Postmodern Jukebox

[Tusk]

Jacob apparently lost someone who has meant alot to him and his career, Zane Musa....

I tried to look up what the circumstances are, but all I could find was someone referring to a tragic accident. There's not a lot on him other than many of his peers considered him a virtuoso and it seems he influenced Jacob deeply which definitely means something

jsayswho
39 minutes ago
When I was 15 and first started going to LA jam sessions I had no idea about etiquette or anything really...I was just a kid from Ojai. Zane Musa , you were the one who kept me company, stood up for me, told me what to learn, and how to act. You were respected amongst musicians, the baddest cat in the room, and smooth with the ladies. You always treated me as if I was much older than I was and called me your little brother. From using the same sax equipment, to copying every outfit of yours, all I wanted to be was you, because God knows I didn't want to be me. I'm so glad I told you I love you every time I saw you. I hope you, your brother, & Austin Peralta are happily together now. You've given me a lifetimes worth of things to be grateful for....As long as I'm around, you will be known as a hero.

It must have been a recent accident, Jacob posted the Instagram less than an hour ago, this comment just posted to this youtube

boganix31 minutes ago

R.I.P Zane Musa...this is devastating news...THe musical world just lost one of the best and brightest sax players. You will be missed!

The gentleman in the above video, Arturo Sandoval, tweeted out about Zane also within the last couple hours

Arturo Sandoval
A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 1h 1 hour ago
Playing this week in the jazz cruise with the great Zane Musa
RIP my brother
I'm devastated
I loved your playing

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 2h 2 hours ago
I have no words to express how devastated I feel about the passing of my dear friend ZANE MUSA, one of the greatest musician ever, RIP Zane.

hours before, he'd just posted a video of Zane performing in 2013

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 7h 7 hours ago
Mideast Masters of Jazz - Atzmon, Musa, Balasooriya, Austin, Price; #3: http://youtu.be/IduonugXsos via @YouTube

Edit: Looked deeper into his Twitter, apparently the accident happened today, from which he didn't recover, the news spreading more recently

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 7h 7 hours ago
Zane Musa an incredible virtuoso of the saxophone. He amazed me every time we play. It is and honor and a privilege to play alongside him

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 9h 9 hours ago
I'm so sad and devastated about a terrible accident of my dear friend and sax player extraordinaire Zane Musa, PLEASE PRAY for him.

He posted another vid featuring Zane

[john]

caseybassy
22 hours ago
Good bye to my LA buds for a couple months. Later!

Casey Abrams ‏@CaseyBassy 6m6 minutes ago
Me and I his dude mykalwitha_y bromance already http://instagram.com/p/yptSAFNvCP/

Maybe he likes that frenzied TGLOA cover energy

[john]

Scott Bradlee ‏@scottbradlee 3m3 minutes ago
I'll be [announcing] another singer that will be appearing on #pmjtour tmrw!

[Tusk]

Only One - Vintage 1960s Roy Orbison- Style Kanye West Cover ft. Emily West

In other news, I was accepted on Casey's Snapchat. Today he's in NY and posted short clips of he & PMJ rehearsing as well as pics of the neighborhood where he's staying, all covered in snow

Cannot wait to follow his adventures as he tours Europe w/ PMJ. Especially exciting will be all the Caley shenanigans in Europe when Haley joins

Tusk @HaleysTusk · Feb 2
@IHARTHALEYDAILY He'll see her again in Europe, when they take Selfies from the Eiffel Tower (La Ville de l'amour)

[My Alter Ego]

Jacob apparently lost someone who has meant alot to him and his career, Zane Musa....

I tried to look up what the circumstances are, but all I could find was someone referring to a tragic accident. There's not a lot on him other than many of his peers considered him a virtuoso and it seems he influenced Jacob deeply which definitely means something

jsayswho
39 minutes ago
When I was 15 and first started going to LA jam sessions I had no idea about etiquette or anything really...I was just a kid from Ojai. Zane Musa , you were the one who kept me company, stood up for me, told me what to learn, and how to act. You were respected amongst musicians, the baddest cat in the room, and smooth with the ladies. You always treated me as if I was much older than I was and called me your little brother. From using the same sax equipment, to copying every outfit of yours, all I wanted to be was you, because God knows I didn't want to be me. I'm so glad I told you I love you every time I saw you. I hope you, your brother, & Austin Peralta are happily together now. You've given me a lifetimes worth of things to be grateful for....As long as I'm around, you will be known as a hero.

It must have been a recent accident, Jacob posted the Instagram less than an hour ago, this comment just posted to this youtube

boganix31 minutes ago

R.I.P Zane Musa...this is devastating news...THe musical world just lost one of the best and brightest sax players. You will be missed!

The gentleman in the above video, Arturo Sandoval, tweeted out about Zane also within the last couple hours

Arturo Sandoval
A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 1h 1 hour ago
Playing this week in the jazz cruise with the great Zane Musa
RIP my brother
I'm devastated
I loved your playing

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 2h 2 hours ago
I have no words to express how devastated I feel about the passing of my dear friend ZANE MUSA, one of the greatest musician ever, RIP Zane.

hours before, he'd just posted a video of Zane performing in 2013

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 7h 7 hours ago
Mideast Masters of Jazz - Atzmon, Musa, Balasooriya, Austin, Price; #3: http://youtu.be/IduonugXsos via @YouTube

Edit: Looked deeper into his Twitter, apparently the accident happened today, from which he didn't recover, the news spreading more recently

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 7h 7 hours ago
Zane Musa an incredible virtuoso of the saxophone. He amazed me every time we play. It is and honor and a privilege to play alongside him

sandovalarturo1 @sandovalarturo1 · 9h 9 hours ago
I'm so sad and devastated about a terrible accident of my dear friend and sax player extraordinaire Zane Musa, PLEASE PRAY for him.

He posted another vid featuring Zane

KPLU's Jazz24 posted this in remembrance (Tusk, is this where you found your info and vids?):

http://www.jazz24.org/2015/02/315395/

[Tusk]

Passed the LA Weekly article on Musa onto Jacob,

Tusk ‏@HaleysTusk 1m1 minute ago
@JSaysKnee Thought you might like to know, LA Weekly wrote a long article about your friend Zane Musa
http://www.laweekly.com/music/la-jazz-sc...sa-5367964 …

[Babbs234]

Check out this video of Scott Bradlee

21st Century Piano Bar: Scott Bradlee at TEDxOrangeCoast
Published on Nov 9, 2012

Scott Bradlee is a New York City-based pianist, arranger, music director, and producer. His music, which seeks to blur the boundaries between genres, has received widespread media coverage and has been featured in television, video games, and film. Currently, he serves as the music director of Punchdrunk's acclaimed immersive theatre work, Sleep No More.
In addition to maintaining a full schedule of both performing and producing, Scott has built an online following, producing viral videos such as "Classic '80s Hits Interpreted
For Ragtime Piano," and "A Motown Tribute to Nickelback." His most recent project, Emote CTRL, is an interactive musical variety show that allows online viewers to contribute to his improvisations, live in real time.

Someone described Scott in one of the comments as a "musical genius". He certainly is a busy boy. It amazes me how many songs he knows and how he can switch from one song to another with no hesitation or interruption.
Watching his hands reminds me of a player piano. LOL Amazing.

[john]

The tambourine guy...
Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets - Superhero

[john]

Okay, here's a PMJ musical connection...the Skivvies

Here is one of the videos of Morgan James singing with the Skivvies, in this case with her fur coat. PMJ's "Ben the sax guy" is on saxophone.


Lauren Molina of the Skivvies plays cello on IAMMMW


Ben Golder-Novick (Sax guy) looping around

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Morgan James 2011

[john]

It's hard to get past the 7 foot clown thing, but the PMJ version of Chandelier is actually quite powerful. It gave me a much clearer grasp of the lyrics to this song. OTT? Sure. Histrionic? Sure, once in the clown suit that's what's going down. But it's emotive. "I'm going to swing from the Chandelier." Sia's version makes me think of carefree partying (that is followed by shame and regret). The sad clown's version brings emphasis to the darker side of the song and suicide as a second meaning to the chorus. May I should forward it to Stephen King.