I get questions from time to time about how to get started in web development. So I thought I might write out a guide. What follows is a not-too-terribly-technical introduction to what you’d need to get started, with some directions to follow if you want to get further into it. This is the first in…
My Kingdom for a Precision Screwdriver
2015 is off to a good start, but fate had a bit of fun with me on my journey home from work today. When I arrived at work this morning, I exited my car and clicked my key fob to lock the doors, but it didn’t work. I pushed its buttons a few times to be…
In Praise of Grant Green
There are a lot of great guitarists in the history of jazz. Of the ones I’ve had the pleasure of surveying, Wes Montgomery is probably the greatest, and that’s a not-at-all-uncommon opinion. But the one I find myself turning to again and again, the guitarist who is probably my favorite of all of them, is…
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
I’ve been learning “Summertime” on guitar of late. I’ll post an arrangement when I’m through with it. But, for now, I’d like to share a few gems I’ve discovered in the course of getting familiar with the song. One of the things I really like about learning jazz standards is delving into the history of…