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List of Blogs by Author

John Beasley
Composing and Arranging from My Head to My iPhone

Adam Benjamin
Some Thoughts On Listening
On Jazz Composition

David Berger
Answers to Common Jazz Arranging Questions

Annie Booth
Poetry and Composition -- Creating New Dimensions

Rich DeRosa
Strategies for String Orchestra Arrangments in a Recording Studio Setting
Strategies for String Orchestra Arrangements in a Jazz Concert Setting
MIDI Mockups--Their Effective Use in Jazz

David Caffey
The Jazz Soli: The Arrangers Solo

Jorge Calandrelli
Reflections on Concerto for Jazz Clarinet and Orchestra

Bill Dobbins
The Use of a 12 Tone Row in a Large Scale Jazz Composition

Amir ElSaffar
Beyond the Other Shore -- the Rivers of Sound Orchestra and Transcultural Music Making

Satoko Fujii
An Interview With Composer/Pianist Satoko Fujii

Fred Hersch
A Composition Exercise to Try Today

John Hollenbeck
You Are Your Biggest Influence -- An Email Dicussion About Arranging with John Hollenbeck and Matt Horanzy

Mike Holober
The Shaping of Hiding Out

Aaron Irwin
Journey of Our Own Design

Christine Jensen
Character Development in Composition

Kris Johnson
6 Notes from Thad Jones that Changed My Life

Asuka Kakitani
My Personal Perspective on Composing
A New Outlet for Big Band Composition Sprouts in the Midwest

Ryan Keberle
Eight Things I've Learned about Jazz Composition...
Harnessing the Power of Inspiring Music

Brian Krock
Zen and the Art of Fishing -- How I Learned to Combat Writer's Block

John La Barbera
On Arranging Part 1
On Arranging Part 1
Basic Tools for Better Arranging

Ingrid Laubrock
I Never Liked That Guy Twice -- Variations On a Dream

Rick Lawn
Lessons I've Learned
Remembering Manny Albam

Jiyhe Lee
Originality Comes from Who You Are

Oded Lev-Ari
Love the Band You're With

Gary Lindsay
The Voic[ing]

Tatiana 'LadyMay' Mayfield
Breaking Personal Boundaries & Being a First

Bill Mays
The Delaware River Suite

Jim McNeely
Pausing at 70

Andy Milne
The Culture of Building Community through Composition

Bob Mintzer
The Ever Evolving Writing Process

Michael Phillip Mossman
On Arranging

Quinsin Nachoff
Reflections in the Looking Glass -- the Pursuit of a Musical Language for Strings

Chuck Owen
Within Us--An Invisible Voice
The Problem with Approaching Composition from an Improvisational Perspective

Jason Palmer
Getting a Foot in the Door of the House of Composition

Joseph C Phillips Jr.
To Mixed Music

Terry Promane
Give Me 5

Paul Read
An Interview with John Clayton
Thinking Forward (Blog 17)
Minor and Major Seconds 1959 Transcribing Score Study
Spotlight on Phil Nimmons

Rufus Reid
Preparation is Key to Success: My WDR Big Band Experience

Kim Richmond
The Process

Dave Rivello
My Time with a Master

Scott Robinson
Following the Music

Ellen Rowe
Composing and Arranging for Young Jazz Ensembles

Florian Ross
Quo Vadis Jazz Composition
Cooking & Eggs

JC Sanford
Arranging for Guest Artists
A Social Distance Reflection on My Game Charger Big Band Charts

Maria Schneider
About the Music Modernization Act (MMA)

Emilio Solla
Jazz Composition -- A Non-Formal Approach

Helen Sung
Finding My Voice Through Jazz Composition

Anna Webber
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