Weekly Music Workshop Schedule 2013-2014

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 ... 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

Lines In The Sand: Antonio Sanchez In Conversation with CJ Shearn

Antonio Sanchez has been one of the leading lights of the drum scene for 20 years, having made his debut with Danilo Perez and in 2001 joining current employer, Pat Metheny. Sanchez has made his mark as a composer having won a Golden Globe for the score to the Alejandro ... more

Vic Juris

Vic Juris has been one of the top guitarists on the scene for decades. Truly a guitarists’ guitarist, he paid his dues playing with such notables as saxophonist Dave Liebman, and organist Don Patterson. Juris was born in Jersey City, NJ, and for Christmas in 1964 he got ... more

Small Group Jazz Performances: Part VII

The time period of 1945-1965 contains four distinct stylistic shifts– bebop, cool jazz, hard bop and the free jazz styles that include literally hundreds of noteworthy performances. Choosing prime examples from what has been recorded is always a difficult task, but here is ... more

New York Jazz Workshop Open House

New York Jazz Workshop Open House Foster your passions and hone in your skills in the world capital of jazz To celebrate its new location at the esteemed Michiko Studios at 149 W 46th St. within mere steps of Times Square, the New York Jazz Workshop School of Music (NYJW) will ... more

Gary Burton’s Improv Class

Take a two-hour class, recorded at Loyola University, with vibraphonist extraordinaire and Berklee teacher Gary Burton. You’ll also hear us three Loyola combos and Gary’s thoughtful comments about group playing (which begins about 1:14). admin more

Modern Jazz

Hi everybody! Time to share some music. We had a great class last night with my Modern Jazz Workshop and we have been working on some new tunes so I want to post some thoughts and videos. The first tune we are working on is Question and Answer by Pat Metheny. It’s a ... more

What are your favorites?

During the holiday break, Andrea (our teacher) asked us to learn three blues and three rhythm changes tunes. So to you readers out there, what blues and rhythm changes tunes would you think every jazz musician should know? Post your answers.And happy holidays to all.Steve admin more

More Daahoud

Here is a link to Clifford Brown’s trumpet solo taken from the Clifford Brown Complete EmArcy recordings. Emily Remler’s guitar improvisation on Daahoud (from the CD “East Meets Wes”) is available on iTunes and worth the 99 cents, and you can find a ... more