Education News

Chris Potter's Online Lessons Project

Source: Clay Wilson
November 5, 2010

As one of the most recognizable tenor saxophonists around, Chris Potter has proved his mastery of improvisation through a large variety of styles. In the Online Lessons Project from ArtistShare, Chris shares his various approaches to improvisation with each lesson focusing on different compositions and concepts with materials ranging from Giant Steps, to Confirmation, Just Friends to Darn That Dream. Students also have access to the Online Lessons Project Experience that includes downloadable exercises, discussion, and an interactive Q&A with ...

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Nine Women in the Room: A Jazz Musicians' Roundtable

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
November 4, 2010

Roundtable sisters: From left to right: (top row) Geri Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Tineke Postma and Helen Sung; (bottom row) Nona Hendryx and Gretchen Parlato by Tom Cole Over the summer, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington brought together some pretty high-profile musicians from all over the world to record The MOSAIC PROJECT: pianists Geri Allen, Helen Sung, and Patrice Rushen; bassists Esperanza Spalding and Mimi Jones; percussionist Sheila E.; woodwind players Anat Cohen and Tineke Postma; trumpeter ...

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Announcing Monterey Jazz Festival's Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students, November 6, 2010

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
October 31, 2010

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students Free Two-Hour Music Clinic Takes Place November 6, 2010 at Hartnell College in Salinas International Latin Jazz Recording Artists Part of MJF's Traveling Clinicians Program The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce the Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students, taking place Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Hartnell ...

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Fostering Communities That Support Creativity

Source: HypeBot
October 30, 2010

This weekend, I had a chance to make a trip back home. Much of what I believe in doesn't exist there. When I tell people, some of which I've known for my whole life, that I write for a blog on the web and get paid for it, I am greeted with a blank stare. To them, this isn't something that they consider possible. The web is a place where they retrieve emails and weather updates—not a platform for publishing. ...

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New Lesson Just Released: Improvise Over In Your Own Sweet Way

Source: Bill Rinehart
October 27, 2010

Improvising Over In Your Own Sweet Way The Dave Brubeck standard, In Your Own Sweet Way, presents a challenge to improvisors: how to solo over a progression that spans a wide range of keys at a fast tempo. It starts in G minor, moves to Bb, Gb, D, C and then Db in it's thirty-two bars. Kirk Lightsey sheds some light on this problem in his recording of the tune on his 2004 Sunnyside release, The Night's of Bradley's. Watch ...

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Bill Bruford announces U.S. lecture dates in December

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
October 27, 2010

Summerfold Records in conjunction with Tama Drums and Jawbone Press is pleased to announce dates for drummer, band-leader, author Bill Bruford's upcoming US lectures:

December 1 Guitar Center, Manhattan, NYC, NY December 2 Drummers Collective, NYC, NY December 3 Manhattan School of Music, NYC, NY December 6 U.Arts Philadelphia, PA (private-students only) December 7 The Drum Shop, Memphis, TN December 8 Borders Bookstore, King of Prussia, PA

Bill will deliver a 90 minute audio-visual talk loosely entitled “The Creative Musician ...

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Theta Music Trainer Offers New Online Games for Music Learning

Source: Steve Myers
October 26, 2010

Theta Music Trainer opened today, providing a complete set of online games designed to teach the fundamental skills of music. Using the latest developments in music learning techniques, Theta Music Trainer is designed for musicians of all levels who want to deepen their understanding of music and improve their ability to play music by ear. Musicians of almost every level and style share a common desire: they would like to have a better ear for the music they play. Musicians ...

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Dave Peck Improv Clinic This Wednesday - Free!

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
October 26, 2010

Pianist Dave Peck will be presenting a free improvisation clinic at The Seattle Drum School this Wednesday, October 27 at 7:30pm. The clinic will include discussions of the use of musical vocabulary in jazz improvisation, visualization as a learning technique for acquiring vocabulary and muscle memory, and theme and development in improvisation. Players of all melodic instruments are welcome. Peck will also be performing solo on Friday at The Chapel Performance Space. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 SEATTLE DRUM SCHOOL ...

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