There's simply no substitute for learning the nuance of any musical genre than getting your ears involved. Listening to a lot of music is mandatory for capturing what can only be translated aurally; no transcription could capture the subtlety of a recorded performance.

We recommend three hours of listening for every hour you practice, whether intently or background as you drive to work, workout on the treadmill, or plant tomatoes.

We've tweaked our Recommended Listening pages, added a few and linked several of the selections to one of our favorite suppliers of music, accessories and instruments, Elderly Instruments, out of Lansing, Michigan. They have a very thorough selection of acoustic recordings and we like to support this whenever possible with a purchase

Our main Jazz section is Recommended Listening.

Our non-jazz, but still relevant to mandolin is Periphery of Jazz.

Our Gypsy Jazz and Brazilian Choro section is Gypsy/Choro.

We also occasionally dig a little deeper and do longer reviews on some recent releases in our New Artist Spotlight.

Hey, you...

Listen up!!!

Posted by Ted at August 14, 2006 01:43 PM