Beyond the Bandstand: Jazz And Lessons From A Life In Motion

Beyond the Bandstand: Jazz And Lessons From A Life In Motion

Happy Father’s Day

A belated thank you to my musical fathers

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Todd Coolman
Jun 16, 2024
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Being a bassist, at least within the jazz idiom, usually means that one will work for a wide variety of bandleaders and with any number of fellow sidemen and sidewomen. Bassists in jazz groups historically are not usually bandleaders. That is a reality that has suited me fine over the years.

I have found that the sheer variety of musical settings I have …

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