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The Jazzschool & Yoshi's Announce Joint Education Program
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The Jazzschool, Berkeley's innovative music school dedicated to the study and performance of jazz, has become the official education arm of Yoshi's, the Bay Area's foremost jazz presenting organization. The announcement of the new partnership was made today by Jazzschool Founder and Executive Director Susan Muscarella and Yoshi's Artistic Director Peter Williams. This joint venture was created to support and promote Yoshi's world-class performance venues and to further the music education of advanced young musicians aspiring to become professional jazz ...
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JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
Substitute Dominants How many times have you played the same chord changes, chorus after chorus of Autumn Leaves or Blue Bossa or All the Things You Are or any tune? Wouldn't it be nice to throw in a few new chords here and there so that each chorus would be a little different? Jazz musicians do this all the time and the number one reharmonization device that they employ for this purpose is the technique of tritone substitution- subVs ("sub ...
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Hot Jazz Makes Smart Students
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All About Jazz
SEQUIM -- It's 6:45 a.m. and these teenagers are hot. You might say they're one of the smartest bands in the state. With a collective grade-point average of 3.535, the Sequim High School Jazz Ensemble was recently named state academic champion among 2A school bands. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, or WIAA, presents academic achievement awards to bands, cheerleading squads, theater groups and dance, drill, debate and sports teams around the state, to emphasize the need for such activities in ...
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This week on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
Improvising over Rhythm Changes Part 1 & Part 2 Except for the Blues, Rhythm Changes- the name given to the chord changes to the tune I Got Rhythm- is the most common chord progression in jazz. Written in 1930 by George Gershwin, the tune was immediately co-opted by musicians as a vehicle for new tunes which yielded countless contrafacts, Duke Ellington's Cottontail, Sonny Rollins' Oleo, Monk's Rhythm-a-ning and Charlie Parker's Anthropology, to name just a few. To be ...
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New Improvisation Lesson Available on Scooby-Sax.com
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Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
A new improvisation lesson is available in the Online Lessons section of scooby-sax.com. In Part 1 of a two part lesson, a transcribed solo of Sonny Stitt playing “Tune Up" is examined. In addition to the transcription, 13 phrases from the solo are extracted and a practice method is explained to learn these phrases and expand your jazz vocabulary. Midi and Band-in-a-Box practice tracks are also available. Part 2 of the lesson (available shortly) will examine how to transform the ...
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New on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
7th Chord Ear Training As jazz pianists we spend an inordinate amount of time with 7th chords: learning to spell them, play them and write them. But when was the last time you worked on hearing them? I know what you're saying- “Not more ear training!" But seriously, this is an important skill. Being able to identify 7th chord quality and inversion by listening alone will have a major impact on your musicianship. This lesson will help you learn to ...
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Vocal Jazz Program Added to Usdan Center's 2008 Summer Season
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Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, now celebrating its 40th year as America's premier summer arts day camp, is adding several new programs for 2008: among them will be Vocal Jazz, an addition to Usdan's acclaimed instrumental Jazz Department. The Jazz Department was created and directed, beginning in 1986, by Dr. Billy Taylor, and jazz figures such as Jimmy Heath, Marian McPartland and Clark Terry have taught workshops. Among the alumni of Usdan Center is jazz star Jane ...
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