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New Lesson Just Added on jazzpianoonline.com: Improv Drill: Approach Patterns
NEW Lesson Just Added: Improv Drill: Approach Patterns Improv Drill: Approach Patterns Part 1 Joe Zawinul is perhaps best known as a fusion-based synthesist, co-founder of the popular jazz-rock group Weather Report and explorer of World Music styles as leader of his band the Joe Zawinul Syndicate. But he played straight-ahead jazz on the acoustic piano ...
Global Music Foundation Jazz Seminars/Workshops/Festivals: Croatia, Tuscany, Germany, and Cork
Seminars and workshops GMF is running five seminars this year, all of which are open to musicians from all over the world: Krk International Summer School and Jazz Festival in Croatia, 11-15 July, 2009 International Jazz Workshop, Saarwellingen, Germany, 10-14 August, 2009 Tuscany Jazz Vocal Summer School, Certaldo, Italy, 18-25 August, 2009 Cork Jazz Festival, 23-26 ...
Participate in U. Penn Musician Study
Dear Musician, Do people really know what it's like to be a professional musician? Do musicians themselves even know what their peers think and do? A large-scale groundbreaking new study from a University of Pennsylvania researcher (and musician) is attempting to find out. This study is different from all prior studies on musicians in that ...
Columbia College Students Learn About Music Industry from the Pros
The future leaders of the music industrybe they aspiring singers, instrumentalists or producershave to start somewhere. On Friday, that place was the downtown campus of Columbia College Chicago, where industry professionals met with more than 120 high school students as part of Grammy Career Day. The free program was co-hosted by Grammy in the Schools and ...
New on jazzpianoonline.com: The Major II-V-I Progression Update
This lesson will introduce you to this universal and ever-present jazz progression by starting with it's derivation from the major scale all the way through to building, identifying and playing major key ii-V-Is in tunes. Update includes: Expanded and improved video lesson; new quizzes; expanded and improved practice sessions and bonus licks from Tommy Flanagans 1977 ...
Seattle Times: Hot Java Cool Jazz: A Showcase of High-School Bands at the Paramount
from The Seattle Times: For the past 10 years, high-school jazz bands from Washington state have accounted for nearly one-quarter of the finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington band competition in New York City. True to form, three schools from the Seattle area are sending bands to the 15-band Ellington competition in May: Garfield, Roosevelt and ...
Sittin' in with Bill Kirchner
Early yesterday morning I took the subway down to 14th Street and walked east to the campus of the New School University. I was on my way to sit in on Bill Kirchner's Jazz History class. Some weeks ago Bill had invited me to attend whenever I wished, and I specifically chose to hear him talk ...
"Jazz 101" Class with Greg Osby Set for Thursday, April 9
Jazz St. Louis will present another of its “Jazz 101" classes at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 9 at Jazz at the Bistro.The “Jazz 101" series is designed to help listeners of all ages and musical backgrounds to better understand jazz. For April's class, “Understanding The Blues," JSL director of education Phil Dunlap will discuss ...
Pat Martino Awayday - April 8th 2009 - Last Minute Ticket Price Reduction
Legendary jazz guitarist, Pat Martino will be giving a UK master-class on Wednesday April 8th. The event is to be hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, and Guitar Getaways Guitar Events. He's probably the greatest jazz guitarist alive today, without question in my mind. Bruce Lundvall - Blue Note CEO Martino is also one ...
Musicians Guide to Making Small Talk
Make Small Talk It's the junk food of conversation: quick, sugary, sickening in excess—and unavoidable. Thomas Farley, editor of etiquette guide Modern Manners, has these tips. Contents 1 Initiate 2 Think ahead 3 Three topics max 4 Close out Initiate Open with a wry observation phrased ...
