Gumbo le Funque presents- 1st Annual Valentine Dirty Blues Jam 2/11/12

Come one, come all! Its the 1st Annual Valentine Dirty Blues Jam for your Easy Rider! Saturday, February 11th With Special Guests Denver Legend Wende Harsten singing some great double entendre blues tunes from the past, Tubist/Bassist Jeanie Schroder from DeVotchKa, and the Diamond Dolls Dance troop, this evening promises to be amazing! Tickets are $10 at the door. Show starts...

The new band is… Gumbo le Funque! Funky-Dangerous Party Music!

Hello gang! I have the great pleasure of telling you about my new band, Gumbo le Funque! I think I finally found the sound I have been looking for. With the help of two of my oldest friends in music, Moses-the-boogie-woogie-king on keys and T-Bone on guitar, we are creating a sound that brings together Dr John style piano playing with Meter’s like funk. Throw in some...

Song Lyrics for Anti Citizens United Rally 1/20 at the State Capitol

Here are the tunes I will perform for the Anti-Citizens United Rally On Friday, January 20th. The rally is at noon at the State Capitol, so bring yourself down as we lift a voice for our brothers and sisters and against corporate personhood! Click Here For More Info   America the Beautiful +O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain...

Overtones (octave) Warm-ups for Saxophone

This exercise will help get your saxophone  chops together in a hurry! Great for your embouchure, great for overall control. This is also the entryway to overtone and altissimo (above natural range of the horn) production. Here is what the Google says an overtone is-  o·ver·tone (Noun) Noun: A musical tone that is a part of the harmonic series above a...

Blues Scales for Saxophone

Lets talk about the blues scale. For the saxophone player, a very important tool. And when used in the right places, a very hip sounding tool. I like to identify blues scales in two forms, a Major blues scale and the more traditional Minor blues scale. Here is the breakdown. A Minor blues scale is the tried and true scale that you find in Aebersold books like Maiden Voyage....

The new demo is here!

I am so glad to announce that the demo for The Jesse Garland Show is complete...

Pictures from the Jesse Garland Show!

    Our debut gig at El Chapultapec 2!  So fun, great crowd. We play here once a month.         ...

The Jesse Garland Show w/ Yours Truly!

The ultra talented Jesse Garland and I have teamed together to bring a new band to Denver. The Jesse Garland Show is an action packed musical explosion that will bring you to your feet and shouting for more, More, MORE! We are busy combining elements of R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues, and Jazz into an original, dance-able, entertaining sound for any event and any club. Find us...