Apps for Jazzers Presentation at NJW 2014

Hi everyone! Here is my presentation on "Apps for Jazzers" at the National Jazz Workshop in Winchester, Virginia. This presentation is interactive, so feel free to double click on the sandy part and add your ideas!!! You can access the presentation in many ways: 1. PDF - click here 2. Image - click here 3. Website - click here - http://padlet.com/jazztothebone/jazzapps   [padlet key='1nufbwd6u1f2' width='100%' height='480']     Apps for Jazzers Jazz Apps iReal Pro app - if you don't have it,…

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Bullettes Quintet is at the National Jazz Workshop on July 10th

I'm really looking forward to helping out and playing at the National Jazz Workshop this year! The Bullettes Quintet will be doing its favorite tunes from Hank Mobley/JJ Johnson/Curtis Fuller collaborations on Thursday, July 10th, at 3:30 PM in Armstrong Hall at Shenandoah University. The concert is free, so feel free to come on out and enjoy! This is a part of the National Jazz Workshop, one of the premiere jazz camps on the east coast. We will feature Anita Thomas on tenor, Lianna…

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JazzCast Ep. 14: Aaron Quinn, guitar!

Hello everyone! I am very happy to bring to you this interview with Aaron Quinn, a jazz guitarist who hails from Columbus, Ohio. From "Liver Quiver" to "Surfs Up Hose Down," Aaron was very generous with his time and his explanations of the tunes he picked for us to hear.  This is great music, people! I will update the site throughout the week with all the names that were mentioned in this podcast. In the meantime, here are the songs, in…

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Bullettes Septet at the Carlyle Club June 24!

For those of you who are interested in my performance schedule, I will be playing with a septet version of my all-female big band "Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes" on Tuesday, June 24th at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, VA. This will be a swing dance in conjunction with Gotta Swing! This time we'll be joined by the illustrious Jessica Boykin-Settles on vocals! This is a swing dance so bring your dancin' shoes and good spirits. There is a $10 cover…

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JazzCast Episode 13: Bria Skonberg!

Hi everyone! I am extremely excited to bring you this interview with the amazing Bria Skonberg!! I was able to catch her in between shows and appointments on this past Tuesday and wanted to put up her interview quickly so I could let you all know she is in the DC metro area on Thursday, June 19th, at the Bethesda Jazz and Blues Club!  I met Bria about 4 years ago as I sat in with a band at the DCLX…

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JazzCast Ep. 12: Brent Birckhead!

Today we welcome to the JazzCast Brent Birckhead, jazz saxophonist and NY/DC musician extraordinaire! Please enjoy his music and his infectious spirit.  Thanks for listening! Mentioned in this podcast: Brent Birckhead Howard University Todd Marcus Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra Cheryl Pepsii Riley Corey Wallace Dubtet  Charlie Young Charlie Parker Cannonball Adderly John Coltrane Dexter Gordon Joe Henderson Woody Herman Freddie Hubbard Kenny Garrett Branford Marsalis Marcus Strickland Tivon Pennicott Charlie Young        

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Bullettes Septet at the Carlyle Club wsg Danielle Wertz May 20th!

Sorry for the cross posting, but I wanted to update my website to include an upcoming Bullettes gig with my all-female jazz band. We are playing at the Carlyle Club on Tuesday, May 20th, with a special vocal guest on summer break  - Danielle Wertz! Two years ago, Danielle won the Washington Women in Jazz Festival Young Artist Competition and we are happy to have her back with us with our Septet. We'll be singing old songs and playing a…

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Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes Quintet: A Tribute to Hank Mobley and Curtis Fuller on Blue Note

As part of the Blue Note @ 75 celebration, the Bullettes all-female quintet will pay homage to the Blue Note artists Hank Mobley and Curtis Fuller with the photography of Francis Wolff, Blue Note co-founder, in the background on May 28th. We will be so lucky as to have Anita Thomas on tenor, Isabel DeLeon on drums, Karine Chapdelaine on bass, Lianna Gekker on piano, and myself on trombone.  This quintet is a pull-out ensemble from my larger group called Shannon…

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JazzCast Episode 11: Marty Nau

This is a podcast is an interview with Marty Nau, DC based alto saxophonist. Marty can be found playing all over the metropolitan DC area, including at Twins Jazz Club, with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, with the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra out of GMU, and with the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra. This interview was really fun for me because none of his music is available online; you have to purchase a physical CD (which you can only get from him, or…

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Two shows this week!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we'll be playing two times this week- Tuesday night, April 22nd, is at the Carlyle Club for a swing dance with the whole big band, and Thursday night, April 24th, we'll be playing as a quintet at Twins for a tribute to JJ Johnson.  So come on out, celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and join us for good jazz and swing! Here are the details: Tuesday - April 22nd - 2014 Carlyle Club Swing Dance with Gotta Swing 411…

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JazzCast Episode 9: Timothy Whalen Part 2

Welcome back to Part 2 of the interview with Timothy Whalen! This was a continuation of the first episode with his selection of one more nonet original tune as well as three funk tunes. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy! Mentioned in this podcast: Timothy Whalen Richard Davis Bud Powell Paul Piper Elijah Jamal Balbed Shareef Taher Eliot Seppa Tim Whalen Septet Tom Gullion Jon Schipper Joel Adams Nick Moran Jamie Ryan Jim Newhauser DNA Music Labs Twins…

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JazzCast Episode 8: Timothy Whalen Part 1

Welcome to Episode 8 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions with jazz musicians! Today's episode is part one of an interview with Timothy Whalen, DC based jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He is playing with his four horn septet this weekend at Twins Jazz on U Street in DC, so come on out and listen if you enjoy this music! March 28 - 29, 8 and 10 pm sets, http://twinsjazz.com. Mentioned in this podcast: Timothy Whalen…

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JazzCast Ep7: Interview with Amy Bormet

***Update*** So sorry everyone, I had accidentally turned down the volume of the second song on the original version - audio has been fixed, and hopefully is better quality now - thanks for checking by!!  sorry for the inconvenience! ****  Welcome to Episode 7 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today's episode is an interview with Amy K. Bormet, who is a DC-based-but-transplanted-to-LA pianist, composer, educator, and leader of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! March 15…

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JazzCast Ep 6: John Kocur Part 2

Welcome to Episode 6 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions with jazz musicians! This is the second in a two part series of my interview with John Kocur, jazz saxophonist from Washington DC. On this podcast you will hear a little more about his influences as well as four more of his original songs from his albums "Fortitude" and "The Smoker." I hope you enjoy his wonderful music and thank you for listening! I have to…

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JazzCast Ep 5: John Kocur part 1

Welcome to the 5th episode of the JazzCast, the only jazz podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today you will hear an interview with John Kocur, jazz saxophonist and professor of music at Northern Virginia Community College. I decided to split the interview up into two parts, both of which will be posted today but in separate posts. I just wanted to have smaller file sizes for people to download and I also wanted to make each…

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This sunday – DC Jazz Loft – Tribute to Carl Fontana/Al Cohn collab

Hi everyone! I'm really excited to get the opportunity to give a tribute to one of my favorite trombone players, Carl Fontana and to specifically highlight his work with Al Cohn from "The Great Fontana" album. I am super privileged to be joined by Leigh Pilzer this Sunday night at the DC Jazz Loft performance at Union Arts DC (411 NY Ave NE). This is a great hang and always has a jazzm at the end. That's a jazz jam…

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JazzCast Ep 4: Ryan McGeorge, Jazz Euphonium

Welcome to the 4th episode of the JazzCast, the jazz podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today I am very happy to bring you an interview of Ryan McGeorge, valve trombonist and jazz euphonium player who plays with the President's Own Marine Band as well as lead trombone in the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra. I hope you enjoy listening to an electronic euphonium playing music from the Predator soundtrack. Or a crazy take on Rosanna by Toto.…

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JazzCast Ep3: Interview with Elijah Jamal Balbed

Welcome back everyone to another episode of the JazzCast! Today we have Elijah Jamal Balbed, DC tenor saxophonist, on the show to talk about his current musical projects. Listen to the end and you will hear some unreleased material that is a sneak peak for his upcoming live album he will be releasing later this year. Elijah plays with some heavy cats! Mentioned in this podcast are (in order of mention): Elijah Jamal Balbed Twins Jazz Club Victor Provost Alex…

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JazzCast Ep2: Interview with Billy Wolfe

***UPDATED! I added new songs by Billy Wolfe and leveled out the volumes a bit.*** Finally got this up! A little late, unfortunately. But the music is good, so here it is. I hope you enjoy this second episode of the JazzCast which includes an interview with saxophonist Billy Wolfe. Billy plays saxophone(s) in the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra as well as teaches private lessons and puts concerts together for his band, "Billy Wolfe and the Composer's TetraDectet." He pulls…

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The JazzCast – Episode 1 – My vision and introduction

  Welcome to the JazzCast, a new podcast devoted to the appreciation and listening of the great genre labeled as jazz. Transcription below: Usually, I’m going to be doing interviews, but for the first episode, I’d like to lay out my vision of this show.  Basically, this podcast idea was born as I was driving to work and wanted to hear new jazz but was unable to find a radio station out where I live. My hope is to give…

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Tribute to the collaborations between Wayne Shorter and Curtis Fuller – Oct 10 at Twins

Hi everyone! I have been busy engraving arrangements for an upcoming show in DC that will be a tribute to the collaboration between Wayne Shorter and Curtis Fuller. I'm really looking forward to getting to play with some amazing local talent: Elijah Jamal Balbed, Joe Herrera, Dan Roberts, Ele Rubenstein, and Eliot Seppa. This is going to be good, folks, can't wait! We'll be doing tunes off the Schizophrenia album as well as tunes written and arranged by Wayne Shorter…

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Bullettes Small Group- Thurs. Sept 5 – Bethesda Jazz and Blues!

Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes Small Group will play on Thursday, September 5th, at 7:30 - 9:30 pm at the Bethesda Jazz and Blues Club! I'm really looking forward to playing with some really awesome players in a smaller group setting. There will be a $10 cover and $10 minimum. Bethesda Blues and Jazz is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. We'll have: Leigh Pilzer on reeds, Amy Shook on bass, Isabel DeLeon on drums, Lianna Gekker on piano, and we'll be featuring…

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