JOHNGUARI
Trumpet Player, Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Songwriter
Down Beat
May
16

My original composition, “November” won the Down Beat Student Music Award for Best Extended Composition (Graduate School Level)!

This Exists
Mar
26

Recently, on the facebook machine, I have been linking to videos (usually youtube) of music (usually older or lesser known, but not always) with the precursor: “I would like to remind you all that this exists.”

On a suggestion from Alastair, I have done just that.

http://thisexists.tumblr.com/

The content on that site will usually be a video link with possibly a few sentences after it. If/when I have longer or more in depth content, I’ll post it here (to you 4 people who read this blog). In the meantime, check out This Exists to know what I’m listening to and thinking about.

Martha My Dear
Feb
24

http://johnguari.com/music/JG-BetHesNice.mp3

I’ve been listening to the Beach Boys album, “Love You,” which has a bunch of classic sounding Beach Boys melodies but with a ton of Moog and other synths as the primary instruments. I’ve recreated the track “I’ll Bet He’s Nice.” Check out the original:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfC2iovCzu4

So, Lab 2009 didn’t win either of its Grammys, but a good time was had by all anyway!

Congratulations to the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and all the other Grammy recipients this year.

http://johnguari.com/music/jg-smackimprovisation.mp3

A MicroKORG XL improvisation over a Reason Drum beat I made.

http://johnguari.com/music/novemberclip-lab09.mp3

I decided to splice up this clip to give a taste of what my chart “November” sounds like on Lab 2009. Previously I only had the version from my Graduate Recital up. Buy the album if you please!

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