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Az Samad Quartet Live @ No Black Tie - Jan 6th 2009, 930PM

Hi! I'm performing with my Kuala Lumpur jazz quartet line-up: Az Samad - guitar Nisha Tham - piano/keys Kevin Adrian Theseira - bass Stephanie Chan - drums It will be 3 sets of music (yes, THREE!) with one sol…
David Tronzo!!!

Jazz Improvisation and The Spoken Word This is an hour and a half video of: David Tronzo: slide guitar/prepared guitar Jane Ira Bloom: saxophone Jay Clayton: voice Jerry Granelli: drumset talking about improvisation a…
On literature, jazz and improvisation

Photo by Travis Hornung I've been watching a bunch of instructional videos - both online and some on DVDs and have been reflecting on the process of jazz improvisation or improvisation in general. I figure: 1) you lea…
New Website Project - A Chord A Day

Hi! I've just launched a new website: http://www.achordaday.com/ This might be a useful tool for you if you are interested in expanding your choices for chords when playing music. In this blog, I've avoided typical …
On some shows and other thoughts on music

I have three shows coming up very soon, the first is this gig with Jazz Mine on Thursday. I'm subbing for the regular guitar player which is pretty cool. I also have a solo gig on Friday at Brainwash in San Francisco and…
on music and practice: what i've realised works for me:

having a practice routine. this means doing the same thing every day (basically speaking, but maybe in different keys every day)recording jam sessions, practices and listening back to them critically analysing what sound…
a new myspace for the jazz stuff

Hi! Az Samad Jazz Page Here is a new myspace page that will feature my jazz-based compositions and arrangements. For now, there are 3 pieces that I recorded at the end of last semester with the help of Miguel Lara (a g…
Hiromi Uehara

It looks like I'm stuck in YouTube posts at the moment. Been listening to Hiromi's new album on repeat and though I was initially in "I kinda like her old albums more" mode, after a while I've kinda grown a fondness for …