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November 24, 2022
I have learned that it’s worth the disappointment. It’s worth the discouragement. It’s even with the battles with depression. It’s perspective. It’s how I choose to look at it, and accept things. I decided at some point to no longer…
September 22, 2022
“As long as I am going to die someday, I may as well play jazz…” That about sums it up for me. I walked away from my career in corporate America for my kids, and all the students I work…
September 22, 2022
September 16, 2022
“Thinking makes it so.” ~ Hamlet via Shakespeare Thinking makes it so. I can’t agree more. Whether it be positive or negative in its impact, what you think about, and how you think about it will have an effect on…
September 11, 2022
Often in life it’s what you don’t do that helps you succeed at the things you want to succeed at. To take a look at this we can start pretty simple. It’s not eating that extra piece of dessert, and…
August 1, 2016
Had a wonderful time at Centrum this summer and just wanted to share my pictures. I’ll have to come back later and tag these. Centrum is great! You should go if you get the opportunity.
April 28, 2016
By KPLU • APR 28, 2016 http://knkx.org/post/saxophonist-walter-blanding-future-jazz-head-all-stars (Jazz heads featuring original arrangements by Danny) PARKER MILES BLOHM / KPLU Listen Listening…28:33 Future Jazz Head All-Stars | School Of Jazz Tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding has been a member of the Jazz…
March 27, 2016
Walter Blanding and I spent a week together on tour visiting 100’s of students across the Pacific Northwest. I managed to grab this gem of a talk answering the question, “why is it important to play music?” Click here to…
March 21, 2016
We had the honor of hosting Walter Blanding for a series of clinics and performances with JazzClubsNW. At our first clinic, the teacher asked Walter to just play something, and here is what happened…