Jazz Standards Wkshp
We spent a portion of the class working on phrasing – trying to leave space at the end of our […]
Practicing Improvisation
Bob Anram, the tenorist, has some thought-provoking ideas about improvisation in three essays (called “Letters”) that are posted on the […]
Playing for Real
Reading Mark’s post prompts me to write that the bebop workshop is doing something similar: Andrea has been working with […]
Blog Post
Mark Sherman Hard Bop Combo- New York Jazz Workshop 9/24/12 Yesterday night at the Hard Bop combo we played a […]
Milestones
The title of the blog post, “John Coltrane’s improvised line in Milestones as a Model for Incorporating Sequential Patterns in […]
Arranging tips.
Hi! Yesterday in class we were improvising on a couple of new tunes like Bouncing with Bud and Desafinado and […]
The importance of listening… Milestones!
Hi everybody! Last night we had Amy, a great flute player sitting in our Bebop Workshop class. Everybody immediately realized […]
Vocal Improvisation by ear
This past Thursday Jazz Vocalย Workshopย was one of the best ever. ย A few sessions ago, Iย attemptedย improvised vocal harmony to the class […]
Transcriptions
Whenever I’m working on a tune, I listen to how the pros handle the changes and follow along with transcriptions […]
Season three on and upward
Had a subtle start to the new session of the Jazz Vocal Workshop last week and this past Thursday since […]
Last Vocal Workshop for the second Session
A little late to blogging about last weeks workshop this week after a busy week of teaching and performances. ย Last […]
Intermediate Jazz Improvisation
I recently began readingย Intermediate Jazz Improvisation (George Bouchard, Jamey Aebersold Jazz) and came across this paragraph which resonated with what […]