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10/20/19   I only wanted to do two things in this life: play for the Brooklyn Dodgers and be a jazz musician. Obviously, I only got to do the latter, but that hasn’t stopped me from being a rabid baseball fan. With the Yankees’ crushing defeat last night at the hands (and bat) of 5’6” José Altuve, it was classic David (Altuve)and Goliath (Aroldis Chapman, the biggest and baddest pitcher in baseball history). And so ended my 8-month 162-game investment in the 2019 New York Yankees, my home team. I have the next 4 months to nurse my wounds and...

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original arrangement of By the Light of the Silvery Moon at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019.    Personnel performing: Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.  

Today it begins: CD sale — for 3 days only! All the albums we offer in physical CD format are on sale now.  That's 7 great albums.  And the price is right. The sale you've been waiting for has started!  Act now to buy individual CDs for $7.99 each (must select "physical CD" on product page drop-down menu; no discount code needed, discount is applied automatically), or the collection of all 7 CDs with discount code 7CDsWOW (automatically applied if you use this link).We have quite a lot of music recorded, and if you are missing any of these albums,...

Rescoring an Iconic Chart   10/14/19   A few weeks ago I read a post online from my old buddy Kenny (not my brother—although he is heavy, musically) Berger. Kenny was the original baritone sax player in my first band in 1971. After about a year of rehearsing with us every Monday afternoon, he asked me if it would be OK for him to bring in a chart he was writing. I said, “I didn’t know you wrote.” He told me that it was his first chart. Naturally, I didn’t expect much. After all, it takes about 10 charts before...

Next week: CD sale — 3 days only! We have quite a lot of music recorded, and if you are missing any of these albums, now is the time to snap them up.  There's a lot of great large-group music in this collection, so grab them for some inspiration or just to check out some new music. 7 of our 8 albums are available on CD, and we are offering all 7 of them for sale next week, but just for 3 days.In this era of digital downloads and streaming, why would you want to buy physical copies of these CDs? ...