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Music Education Monday: Jazz drumming tips from Lewis Nash
Today for Music Education Monday, you can pick up some tips on jazz drumming via a handful of videos recorded by the veteran percussionist Lewis Nash. Nash, who's 57 and originally from Phoenix, has made five recordings as a bandleader, but he's best known as a sideman to some of today's top jazz musicians, with more ...
Learn Jazz Piano Online With PianoGroove’s Innovative Tuition Platform
2016 has marked the launch of online jazz piano tuition platform PianoGroove. The company, created by Nottingham Business School graduate Hayden Hill, provides jazz piano tuition for amateur pianists using a three-part video layout that combines an overhead camera shot, a synchronised light-up keyboard and in-video notation. “My aim is to make high-quality jazz piano tuition ...
The Best 2016 Jazz Summer Program: 12 Workshops + 24 Teachers + 120 Musicians + 42 Days Of Music; It's All Happening At The New York Jazz Workshop
From July 18th to August 28th, in the heart of Times Square, the New York Jazz Workshop's 8th summer series will feature the whos who of jazz music with Alan Ferber , Amina Figarova, Ari Hoenig, Chris Washburne, Dan Weiss, Dave Liebman, Dave Scott, Fay Victor, Frank Kimbrough, Jacob Sacks, Jocelyn Medina, John O’Gallagher, Kenny Wessel, ...
Music Education Monday: Workshops with saxophonist Steve Coleman
Though he doesn't categorize his music as “jazz," Steve Coleman has been a significant player on the contemporary improvised music scene since the 1980s as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. A 2014 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (aka “the genius grant"), Coleman (pictured) is a 59-year-old Chicago native who's been called “one of the most ...
Music Education Monday: A master class with pianist Bill Charlap
Bill Charlap has won wide acclaim as one of the most accomplished and tasteful pianists of his generation. Charlap who turns 50 this year, has recorded seven albums as a leader or co-leader for the Blue Note label, including two Grammy-nominated CDs. He also was a member of Blue Note Seven, the all-star group assembled in ...
Getting Into Jazz, Part 1
Yesterday I received an email from a friend of a reader who said he was interested in listening to jazz but wasn't quite sure how to approach the music or the history. To this person, jazz seemed tremendously exciting but overwhelming in terms of where to start. Rather than respond in detail, I told the writer ...
Music Education Monday: Learning jazz violin with Christian Howes, and more
Although there have been jazz violinists ever since the music began, formal jazz education programs in schools usually are set up to cater mostly to trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm sections, leaving many aspiring string improvisors to forge their own musical paths. Fortunately, there seem to be plenty of instructional materials available to help chart that ...
Music Education Monday: A workshop with saxophonist Dewey Redman
Today for Music Education Monday, you can take in a workshop with saxophonist Dewey Redman, the late Texas tenor man known for his big, bluesy tone, his associations with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett, and these days, for being the father of saxophonist Joshua Redman. The elder Redman, who died in 2006, was born in 1931 ...
Berklee College Of Music, Boston Conservatory To Merge
Two of arts and music education's most iconic institutions, The Berklee College Of Music and The Boston Conservatory have agreed to merge to create a comprehensive training ground for music, dance, theater and related professions. The combined institution, located in Boston’s historic Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods, will be known as “Berklee,” with the Conservatory becoming ...
Renowned Jazz Bassist / Composer / Educator / Community Activist Jeff Denson Spearheads Ridgeway Arts, Inc. New Non-Profit Serving Bay-Area Jazz Scene
Renowned bassist/composer/educator/community activist Jeff Denson and a small group of colleagues have formed Ridgeway Arts, Inc—a multi-faceted San Francisco Bay Area-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Two years in the planning, Ridgeway Arts is built upon a series of initiatives designed to enhance and fortify the Bay Area scene, and to make a strong contribution to the national ...
