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November 12, 2010

Jazz as an academic discipline has made huge strides in colleges and universities, even in high schools and middle schools. Students can major in jazz studies in music departments where 40 years ago they would have been suspended for jamming in practice rooms. The University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Illinois, Berklee College ...

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Jazz Arts Group Opens 2010-11 PBJ & Jazz Concert Series

November 8, 2010

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to return to the Lincoln Theatre for the 2010-2011 season of the Jazz Academy's PBJ & Jazz concert series presented by Bob Evans Farms. The season kicks off on Saturday, November 13 with the gypsy jazz of SpeakEasy featuring Tom Carroll and Andy Carlson. Tom Carroll has ...

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Chris Potter's Online Lessons Project

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 ...

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Nine Women in the Room: A Jazz Musicians' Roundtable

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Fostering Communities That Support Creativity

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 ...

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Bill Bruford announces U.S. lecture dates in December

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 ...

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

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. ...

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Dave Peck Improv Clinic This Wednesday - Free!

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 ...

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Theta Music Trainer Offers New Online Games for Music Learning

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 ...