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A Horn Blows in Brooklyn
And the Band Honked On THE classroom filled with the sounds of a band struggling to be born, a cacophony of squealing and buzzing. Middle school students in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood were trying to produce the note F. ALANA VEGTER built her credentials as a professional musician while coaching students in Brooklyn. Ms. Vegter, 25, ...
Listening Tip: Abene with Kirchner
Saxophonist, composer, arranger, band leader and educator Bill Kirchner is also a broadcaster. For several years, his Jazz From The Archives series has been airing on Sunday nights on WBGO-FM in Newark, New Jersey, just across the river from New York City. It is also heard on the worldwide web. His next program will feature another ...
Music Empowerment Program for La Paz, Bolivia
David Haney Presents a Two Week Workshop in Improvisation for Orphaned Boys Ages 14-18 in la Paz, Bolivia THE PROGRAM In conjunction with Creative Corners of London, England, David Haney, a Seattle based pianist, improviser, and composer will teach a two week residency at the State Orphanage in La Paz, Bolivia. During the two week period, ...
Thelonious Monk Institute New Home
Inside the Thelonious Monk Institute Last September the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, a postgraduate training program headed by the trumpeter Terence Blanchard, relocated to Loyola University New Orleans after a dozen years at the University of Southern California. The move was partly a practical matter, but also a symbolic gesture, announced as the signal ...
Alaadeen's The Rest of the Story
Alaadeen Writes “The Rest of the Story" Jazz Master Alaadeen has been awarded a grant from the Fund for Folk Culture to write “The Rest of the Story", a jazz methods manual based on his approach to teaching. This project is made possible by a grant from the Fund for Folk Culture's Artist Support ...
New Online Lesson Available at scooby-sax.com
A new online lesson is available at scooby-sax.com. The lesson examines the four available versions of Wardell Gray's solo on Twisted. The lessons highlights similarities and differences among the master take and the three alternate takes. Additionally, it presents two methods of analyzing the solos to demonstrate the construction of a multi-chorus solo and to extract ...
Jazz Education Network Formed to Fill Void Left by IAJE Collapse
After the startling bankruptcy of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) this spring, the jazz arts community lacked a formal organization to unify jazz education professionals and students. As of June 1, the newly launched Jazz Education Network aims to fill that void. The Jazz Education Network was launched after two days of meetings in ...
Master Class Featuring la Studio Artist Rob Mullins
Presented by Warehouse 21 & New Mexico Jazz Workshop Date: June 26, 2008 Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Place: Warehouse 21 Location: 1614 Paseo de Peralta, SFNM 87501 (East of Site Santa Fe) Price: FREE and open to emerging musicians from teens to adults
LA Music Academy Details Its Summer Program for 2008
Pasadena, CA - June 5, 2008 - LA Music Academy announced specifics today for its upcoming annual Summer Program, running June 23 through July 3 and open to all interested musicians who have received at least one year of private instruction. In addition to learning from and playing with some of Southern California's top professional musicians, ...
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Improvising Over Yardbird Suite In the latest installment of the “Improvising Over . . ." series, watch as a transcribed solo of Hank Jones improvising over the changes to Yardbird Suite from his 1977 recording Bop Redux (re-released on the 1998 double CD Master Class- see below) is analyzed to see how he uses chord tones, ...
