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Jazz Education Network Formed to Fill Void Left by IAJE Collapse
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All About Jazz
After the startling bankruptcy of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) this spring, the jazz arts community lacked a formal organization to unify jazz education professionals and students. As of June 1, the newly launched Jazz Education Network aims to fill that void. The Jazz Education Network was launched after two days of meetings in Chicago with more than 35 leaders from the jazz education community. Discussions regarding the need for advancements in jazz education, performance opportunities and audience ...
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Master Class Featuring la Studio Artist Rob Mullins
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All About Jazz
Presented by Warehouse 21 & New Mexico Jazz Workshop Date: June 26, 2008 Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Place: Warehouse 21 Location: 1614 Paseo de Peralta, SFNM 87501 (East of Site Santa Fe) Price: FREE and open to emerging musicians from teens to adults Mullins is a Yamaha Music Artist, Pianist, Keyboardist, Producer, Song Writer, Teacher, and Clinician with over 30 years experience. Rob's master ...
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LA Music Academy Details Its Summer Program for 2008
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All About Jazz
Pasadena, CA - June 5, 2008 - LA Music Academy announced specifics today for its upcoming annual Summer Program, running June 23 through July 3 and open to all interested musicians who have received at least one year of private instruction. In addition to learning from and playing with some of Southern California's top professional musicians, students will write an original song and record it at Pasadena's Firehouse Recording Studio.
Session One, from June 23-27, focuses on Rock, Funk and ...
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New on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
Improvising Over Yardbird Suite In the latest installment of the “Improvising Over . . ." series, watch as a transcribed solo of Hank Jones improvising over the changes to Yardbird Suite from his 1977 recording Bop Redux (re-released on the 1998 double CD Master Class- see below) is analyzed to see how he uses chord tones, arpeggios, scale passages and approach patterns to build a masterful solo over these changes. What is JazzPianoOnline.com? JazzPianoOnline is Online, Interactive, Streaming ...
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Jazz Went Back to College
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All About Jazz
A lesson in American musical history A visit with the Harvard Westlake Jazz Explorers
Jazz went to college back in the heyday of Dave Brubeck, when block chords and 5/4 time were considered way rad. It was the 1950s, and the screaming guitar had yet to strike. But now jazz is going to prep school, and when I heard that, I had to pay a visit to the home of the band in question. It proved to be ...
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Berklee to Audition Musicians in Accra, Ghana, and Durban, South Africa, for Scholarship Opportunities
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All About Jazz
Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, announces the creation of the Africa Scholars Program. The college will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. Auditions, open to citizens of any African nation, will be conducted for the first time in Accra, Ghana, on June 15 and 16, and Durban, South Africa, on June 18 and 19. For more information ...
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Newark Museum and WBGO-Jazz Presents Master Classes
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All About Jazz
The Newark Museum and WBGO-Jazz 88 will offer free master classes for aspiring jazz musicians, age 13 and older, on June 19 with saxophonist David Murray and July 17 with percussionist Bobby Sanabria, following their performances at The Museum's Jazz in the Garden Summer Concert Series performances. The free classes are supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Now in its 43rd year, the highly popular Jazz in the Garden summer concerts in the ...
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