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		<title>What Is Jazz?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline for this post is a bit deceptive. I&#8217;m really not interested in offering one more definition of jazz, or of discussing elements such as swing, syncopation, improvisation, blue notes, and so on. All of that has been abundantly covered in a bazillion books on jazz history, jazz theory, and jazz musicians. A better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Storm&#8211;Some Musings on My 54th Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[from Storm--some musings on my 54th birthday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today dawned clear and blue, the sky braided with jet contrails and accented with just enough clouds to add drama. More clouds are moving in now, but I don&#8217;t mind. The forecast for &#8220;mostly cloudy&#8221; means we&#8217;ll be seeing at least some sunshine, and the temperature is above melting and supposedly will hover in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Band Link Up: A New Virtual Community for Musicians</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2010/02/02/band-link-up-a-new-virtual-community-for-musicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention, jazz musicians and other purveyors of melody! Want to get in on the groundswell of an online community devoted to musicians? Then click on Band Link Up, look it over, take a minute to register, and then start posting and helping this unique labor of love to grow into a thriving virtual hangout for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Practice the Saxophone: Four Key Principles That Can Help You Advance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to develop as a jazz saxophonist&#8211;or, for that matter, as any kind of instrumentalist? Practice. Right, I guess we all know that. But there is practice, and then there is effective practice. Practice that makes the best use of the time you&#8217;re investing. Practice which a year from now will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Meditation on Jesus</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2009/12/24/a-christmas-meditation-on-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can it really be that I&#8217;ve experienced 53 Christmases? Magical Christmases of my childhood, filled with anticipation and Santa Claus and toys. Conspiratorial Christmases of my older boyhood, wherein, having been initiated into the truth about Santa, I now assisted my parents in the clandestine placement of gifts under the tree. Teenage Christmases, tinged with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Master Circular Breathing on the Saxophone</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2009/09/10/how-to-master-circular-breathing-on-the-saxophone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been so many years since I first learned how to circular breathe that I rarely give the matter a thought anymore. It occurs to me, though, that to many sax players, circular breathing remains a technique shrouded in mystery. There is, after all, something about it that appears almost miraculous. Most saxophonists would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Jazz in the World Around Us</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2009/08/16/finding-jazz-in-the-world-around-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sweet lady, Lisa, and I took a trip to Meijer Gardens earlier this week. Today, sifting through the photos I took as our tram ride wound along the curvy path through the world-class outdoor sculpture garden, and afterward as we strolled through the remarkable plantings in the children&#8217;s garden, I&#8217;m struck&#8211;as I often am&#8211;at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Loudest Sax Player Ever</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2009/06/22/the-loudest-sax-player-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend and fellow musician Dave DeVos once told me, &#8220;You are the loudest sax player I&#8217;ve ever known.&#8221; His words weren&#8217;t a compliment, just a statement of fact tinged with a slight mix of incredulity and annoyance. I&#8217;m a very loud sax player, much louder than I realize. As the old cliche says, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Sequence in Jazz Improvisation</title>
		<link>http://stormhorn.com/wp/2009/03/28/using-sequence-in-jazz-improvisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, campers, listen up: it&#8217;s time to talk about&#8230; SEQUENCE. Yes, sequence. A fundamental building block of music, and a very handy device in the improviser&#8217;s toolkit. What is sequence? There&#8217;s nothing mysterious about it. Sequence is simply the repetition of a melodic idea beginning with different tones. Sequence can be diatonic within a key, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan in January: Cold Snap and Hot Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The single-digit temperatures are here at last, and it looks like they&#8217;ll be staying for a few days. Tonight the mercury is supposed to dip down to ten below zero. That, my friends, is cold. Tomorrow, the projected high&#8211;and we&#8221;re using that word, high, loosely here&#8211;is seven degrees. Think twice before wearing your thong swimsuit [...]]]></description>
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