AMONG US: Jazz, in the present tense. ICONS AMONG US: Jazz, in the present tense.

So for Christmas my sister Jill & her boyfriend John “Hi Jill + John” got me ICON AMONG US: Jazz, in the present tense. This is probably the best film/documentary I have seen in 2010. It talks about the state of jazz today and what the word and music means to various artist from Nicholas
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BRASS PLAYERS: What is on your lips? BRASS PLAYERS: What is on your lips?

I have encountered so many students and musicians around the country who inquire about what mouthpiece I play. When I ask them back about their own mouthpiece and why are they playing on a certain size, they usually say, “My teacher gave it to me” and that they are not happy with what they are playing.
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What is Jazz? What is Jazz?

What is Jazz? It is an interesting question. I have no true answer to what it really is but jazz is changing and has changing for awhile.  Jazz has always had spontaneous improvisation and always has taken the popular music of its time and changed it up into something new. Bebop era brought a lot of change
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