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National Guitar Workshop's 2009 Season with Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, Jimmy Herring, Buddy Guy and More

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2009

National Guitar Workshop Announces 2009 Season With Special Guests Buddy Guy, Paul Gilbert, Jimmy Herring, Jimmie Vaughan and Pat Metheny The National Guitar Workshop is proud to announce our 2009 season. This year we will be presenting week long workshops across the country and featuring guest artists such as Paul Gilbert, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Herring, Pat Metheny, Jimmie Vaughan, and many more. Litchfield, CT—Februrary 17, 2009 – The National Guitar Workshop is excited to announce the curriculum and guest artists ...

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Harpists Brandee Younger and Megan Sesma to Work in Guatemala

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2009

Two versatile harpists, Brandee Younger and Megan Sesma, will be showcasing their love for teaching and performing through the Guatemala Harp Teaching Project. February 17-26, the two talented instrumentalists will be volunteering their time to travel to Guatemala to coach and teach for a short period of time at venues which will include El Conservatorio Nacional de Musica in Guatemala City, and El Sitio Cultural in Antigua. Their teachings will also include harp projects in Jocotenango and San Lucas Toliman, ...

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Musicians' Composition Residency at Flushing Town Hall

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2009

NYC Performing Arts Spaces, a program of Fractured Atlas, is sponsoring the newly-created Con Ed Musicians' Residency: Composition Program.

Summary This pilot residency will provide three (3) individual composers with daytime, weekday use of suitable composition and rehearsal space in Flushing Town Hall (FTH), in Flushing, Queens, for a three-month period. FTH is a remarkable early 20th century building owned by the City of New York that houses the Flushing Council on the Arts, the host of the ...

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Thanks for a Jazzman Relentlessly Spreading the Music

Source: Michael Ricci
February 14, 2009

MARK MORGANELLI began building a legacy in the 1970s, booking big- time shows for his college jazz band. Today, he is among Westchester’s most prolific presenters, regularly staging concerts in major halls and jazz-starved communities alike. At the same time, he maintains a career as a trumpeter dedicated to broadening Westchester’s cultural palate.

Little wonder that in April, ArtsWestchester (formerly the Westchester Arts Council) will honor the organization he founded, Jazz Forum Arts, with its 2009 Arts Award in the ...

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NEW on JazzPianoOnline.com: FREE Wynton Kelly Blues Lick

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2009

FREE Wynton Kelly Blues Lick

A frequent collaborator of Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly is almost synonomous with hard bop. Here is a flexible blues lick that you can use over a dominant chord. Listen to it at 5:10 on the tune Greasin' Easy on Hank Mobley's 1961 Blue Note release Workout.

Check out the “What's NEW" page to see the lick in notation and don't miss the archive of licks by jazz greats like Bill Evans and Benny Green.

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New Play Along Tracks from PlayJazzNow.com

Source: PlayJazzNow PR
February 11, 2009

In its ongoing efforts to help bring jazz education into the 21st Century, PlayJazzNow has just released several new batches of play along tracks. The website offers downloadable backing tracks for jazz musicians of all skill levels, providing beginners as well as seasoned pros opportunities to grow in a fun, creative way. PlayJazzNow's recent additions include Trane Trax, a set of play alongs that help unlock the secrets of Coltrane's seminal harmonic innovations. Giant Steps, for instance, is presented at ...

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Jazz Violinist Randy Sabien Joins McNally Smith College of Music

Source: Pat Courtemanche
February 10, 2009

Jazz Violin Great Randy Sabien to Head New String Department at McNally Smith College of Music The St. Paul music college welcomes new department head at its Open House on Saturday, February 21 at 10:00 a.m.

St. Paul, MN - McNally Smith College of Music President Harry Chalmiers announced today that prominent violinist Randy Sabien will head up a new String Department that will begin offering courses during the schools September 2009 fall semester. Sabien has been garnering attention in ...

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Marc Copland to Give Master Class on Thursday, February 12

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 9, 2009

In addition to performing in concert at the 560 Music Center this coming Friday, February 13, jazz pianist Marc Copland also will give a master class while he's in St. Louis. The master class, which is free and open to the public, begins at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 12 in Tietjens Rehearsal Hall, 6500 Forsyth on the Washington University campus.If you're coming from off campus to attend, you should be aware that there's not much visitor parking ...

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