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Grant Opportunity: French-American Jazz Exchange - October 15, 2008 Deadline

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2008

Chamber Music America and the French American Cultural Exchange are now accepting applications to the French-American Jazz Exchange Program. Created by Chamber Music America, the French Embassy, and the French American Cultural Exchange, this program fosters collaborations between French and American jazz artists. Projects may include composition, touring, recording, and/or audience development; and activities may take place either in the U.S. or in France. The program also welcomes collaborations with artists in such genres as world, electronic and contemporary classical ...

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A Singer's Guide to Reading Rhythms

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 13, 2008

Coming This Fall From D.O.M. Music Publishing A digital download at freehandmusic.com A Singer's Guide To Reading Rhythms By Dom Minasi Endorsements

Bob Gerardi: Adjunct Professor at New York University and Author of Opportunities In Music Careers. Singer, pianist, composer, actor and vocal coach

“I wish I had this book when I first started singing. It is concise and very easy to understand. I will recommend it to my voice students".

Phil Campanella: Former Executive Director, the Singer's Forum. New ...

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Career on a Grand Scale

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2008

TAMPA - Whenever he hears about budget cuts in music education, James Crumbly gets a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach. For him, life without music would be unfathomable. “Just take away music for one day and see what life would be like," Crumbly said. “No singing, no radios, no instruments, no background music. I think the world would realize what an important role music plays in our lives. It's not just entertainment. It's an expression. It's essential." ...

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Renowned Jazz Guitarist Mark Elf Debuts Jazz Guitar Conservatory

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
August 7, 2008

MarkElfConservatory.com offers students affordable, practical approach to learning jazz guitar with video lessons, narrated tutorials, music PDF and midi-files, access to critiques by Mark Elf and much more Master jazz guitarist Mark Elf, who has worked with the Jazz Giants, Dizzy Gillespie, The Heath Brothers, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Hendricks and many others, and has nine consecutive #1 national jazz radio CD hits, opens his revolutionary online Jazz Guitar Conservatory. His practical approach to learning jazz guitar is an ...

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With All That Jazz out There, Where Do I Start?

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

“We Always Swing" Jazz Series Assistant Director Greg Aker knows about jazz education.

As someone who has studied the genre and taught it to children, he is used to all sorts of responses - “I don't like jazz" must be high on that list. But that's a major misconception, Aker said. “Jazz is not the snooty background music you see in movies - it can be, but that's not all it is. Just like with rock and roll or hip-hop ...

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The Beauty of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Great jazz artists fashion a unique manner of playing that expresses their musical personality.

Jazz performance requires dynamic creativity, great knowledge of the jazz forms, and an incredible ability to distill life experience into musical expression.

Jazz as a type of music was first developed by African Americans around the first decades of the 20th century with an identifiable history and distinct stylistic evolution. Jazz music developed alongside blues and other popular music classes with these genres overlapping in many ...

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New on JazzPianoOnline.com

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Introduction to Chordscale Theory

Chordscale theory describes the interdependent relationship of harmony and melody. It states that chords serve specific roles within a key which determine the scales that are associated with those chords which, in turn, represent a palette of available notes that can be used for improvisation. This theory is fundamental to learning how to improvise.

What is JazzPianoOnline.com? JazzPianoOnline is Online, Interactive, Streaming Video Jazz Piano Lessons.

Watch Watch high-quality streaming video lessons with synchronized annotated notation ...

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Jazz Player Kirk Whalum Connects with Young Fans

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Just as the late Oklahoma jazz guitarist Charlie Christian made a lasting impression on today's artists with his compositions, jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum is connecting with the next generation as an artist-in-residence, and with fans through technology. It is a beautiful, sunny day in Memphis, and Whalum, 50, has been in the studio, compiling tracks for his live recording, “Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III," to be released later this year. He will be the keynote act with Tulsa saxophonist ...

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