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The JazzPianoOnline.com Spring 2008 Newsletter Sign up for the first edition of the JazzPianoOnline.com Spring 2008 Newsletter. Learn more about what JazzPianoOnline.com is all about including: Upcoming lessons; Practice Tips; Testimonials; Three licks from Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly PLUS a 10% off coupon on your next subscription. What is JazzPianoOnline.com? JazzPianoOnline is Online, Interactive, Streaming Video Jazz Piano Lessons. Watch Watch high-quality streaming video lessons with synchronized annotated notation on topics that matter most to ...
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 13th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition
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IAJE: Gone, Gone, Gone... What's Next?
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Now that the deed has been done and the International Association for Jazz Education has seemingly folded its tent and significantly filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection a filing quite different from the more familiar Chapter 11 which would at least leave the door ajar for some form of organizational recovery as Ricky Schultz pleads in his intelligent Comment left on this site the big question is whats next. From the many Comments posted in response to our original Woe ...
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National Guitar Workshop Announces 2008 Bass Summit with Steve Bailey and Steve Swallow
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The National Guitar Workshop is proud to announce our 2008 Bass Summit sponsored by Washburn Guitars and Eden Amps. The Bass Summit will feature appearances by Steve Bailey and Steve Swallow Litchfield, CT--May 14, 2008 - The National Guitar Workshop (guitarworkshop.com) is proud to announce that Washburn Guitars and Eden Amplifiers are sponsoring our 2008 Bass Summit. During the Bass Summit students will get the chance to study with some of The National Guitar Workshop's premier bass faculty including Dave ...
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Walking Bassline Part 1 and Part 2 Listen to virtually any jazz recording and you will hear it: the quarter note bassline walking up and down the scale providing both rhythm and harmony. This is the walking bassline and it is one of the defining elements of jazz. Playing a walking bassline over any set of changes is an essential skill not only for every bass player but for every pianist too. You will use the walking bassline in duos ...
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Reharmonize Rhythm Changes The chord progression of George Gershwin's 1930 tune I Got Rhythm, aka Rhythm Changes, is a particularly good candidate for reharmonization. It is a common progression (see Improvising Over Rhythm Changes) that is mostly diatonic; the tune is often played at a fast tempo and fresh chords relieve the monotony of hearing the same progression over and over. It is an infamous “cutting" tune- a vehicle for demonstrating your improvisation skills in a contest to ...
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Joe Lovano on the Beat in Improvisation
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As part of a new collaboration with Berklee Press, DownBeat.com will be posting music lessons from the site BerkleeShares.com. Here's the first lesson that Down Beat is featuring from this exciting series. Many critics consider Joe Lovano a legitimate successor to John Coltrane. He has worked with top musicians, such as Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, Charlie Haden, John Scofield and Bill Frisell, and has won multiple awards for his playing. In this lesson, The Beat In Music Improvisation, ...
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National Guitar Workshop Launches New Website
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The National Guitar Workshop is proud to our new website (guitarworkshop.com) that outlines our 25th season of presenting quality music workshops across the country and featuring guest artists such as Paul Gilbert, John Scofield Trio, Lisa Loeb, Kenny Burrell, Vernon Reid, Sonny Landreth, Michael Angelo Batio and many more. Litchfield, CT--May 7, 2008 - The National Guitar Workshop is excited to announce the launch of a brand new website. This website (www.guitarworkshop.com) is designed to assist students in finding the ...
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