Blue Truffle Jazz Club

Published: Sat, 10/31/15

Study with today's top jazz educators
Many Blue Truffle artists offer both online and live lessons (all instruments available). Our roster includes Ed Byrne, Doctor of Musical Arts from the New England Conservatory of Music, Carl Clements, PhD in Ethnomusicology from the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC trumpet superstar Jonathan Saraga, and others.  
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Music Store Featured Jazz Albums
Ed Byrne - TWO SHADES OF BLUE

TWO SHADES OF BLUE features five original compositions by Grammy Award winning trombonist, composer, arranger, educator, Doctor of Musical Arts, and author Ed Byrne (leader, slide trombone, valve trombone) as well as stellar early-career performances by Victor Lewis, the late Milton Cardona, John Abercombie, Jim McNeely, Ron McClure and several of today's most esteemed jazz artists. 

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Ed Byrne's Latin Jazz Evolution CONQUISTADOR

Original Latin jazz with a hint of French impressionism.  "Classic Nuyerican style with...blues form and feeling...", "interesting twists","...packing enough zing to prickle the tongue without watering one's eyes", The New York City Jazz Record, December 2012. Ed Byrne, Grammy Award winning trombonist, composer, arranger, educator, Doctor of Musical Arts, and author has performed and recorded with a great many of the world's jazz and Latin musicians (including a Grammy Award as trombonist with Eddie Palmieri's band). Cover artwork features original oil painting of Ed Byrne, the Conquistador, by NYC artist Pavol Olsavsky III.

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Jonathan Saraga - FIRST VISION
Award-winning New York City native trumpeter Jonathan Saraga's debut album "First Vision" features  six original ultra-modern jazz compositions.
Jeff Duperon, WRTI, recently commented that "the compositions are thought provoking and the players enthusiastically interpret Jonathan's 'First Vision'."
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Carl Clements - FORTH AND BACK
FORTH and BACK features nine original compositions for jazz quartet by progressive jazz performer Carl Clements (saxophones, flute and Indian flute). 

As one of today's most active saxophonists, Carl regularly performs jazz and world music in jazz clubs and festivals throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.  

Cover features original painting by Amanda Barrow.

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Kassetas-Spanos- JUNGLE OF ILLUSIONS

Features a fusion of Eastern textures and modal harmonies composed and performed by Yiannis Kassetas and George Spanos, accompanied by several of the finest jazz musicians in Greece.  Saxophoinist, composer and arranger Yiannis Kassetas is back in Athens, Greece after recent tours to the United States and Puerto Rico.  Drummer, composer and arranger George Spanos recently from Athens to New York City where he regularly performs with John Zorn, Juni Booth, and many other NYC jazz artists.

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Marc Thomas - PARDON MY FRENCH

Award-winning French vocalist Marc Thomas's 5th album PARDON MY FRENCH features Marc's deep and warm voice in a combination of standard romantic ballads and high-energy jazz standards, including four new original modern jazz compositions by French pianist/composer Vincent Bourgeyx.

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Peter B. Robinson - ORIGINALLY

As the house pianist at the prestigous Jefferson Hotel in Washington, DC for the past 6+ years, pianist, composer, and performer Peter B. Robinson is one of the busiest pianists on the planet.  He has also performed in a variety of venues around the world during his extensive musical career. Peter's CD "Originally", featuring 17 of his original compositions, is now featured in the Blue Truffle Music Store.

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The FLAC Advantage: Superior Audio Quality
Complimentary FLAC Guide with all FLAC file purchases (includes instructions for playing FLACs on your Mac or PC and free audio player recommendations).
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New Site: Artist Pages & More

Browse our new site, featuring pages with artist bios, jazz albums (FLACs, MP3s, CDs), track samples, listener's guides, composer's notes, liner notes, videos, sheet music and more.

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Using a wealth of examples from the jazz repertory, Ed Byrne's "Linear Jazz Improvisation: The Method - Book 1" avoids theoretical terminology and focuses on identifying and systematically developing  the essential elements of tunes.

LJI offers not only the methodology for focused practicing of meaningful improvisation in your own style, it supplies the very substance of what you play.

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Add Live Jazz to Your Next Party

It comes as no surprise that many of today's best house parties feature live jazz.  Besides the cool sophistication that only a live jazz performance can provide,  your guests will also enjoy hanging out with the jazz artists during the breaks.  It also provides an excellent opportunity to discuss either private online or in-person jazz lessons.  All Blue Truffle jazz artists can be contacted either directly or via their respective artist pages on http://bluetrufflemusic.com For more information , email info@bluetrufflemusic.com  or browse http://bluetrufflemusic.com.

Give jazz!
A sophisticated yet inexpensive gift, perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and whenever and other special occasions.  
The Gift of Jazz
A unique holiday gift for friends, family, clients and/or coworkers. 

Whether it's tickets to hear live jazz or a gift card to buy jazz albums (downloads or CDs), private online music lessons, or instruction books, the gift of jazz can ignite a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Available only from bluetrufflemusic.com, Blue Truffle Gift Cards can be emailed to anyone for online purchases of jazz albums, private lessons, books, etc.

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