Education News

Linear Jazz Improvisation: Books Now in Hard Copy

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2008

Trombonist and composer Ed Byrne announces the release in HARD COPY of new editions of all 42 Linear Jazz Improvisation books: 12 Books for All Instruments and Voices: Concert, Bass Clef, Bb, and Eb. They are now available in spiral-bound hard copy through LuLu.com for easy reading on the piano or music stand with new color covers. They will soon be available also at Amazon. All LJI books come with play along capabilities (except Book 1). E-Book prices have been ...

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Dave Liebman to Give Master Class, Lecture on November 13 at Washington University

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 31, 2008

While he's in St. Louis to perform a free concert for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series on the evening of Thursday, November 14, saxophonist Dave Liebman (pictured) also will give a master class and a lecture on the Wash U. campus.On Wednesday, November 13, Liebman will host a performance/master class at 3:00 p.m., and at 4:00 p.m. he will lecture on “Improvisation, Aesthetics and World View." Both events are open to the public, are sponsored by the ...

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New on JazzPianoOnline.com: Circles

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2008

Circles

This charming little jazz prelude starts off with clean, clear, harmless souding, perfectly voice-led rootless diatonic 7th chords derived from the cycle of 4ths. A sunny start to this decades old piece first published in Sheet Music Magazine by JazzPianoOnline contributor Stuart Isacoff and dedicated to his teacher Roland Hanna. Soon enough, though, the piece takes a minor turn and encounters some serious jazz chords- b9, #11 and b13 altered dominant chords among them. Learn about the different voicing ...

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Avery Sharpe: Jazz Trio Reaches out to Community

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2008

The Avery Sharpe Trio, in conjunction with the Community Music School of Springfield, is offering Springfield-area children a unique chance to experience jazz music. The trio, consisting of Sharpe on bass, Winard Harper on drums and Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano, is in residence at the music school for a month. Sharpe is a Springfield native and accomplished musician who now conducts workshops and residencies around the world. He attended the University of Massachusetts, where he began working with many ...

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The ASCAP Foundation Presents JAZZCAP

Source: All About Jazz
October 23, 2008

The ASCAP Foundation will present the third edition of JAZZCAP at The Cutting Room (19 W.24 Street, between Broadway and 6th Ave.) in Manhattan on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. The series is designed to showcase the work of young jazz creators whose vision and daring inspire the future.

Noted bassist and songwriter Jay Leonhart will host the event, featuring three recipients of the 2008 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards: alto saxophonist/composer Patrick Cornelius, pianist/composer Roy Assaf, ...

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Women in Music Film Music Panel, October 25

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

LOS ANGELES WOMEN IN MUSIC PRESENTS: A Film Music Panel Presenting and Discussing the Acquisition and Use of Independent Music for Film & TV with emphasis on Indie Films

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008 Time: 1:00 pm - 4 pm Location: (Former MGM Studio) now the Yahoo! Center Community Room at 2500 Broadway Ave.(at Colorado) in Santa Monica. Plenty of street parking plus in building with our validation. Parking is on P-1, P2 and P3 of ...

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The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard @ NJPAC

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

THE MOVIE MUSIC OF SPIKE LEE AND TERENCE BLANCHARD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT NJPAC

Featuring The Terence Blanchard Quintet and The Terence Blanchard Orchestra with vocalists Patti Austin, Bilal and Raul Midn

Newark, NJ One of Hollywoods most important and influential filmmakers, Spike Lee, will introduce an evening dedicated to Terence Blanchards acclaimed jazz scores and R&B-tinged songs from Jungle Fever, Bamboozled, Malcolm X, Clockers, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Mo Better Blues, When the Levees Broke, and Miracle at St. ...

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Daniel Ray - "Big Black" Comes Back: Jazz Giant Teaches Drumming Classes

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

Drummer Daniel Ray left Beaufort at age 16 to pursue his dream of playing music, and in many ways he has returned as a man on a mission. “I came back after 54 years, and the same thing that I left is still here," said Ray, who goes by the nickname Big Black, adding sadly that three girls in his neighborhood, one of them only 12, have had babies. “I see a lot of the things happening then still happening ...

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