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Jazz Everyone Website looks great

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:52:15 -0800

Willie Thomas and Andrew Youngren have put together the most informative and useful jazz education website on the internet.

Check it out at www.jazzeveryone.com

Craig Canine Joins the Orcas Horns

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:43:46 -0800

Local trumpet player and writer Craig Canine joins the Orcas Horns brass section.

The Dallas Brass visit Orcas

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:28:10 -0700

The Dallas Brass visited Orcas Island on Marc 11-14 2010 and performed at the Orcas Center. It was one of the best concerts we have had on the island. See more details at www.stevealboucq.com/dallasbrass

The Orcas Horns are born

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:12:59 -0800

For the past two years my friend Martin Lund has asked me to be a part of his "One World Music Festival". I've helped out by providing some horn arrangements to back up the vocalists. I've had the pleasure of performing in a feature spot with the great Willie Thomas. The horn section for the festival was made up of local musicians who came together quickly and made some really great music. There were also two follow up performances in the Eastsound park with Martin. Making music with these people was so much fun that we decided to turn it into a band....The Orcas Horns were born.

The first thing we needed was a gig! Right away we were invited to perform on the Orcas Center Stage for an Orcas Island Rec fund raising concert. Our goal was to have everyone dancing in the aisles (shaking everything they've got), and we succeeded.

The next performance was for the legendary Odd Fellows Halloween Dance Party. Gene Nery joined the band to play guitar and sing. It was an amazing scene. The costumes were out of this world and the band sounded great. We even got to play two sets since the second band didn't show up.

Our next event is a New Years Eve Party at the Oddfellows. See you there!

Willie Thomas's new Diminished Jazz Vocabulary Video on YouTube

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:24:24 -0700

Willie has a new video on YouTube that explains the Diminished Jazz Vocabulary concepts which are detailed in his www.jazzeveryone.com lessons.

Willie Thomas on You Tube

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:57:23 -0700

Willie Thomas has a new video clip on YouTube that introduces his jazz language system as it applies to playing Giant Steps.

Bird Lives

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:32:40 -0700

Wow, what a great resource. "Bird Lives" is a very rich and informative site dedicated to Charlie Parker. http://www.birdlives.co.uk/

Jazz Everyone!

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:25:31 -0800

Do yourself a favor and checkout the free lessons from the Master Willie Thomas. Uncle Willie has created a new online lesson program for musicians who want to improve their improvisation skills. It's available for free for a short time. WWW.JAZZEVERYONE.COM

New CD Has Arrived

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:18:59 -0800

My new CD "The Steve Alboucq Jazz Quartet" arrived on my doorstep this week. I'm thrilled that we finally got this group into the studio to record our music. It will be available very soon from CD Baby and iTunes and a few other online sites. If you want a copy sooner use the PayPal Add to Cart Option. The cost is $12 plus shipping.

The CD is also available at Darvill's Book Store on Orcas Island.

Music Works Big Band

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:21:09 -0800

I'm a member of the Music Works Jazz Orchestra, playing the jazz book in the trumpet section. The Music Works Jazz Orchestra was formed in January of 2008 and derives is name from where it rehearses. Music Works Northwest is a non-profit community school in Bellevue, Washington. Paul Harshman, who is also the director of the award winning Shorewood High School Jazz Band, leads the group. His focus ..ing exciting and challenging repertoire has drawn a highly talented ensemble of musicians that enjoy performing great big band compositions at the highest level. The players are some of the finest in the area and the band has a nice mixture of established and younger musicians that gives the group great chemistry. Together, the band strives to entertain the audience and itself by exploring a wide range of music from composers and arrangers such as Bill Holman, Fred Sturm, Maria Schneider, Astor Piazzolla, Peter Herbolzheimer, Chico O’Farrill, Jim McNeely, Tommy Newsom, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter and Stan Kenton.

New Website Up

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:34:35 -0800

I decided it was time to refresh my website. My old setup was too cumbersome, so I chose this new website tool by Sandvox which I can run on my iMac. So far it is a better way to keep my site up to date. I hope you like it. Send me some feedback.