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JazzPhil-USA Inaugurates the Annual Emil Mijares Scholarship
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All About Jazz
The Jazz Society of the Philippines, USA (JazzPhil-USA) is now accepting applications for its Emil Mijares Scholarship, named in honor of the recently deceased legendary pianist, arranger, and 2006 JazzPhil-USA Lifetime Achievement awardee. JazzPhil-USA will grant $1000 to a Southern California-based student of Filipino descent. The scholarship is intended for a student who is pursuing education in jazz musicianship, demonstrates promise in the field of jazz, and is committed to the JazzPhil-USA mission of uplifting the Filipino community. Applications and ...
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This week on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
Solo Jazz Piano The beauty of our chosen instrument is the ability to play alone- solo- without the accompaniment (or interference) of others. Anything you can dream up is fair game when you are playing solo. This series of lessons gives you the tools to do just that beginning in Part 1 with the explanation of the role of the right hand when playing solo jazz piano. Part 2 (next week) describes the left hand and Part 3 ...
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National Jazz Competition Draws More Than 340 High School Students to Savannah
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All About Jazz
Aspiring young musicians to perform, study with and watch performances by esteemed clinicians including Marcus Roberts, Wycliffe Gordon, Jeff Clayton, James Ketch and Marcus Printup Savannah, Georgia - Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from across the nation to participate in its expanded high school jazz band program, SWING CENTRAL, which takes place April 3-5, 2008. This year, the well-established three-day workshop program features some of the country's finest high ...
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Exalt Entertainment Group Offers African American History Education Through Jazz Performances
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Mosnar Communications, Inc
(Detroit, MI) -- Exalt Entertainment Group recognized as a leading jazz booking agency and premiering spoken word artists nationally. Today announced that in honor of African American History Month they are now scheduling jazz performances events that combine the education of African American History. The live jazz presentations demonstrate and explain the art form, emphasizing the history and culture. “The role of African Americans and culture is central to the continuously unfolding history of Jazz. Educators that are working musicians ...
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Frogstory Music Announces the Release of Thoth Music Learning Software Version 2.3
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All About Jazz
THoTH Music Learning Software is a program that helps guitar teachers and students with scales, arpeggios, chord voicings, and other musical elements by applying them to the chord progressions of standard and jazz songs. Version 2.3, with new features and new lessons, is now available for download. The program comes with thirty lessons written by the program's author, Steve Carter, who taught guitar at Berklee College of Music for twenty-five years. Each lesson is related to a particular song, and ...
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This Week on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
Improvising over Solar Miles Davis wrote this tune in 1954 and it first appeared on his recording Walkin' with Horace Silver on the piano. Watch this lesson to learn how to improvise over this tune with chord tones, guide tones, arpeggios, scale passages and approach patterns. What is JazzPianoOnline.com? Online interactive streaming video jazz piano lessons. Watch Watch high-quality streaming video lessons on topics that matter most to you: jazz theory & composition, improvisation & licks, ...
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Toronto to Host the 35th Annual IAJE Conference
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All About Jazz
The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will inhabit the Canadian metropolis of Toronto when it returns for the 35th Annual Conference from January 9-12, 2008. Upwards of 7,000 educators, musicians, record executives, exhibitors, media, students and enthusiasts are expected to attend. Education, teacher training and outreach will be firmly at the heart of the four-day conference agenda that will also feature Canada's most respected and influential jazz performing artists. With the variety of clinics, concerts, and a ...
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This Week on JazzPianoOnline.com
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All About Jazz
The Line Cliche The line cliche is a well worn reharmonization device- and for good reason- it creates the illusion of harmonic progression over an otherwise static chord. Start using this technique in your playing by watching this lesson to learn what a line cliche is, how to use it and how to improvise over it. What is JazzPianoOnline.com? Online interactive streaming video jazz piano lessons. Watch Watch high-quality streaming video lessons on topics that matter ...
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