Weekly Music Workshop Schedule 2013-2014

Learn the Tools Like a Pro with Terry Dame

As a producer, you are at your wits end. Learn the Tools Like a Pro with Terry Dame! You have tried the MIDI chord and beat making packs and find they are so limited in scope. Furthermore, you have dabbled in production, but find that going to a university for it is too ... more

Find Happiness In the Blues With Dave Scott

Got the blues because you are playing or singing and finding you can’t get anywhere? New York Jazz Workshop offers the exceptional workshop from trumpeter Dave Scott. Get immersed with playing listening and responding to other musicians in a two hour long workshop every ... more

Fall in love with the bebop the lingua franca of modern jazz with Sean Conly

Someone might come across this listing for a bebop workshop, who might be new to playing jazz and think “This sounds exciting, I want to learn bebop, but what is it?” Bebop quite simply, is the lingua franca of modern jazz. Developed in the 1940’s through jam sessions at ... more

Do careers in jazz music pay the bills?

Do careers in jazz music pay the bills? Imagine being an eager young student attracted to jazz, and choosing it for a degree. Jazz has a mystique, a romanticism about it. Fans and musicians look at the lives of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and wish to be that, although not all ... more

Why is jazz the ultimate foundation to play other styles?

Introduction Why is jazz the ultimate foundation for playing other styles of music? Jazz, or Black American Music, is the only art form native to America. Out of the shadow of the blues, came jazz, which in turn blossomed from a combination of spirituals, European ... more

What about jazz and gender in the 21st century?

What about jazz and gender in the 21st century? I’ve been a jazz fan all of my life, and deeply have studied the rich history of this music, not only the past but where it’s going today. One of my goals as content creator for New York Jazz Workshop the past seven ... more

How does streaming hurt jazz?

Streaming, the platform that has revolutionized the way we as a culture have consumed music, movies and TV. Jazz is an artform, a social music that had popular relevance in the 1930’s among mainstream culture, but since then the music has maintained a relatively low ... more

Why does straight ahead jazz become stale?

Straight ahead jazz, or jazz that uses primarily swing rhythms, walking bass and often, but not always a 32 bar song structure is beloved for transmission of a medium that’s existed over 60 years. Why does it become stale? For musicians the limitations reveal themselves ... more

How Should One Listen To Jazz? The Rhythm Section

How should one approach listening to jazz? Listening to the genre itself is a fine art, and can seem like a huge wall to climb. Listening to jazz (as well as classical music) on paper seems like a rough task because it requires active listening. Plenty of people listen to ... more

New York Jazz Workshop Fundraiser COVID-19

Covid-19 has been especially hard on musicians and for The New York Jazz Workshop. Just as we invested $100,000 on a lease downpayment and soundproofing for our new location we are unable to use it due to Covid-19 We have transitioned some of our classes online, but our most ... more

What is Soul Jazz?

What is soul jazz? For individuals getting into jazz, this is a good question. Jazz (or Black American Music depending on who you ask) has a myriad of genre designations that can be quite confusing, or in the modern era, useless. Soul jazz is an odd designation that came in ... more

New York Jazz Workshop Remembers “Little Bird” Jimmy Heath (1926-2020)

NEA Jazz master Jimmy Heath, one of the all time greats of the saxophone, and of composing and arranging left this plane earlier this week on January 19, 2020. The trailblazers of the bebop era are slowly leaving this world, only do Barry Harris and Roy Haynes remain of ... more