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SlideMaster Minor Pentatonic Riff

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · 16d

My SlideMaster app helps trombonists to learn new alternate slide positions in order to play faster passages more smoothly.

Please check it out and pass along to your trombonists friends and students!

#Trombone
#BrassPlayers
#LowBrass
#SlidePositions
#AgainstTheGrain

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SlideMaster Minor Pentatonic Riff

Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · 24d

If you are a trombonist, you should check out the SlideMaster app… SlideMaster.ap

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Sep 11

Tonight in St Louis!
The Roots FM - Free Form Radio, voted number 1 radio station by St. Louis Magazine is having its big celebration, featuring Hardbopmessengers!! Get your tickets today before they sell out!

Click here now!

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SlideMaster: Play Any Solo On Trombone

Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Aug 29

To all trombonists!

Play ANY Solo or melody on trombone, no matter the difficulty.

SlideMaster!

Upload any XML score. It becomes annotated with slide positions enabling you to master against-the-grain techniques!

#trombone
Leave us your feedback!

[https://slidemaster.app/](slidemaster.app)

Turn any solo into a trombone-friendly line. SlideMaster reveals the most efficient slide positions using the against-the-grain technique, so you can play smoother, cleaner, and more melodically.

slidemaster.app

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Jill Loves Jazz @jilllovesjazz.bsky.social · Aug 25

#JazzSky #Jazz #Music #CubanJazz #LatinJazz #ScottishJazz

#WideWorldJazz 22nd Aug podcast link’s below👇
🙏 Share & enjoy
(Apologies for my atrocious Spanish 😳 but the music is fab!)
📻99.9FM 5MBS.com

#Jazzmusic w #CesáriaÉvora #ChuchoValdés #EddiePalmieri #BrianKellock

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Jazz @ 4 - Wide World of Jazz - August 22 - Jazz @ 4 - Wide World of Jazz

Wide World of Jazz with Jill Kirby

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4… now get 4 FREE Enhancements when you sign for SlideMaster app.

SlideMaster utilizes an “Algo-Rhythm” to maximize “against-the-grain”techniques in slide movements. Upload any XML file of single-note melodies, click the button, and watch the magic!

slidemaster.app

SlideMaster: Play Trombone Smarter. Not Harder.

Precision-focused trombone analysis tool bridging classical notation with advanced slide techniques for technical excellence.

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Aug 19

@stlmag.bsky.social announced yesterday that TheRootsFM won the top honors for best radio station in St Louis! And you can listen to them anywhere with internet access! St Louis fans, please come out and attend the celebration on September 11th!

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The Roots FM Celebration with the Hard Bop Messengers

The Hard Bop Messengers: Roots FM Celebration @ Kirkwood Performing Arts Center - TheRoots FM

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Aug 17

If you haven’t yet discovered
therootsfm, then you are missing out on an amazing Internet radio experience that plays the best variety of music you can imagine. And on September 11th in St Louis, you can see us celebrate with them!

www.therootsfm.org/event/the-ha...

The Roots FM Celebration with the Hard Bop Messengers A proven force in the St. Louis jazz scene, The Hard Bop Messengers have built a reputation for regularly sold-out performances,…

www.therootsfm.org

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Aug 6

Considering forming a Wharf Rats St Louis Metro Area group to support those in recovery who attend local live music shows. Gauging interest… thoughts?

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 28

Who’s going to be at Golden Gate Park for Dead&Co?!

My wife and I will be there handing out these stickers!!

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · Jul 26

In the mid-1960s moved into more expansive territory as artists like Wayne Shorter broadened conceptions of harmony, rhythm & compositional form. Stream our “Post-Bop” playlist: bluenote.lnk.to/PostBop

Get the Classic Vinyl Edition of “Speak No Evil”: store.bluenote.com/products/way...

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 27

Have you heard these?

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thanks so much!

Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine - CD Reviews

Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thanks Anne Carlini for the review in Exclusive Magazine!

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ExclusiveMagazine.com is an Online Entertainment Magazine for all your Music, Movies, Clubs, Books, Games and Contests and can also be found at AnneCarlini.com.

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks Bridget!!

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 20

From our new album recorded LIVE at Old Rock House!

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 15

Know any specific venues that would be good places?

"Althea" Hard Bop Messengers

Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hey Everyone! Now that our album is out and we
Are Excited to venture outside of St Louis, we are
Looking for venues to play within a 5-6 hour range… any midwestern fans have any suggestions?

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Grateful Dead - Around and Around (Lloyd Noble Center 1977-10-11)

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TallIrishOne @tallirishone.bsky.social · Jul 9

Good morning my Friends 🌲🌞🌊

Another sweet sound Betty Board recording 🧚‍♂️

Enjoy the clarity of distortion 😏

Be good, stay weir-d
🙏🏻🐦‍🔥💙⚡️❤️🧚‍♂️💃🐢✌🏻

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Hard Bop Messengers - Grateful Dead Music

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations! ODAAT!

Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 8

We have surpassed 1k streams! Listen now, anywhere!

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#gratefuldead

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Hard Bop Messengers @hardbopmessengers.bsky.social · Jul 3

Stream our new album of Grateful Dead music, recorded LIVE at Old Rock House, on any platform you use. Or, download from our site here:

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Hard Bop Messengers music. Jazz Interpretations of Grateful Dead LIVE 1/17/25, Hard Bop Messengers Live In Studio A

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TallIrishOne @tallirishone.bsky.social · Jul 3

Good morning my Friends 🌲🌊🌞

A fabulous & famous full show today, also a Betty Board, so the sound is exquisite 👌🏻🧚‍♂️

Love the jazz inflected jam out of Space~>Other One w/lots of Coming ‘round y’all by Bobby.

Goodness~> Here ya go! 💃

Enjoy & shake it good
🙏🏻🐦‍🔥💙⚡️❤️🧚‍♂️💃🐢✌🏻

Grateful Dead 08.08.1982 East Troy, WI Complete Show SBD⚡Friday famJAM Ep.156

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