Afro-Caribbean & Latin Jazz Ensembles

The Jazzschool offers numerous performance ensembles for beginning, intermediate, and advanced instrumentalists and vocalists, each of which develops a set of music to be performed for friends and family as part of the end-of-quarter Jazzschool Student Performance Series in Hardymon Hall!

Students are placed in skill-level appropriate ensembles by audition. Audition requirements may include one or more of the following: playing selected scales; playing and/or improvising over a piece of your choice; improvising over a 12-bar blues or other skill-level appropriate pieces provided at the audition; and sight-reading. Drummers are asked to play various grooves and to solo. Bassists are asked to play stylistically appropriate bass lines. For more information about Jazzschool ensembles, please contact Rob Ewing, Community Music School Director, at 510-845-5373 x 14 or email rob@jazzschool.org. You can schedule an audition online by filling out the form at: www.jazzschool.org/ensemble

Salsa Workshop I

An intro-level salsa performance ensemble. Material covered comes from the Jamey Aebersold Salsa/Latin Jazz book and other sources including songs performed or written by Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and Eddie Palmieri. Horn players and vocalists welcome!

Prerequisites: facility on an instrument and basic reading skills. Pianist: ability to play basic montunos. Bassist: ability to play tumbaos.

Tuesdays 6:30 – 8 pm

SPRING: 4/2 – 6/4 (10 weeks)

David Belove  $365

Salsa Workshop II

An intermediate/advanced level salsa performance ensemble, this class is now linked to the Salsa Singing class taught by Edgardo Cambón. The two separate classes learn the same material and combine halfway through the term to continue the development. A performance is held at the end of the semester. Songs are vocal salsa-based and, time permitting, also include some instrumental Latin jazz. Open to all horns and rhythm section instruments.

Prerequisites: facility on an instrument and basic music reading skills. Pianists: ability to play montunos; bassists: ability to play tumbaos; percussionists/drummers: ability to hold time and play Afro-Cuban grooves such as mambo and cha cha. A gozar!

Tuesdays 8:15 – 9:45 pm

SPRING: 4/2 – 6/4 (10 weeks)

David Belove  $365