Have you ever walked into a jazz club and watched a group of musicians—who have clearly never met—get on stage, exchange a few brief words, and then launch into a flawless, complex musical performance? To the uninitiated, it looks like magic. But to a jazz musician, it’s simply the power of the jazz “standard.” Jazz…
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Congratulations! You’ve just purchased some incredible music from the Richard Kahn collection. You are only a few minutes away from experiencing a private performance right in your living room. Because these are PianoSoft Solo files (standard MIDI), they are universally compatible with Yamaha Disklavier (Enspire, E3, Mark IV) and Yamaha Clavinova (CVP, CLP, and CSP…
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Los Angeles Valley College is continuing its Free Wednesday Concert series and I’ll be performing along with Michael Matsuno on Saturday December 10 for “What is Good Music (Part 3 of 3).” Michael Matsuno is an accomplished flutist and educator based in Los Angeles. Michael Kento Matsuno is a flutist whose work traverses the classical…
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We are happy to announce the creation of four Richard and Carole Kahn Jazz Piano Scholarships at Los Angeles Valley College. The new Richard and Carole Kahn Jazz Piano Scholarship has four requirements: The scholarships are designed to attract and reward new or continuing Jazz Piano students who are contemplating a career in the music…
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I was recently interviewed by CanvasRebel.com and wanted to share it with you. Here is a portion of the interview: Hi Richard, thanks for joining us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do? A significant part of being prepared is knowing the repertoire (the actual musical selections)…
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Professor of Music Richard Kahn joined the music faculty at Los Angeles Valley College in Fall 2000. He teaches a variety of classes, including Jazz and Commercial Harmony, Arranging, Electronic Music, Music Notation, Music as a Business, Film Scoring, Jazz Appreciation, Songwriting, and Fundamentals of Music, and directs the Jazz Combos Workshop. From 2007-2010, he chaired the committee to…
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