Hal Crook

NEWS
 

HELLO MY FELLOW JAZZBOS! Here’s my tune FEARLESS, from our set at the Lugano Jazz Festival in 1994, featuring: Antonio Farao (piano), Walter Schmocker (bass), Guido Parini (drums).

November 2024 – My new 100% POETRY FREE book entitled ADVENTURES IN POETRY: Poetorials on JAZZ and Other Acquired Tastes, published by EBook Bakery, is now available at Amazon.

May 2023 – My first collection of poetry entitled GROUP POEMS: Poetic Pieces: Flawed, Battered, and Fried, published by EBook Bakery, is now available at Amazon.

September 2021 – My new collection of short stories entitled WINDBORNE TALES: Seven Stories, published by EBook Bakery, is now available at Amazon.

March 2021 – Hear the concert my trio played at the Berklee Performance Center in March 1996–25 years ago–featuring Mick Goodrick on guitar and Paul Motian on drums.

April 2020 to present – Private lessons in JAZZ IMPROVISATION and COMPOSITION offered ONLINE (Intermediate and Advanced levels)

February 2020 – Read reviews of my novel A BRIEF MADNESS: New identity. See what readers are saying.

June 2019 – My debut novel entitled A BRIED MADNESS: New Identity is now available at Amazon.

June 2018 – Listen to the entire SECOND SET of the SET ME FREE concert featuring my pop-jazz band BEHIND THESE EYES.

May 2018 – Listen to the entire FIRST SET of the SET ME FREE concert featuring Esperanza Spalding (vocals, bass), Antonio Sanchez (drums), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Chris Cheek (sax), Leo Genovese (piano) and me (trom-o-tizer).

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Watch the Hal Crook Set Me Free retirement concert video.

Hear the interviews on WBGO JAZZ 88.3. Click on fast forward or rewind on the play bar below to select interviews with Esperanza Spalding, Antonio Sanchez, and me, as interviewed by Simon Rentner.