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New on jazzpianoonline.com: Improvisation Drill Approach Patterns Part 2

October 21, 2009

Barry Harris' solo over the changes to Tadd Dameron's Good Bait on Warne Marsh's 1986 quartet recording Back Home, is the basis for the series of improvisation drills introduced in this lesson. Six drills are derived from his use of approach patterns in the solo and presented over Rhythm Changes. Print and play the drills to ...

Larry Goldings Piano/Organ Master Class & Workshop Upstairs at Vitellos

October 18, 2009

THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ(SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class & Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch 2-4 Master Class & Playing with the PRO"S. Beginners, young professionals and working Pro's, Music fans and aficionados... “I ...

At USC's Thornton School of Music, Moving Way Beyond the Canon

October 11, 2009

The school, celebrating its 125th anniversary, is noted for its faculty, alumni and practical approach. Among notables who were part of the faculty in the Thornton School of Music were William Primrose, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky. They all began teaching at USC in 1962. Visitors have been known to get lost at USC, a 226-acre ...

Larry Goldings Rare 5 Hour Event Upstairs at Vitellos Jazz Room Studio City Nov 1, 2009

October 9, 2009

THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ (SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)on Sunday 11a-4p November 1, 2009 Upstairs at Vitellos.The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class & Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch -2-4 Master Class & Playing with the PRO"S.Beginners, young professionals ...

Edward Weiss Joins Roster of Steinway Piano Teachers

September 27, 2009

It's one thing to teach piano its quite another being among those talented enough listed on the prestigious Steinway & Sons compilation of professional teachers. Edward Weiss is proud to have achieved this benchmark in his career. Steinway & Sons has been known or over a century and a half for creating the finest pianos available. ...

Stanford Jazz Workshop Video Clips

September 23, 2009

LEADING JAZZ EDUCATOR STANFORD JAZZ WORKSHOP DEBUTS WORKSHOP VIDEO CLIPS STANFORD, CA: Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW), the jazz education non-profit founded in 1972 at Stanford University, has produced six educational video clips which have just gone live on its website, StanfordJazz.org. These videos, which were filmed at the Workshop’s flagship Jazz Camp & Jazz Residency summer ...

Jazz Education Network to Hold First Conference Next May in St. Louis

September 22, 2009

The Jazz Education Network (JEN) has announced that the organization will hold its first-ever conference from May 20-22, 2010 at the University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL).JEN is a not-for-profit organization of music teachers, musicians, students and others formed in 2008 not long after the collapse of the International Association of Jazz Educators ...

Dom Minasi Online Guitar Lessons

September 17, 2009

USC Thornton School of Music Receives Major Gifts on 125th Anniversary

September 13, 2009

As it celebrates its 125th anniversary this academic year, the USC Thornton School of Music said it has recently received some pretty significant birthday presents in the form of money and one very famous piano. Among the pecuniary donations is a $1.25-million gift from Ruth Ross, which the school said will be used to augment the ...

Kosa Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada

September 11, 2009

LAUNCH OF NEW MONTREAL EVENT CENTRE, THEATRE SPACE, EDUCATIONAL FACILITY: KoSA CENTRE for the ARTS/ KoSA CENTRE DES ARTS Wednesday September 9, 2009 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Announcing the launch of the KoSA Centre for the Arts/KoSA Centre des Arts, one of Montreals newest additions to this citys live performance and event spaces. The KoSA Centre ...