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Lee Konitz With Dan Tepfer "Talking & Playing” Instructional Video Released By JazzHeaven.com

Source: Falk Willis
April 13, 2015

Lee Konitz is the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, having performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano and with Miles Davis on his epochal Birth of the Cool, and he counts easily as one of the most distinctive voices on alto saxophone. Konitz recorded dozens of albums as a leader and recorded or performed with Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones & Jim Hall. In this video, part documentary, part musical master class, Konitz, in an ...

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Kenny Werner “Effortless Mastery: The 4 Steps” Instructional Video Released By JazzHeaven.com

Source: Falk Willis
March 9, 2015

Kenny Werner is a rare musician who is known as much for his teachings and wisdom as for his piano playing and composing. He has played with Joe Lovano, Betty Buckley, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker, and many more. Kenny has been the leader of his own bands since the late 1970s and written for jazz orchestras and classical orchestras around the world. He is the author of the landmark book “Effortless Mastery” (over 90,000 copies sold)—now ...

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Kenny Werner “Effortless Mastery Of Melody, Harmony & Rhythm” Instructional Video Released By JazzHeaven.com

Source: Falk Willis
March 2, 2015

Kenny Werner is a rare musician who is known as much for his teachings and wisdom as for his piano playing and composing. He has played with Joe Lovano, Betty Buckley, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker, and many more. Kenny has been the leader of his own bands since the late 1970s and written for jazz orchestras and classical orchestras around the world. He is the author of the landmark book Effortless Mastery (over 90,000 copies sold)—now ...

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Education

JazzHeaven.com Launches with Jazz Instructional Videos and Interviews with the Greats

Source: Falk Willis
January 27, 2012

JazzHeaven.com is proud to announce the launch of its website which features jazz instructional videos and interviews with many of the greatest jazz musicians ranging from saxophone icon Lee Konitz to new jazz drumming star Eric Harland. JazzHeaven.com Founder and CEO Falk Willis had been a professional jazz drummer himself for 14 years, playing with the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner and Kenny Wheeler, as well as running his own businesses for ten years. The idea for JazzHeaven.com was ...

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