Dec 20, Two’s and Three’s
We had a very intensive class, working mostly on original material written by the students: a tune in 7/4, quarter […]
Arrangement on all Blues
Yesterday in the Standards Class the students came up with an arrangement on “All Blues.” It was great to hear all […]
Quasimodo & Serpent’s Tooth
At our session yesterday we had a new drummer Eric Puente, and Mathew Mayers on saxophone along with the rest. […]
The First Session
Mark Sherman and David In the first session we worked on Quasimodo by Charlie Parker, which is one of my […]
Dec 13 workshop
We started with major and minor thirds, with special attention to descending from the third to the root. This was […]
Dec. 13 workshop.
Another great class. We worked on 4:3, and payed special attention to always feeling the sixteenth as an undercurrent. From […]
Workshop Dec 6
Great class today, the ears are getting sharper. Students are getting better in defining half-steps. Next week we are moving […]
Welcome!
Welcome to the New York Jazz Workshop’s Vocal Class lead by Fay Victor.
Preparing for Smalls
This week before the holidays the Bebop Workshop is working on the repertoire that will be performed at Smalls next month. So […]