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www.halcrook.com. "KEEPING IT ALL ABOVE AVERAGE"

UPDATES (3/1/08):

Um won!

My band "Um" has won Best Jazz Act in the 2007 Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll. Thanks, Um fans!

Um is Bob Gullotti on drums, Dave Zinno on bass, Leo Genovese on piano, and myself on "trom-o-tizer". We played live every Tuesday night since 1994 at AS220 in Providence. Nowadays it's the first Tuesday of every month at AS220, from 10:00 PM. Visit as220.org for further details.

Let's be friends. Visit me at myspace.com/halcrook. Send me a message, make a comment to post, check out my friends, and my friends' friends.

My new book is now available. See "BEYOND TIME AND CHANGES: A Musician's Guide To Free Jazz Improvisation" published by Advance Music on the Books page.

Check out these titles, also from Advance Music (see Books page):

"How To Improvise"
An Approach to Practicing Improvisation.

"Ready, Aim, Improvise!"
Exploring the Basics of Jazz Improvisation.

"How To Comp"
A Study in Jazz Accompaniment.

"Creative Comping For Improvisation, Vol. 1, 2, and 3"

"The Music of Hal Crook"
35 Jazz Originals with Demo CD

Don't forget the accompaniment!
Download Hal Crook Play-Alongs.
Free of charge!

Now scheduling private and group lessons for the spring (2008). Please see the Lessons page. Those interested can email me at halcrook1@cox.net.

Thanks for visiting.