CD RELEASE “One Of Us”
"Borthwick, who authored all the pieces in this CD, walks both sides of the street, playing excellent, if not quite distinctive, straightahead piano throughout, while adding shimmering, wordless soprano lines to selected ensembles along the way ..."- Downbeat Magazine
"I like the warm spiritual vibe, especially Borthwick’s wordless vocals, a la Flora Purim."
- Downbeat Magazine
Jazz Reharmonization: Danny Boy aka Londonderry Air
A demonstration of reharmonization techniques to enrich a traditional tune.
Linear Connections Using Guide Tones
Build jazz lines around guide tones, thus giving them a stronger structure and shape.
Creating Counterpoint Using Guide Tones in Jazz Improvisation
How to create a ‘double counterpoint’ or two melodies that play off each other solely using the right hand.
Jazz Workshop Summer 2021
Performance excerpts from our Youth Jazz Workshop
But Not For Me
My Skype student Matar playing the Coltrane version at his jazz recital at school
My Foolish Heart
High school senior Dakota Lichauco improvises on the ballad My Foolish Heart
Our Love Is Here To Stay
15 year old Matar Maoz plays the Gershwin standard Our Love Is Here To Stay.
Very Early
17-year old Danny Whalen plays the jazz standard Very Early.
Cristal
Duo arrangement of a tune by Cesar C. Mariano, adapted for piano and jazz guitar.