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May 26, 2013 11:00 am
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May 26, 2013 11:00 am
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May 26, 2013 12:00 pm
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May 26, 2013 2:00 pm
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May 26, 2013 4:30 pm
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May 26, 2013 7:00 pm
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May 31, 2013 8:00 pm
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June 2, 2013 4:30 pm
Calendar of Events
May 4, 2013
The Art of Brush Playing with Jon Arkin
Brushes are among the most effective and essential tools available for drummers when playing in an acoustic jazz context.
This workshop provides an overview of brush techniques and concepts, including basic time patterns, variations, accents, textural possibilities, articulation, and finger control, and in moving beyond the fundamentals, covers the ways that brushes can open one’s playing up to new ideas, dynamics, and interactive possibilities.
Open to all drummers, as well as any musicians interested in learning basic time playing with brushes.
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
April 28, 2013
Vocal Jam Session
The Jazzschool Vocal Department presents a monthly jazz vocal jam session, hosted by Ms. Angharad Jones. All are welcome! Singers should bring three copies of their song for the band. Please arrive by 6:30 pm to sign up.
Dance Party with Jean Fineberg & The Party Monsters
Put on your high heel sneakers and boogie shoes, bring your friends, and hang out, dance, and party to your favorite Motown and R&B classics. Comprised of veteran musicians who have sung and played for thousands of parties in their long careers, Jean Fineberg & The Party Monsters will rock the Jazzschool for an afternoon of music and fun.
Mark Levine Workshop Series: The Enigmatic Diminished Chord
Many jazz musicians draw a blank when confronted with a diminished chord. Sure, you know how to spell it, but it doesn’t sound like jazz! This workshop addresses all aspects of the diminished 7th chord including chord theory, scale theory, the various functions of the diminished 7th chord in jazz, four-note voicings, voice leading, plus how particular musicians such as Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, and Barry Harris effortlessly use this much-misunderstood chord.
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
Mingus Sings: The Vocal Music of Charles Mingus with Ellen Johnson
Charles Mingus is one of the most important figures in twentieth century American music as a virtuoso bass player, pianist, bandleader and composer. What many people don’t know is that Mingus also wrote lyrics for some of his most beautiful and interesting works. This workshop explores many of his vocal compositions with lyrics by Mingus and other lyricists. This is not only for singers but instrumentalists or anyone interested in the music of Mingus. During the workshop we will sing and play the songs, discuss the construction of the compositions, provide charts to several songs and explore the meaning of the lyrics.
$50 advance purchase/$65 day of workshop
Ellen Johnson
Vocalist and lyricist, Ellen Johnson has been enamored with the music of Charles Mingus for over three decades. She has recorded six Mingus compositions with original lyrics to three of them with permission of Sue Mingus and Jazz Workshop. Her version of “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” on her debut CD, Too Good To Title, featured alto saxophonist and frequent Mingus collaborator, Charles McPherson. Ellen has performed Mingus compositions in concert, club and other venues and shares her lyrics with other vocalists. Ellen has also performed and/or recorded with Sheila Jordan, Bobby McFerrin, Charles McPherson, Louie Bellson, Pete Christlieb, Roy McCurdy, Billy Drummond, Larry Koonse, John Stowell, Cameron Brown, and Hugh Martin.
Mark Levine Workshop Series: Melodic Minor Harmony
The harmony derived from the melodic minor scale is an essential part of the sound of modern jazz, with its minor-major, lydian dominant, altered, and half-diminished chords. This workshop provides an overview of melodic minor scale harmony and its practical applications as heard in the music of Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, and other influential jazz composers and improvisers.
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
April 27, 2013
Carol Welsman
Carol Welsman is an internationally acclaimed singer and pianist whose expressive vocal styling and dynamic stage presence have captivated audiences around the world. Welsman’s vocals run the gamut from hauntingly reminiscent of Peggy Lee to swinging à la Ella; her piano accompaniment recalls Count Basie. Welsman’s most recent CD Journey (Justin Time Records) has been nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2013 Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of our Grammys). Carol’s previous album, I like Men! Reflections of Miss Peggy Lee, was voted a 2010 Top 5 Album of the Year in USA Today. Carol’s trio includes the great Gary Brown on bass and LA-based Jimmy Branly on drums.
“Welsman is that rarest of discoveries: a fully formed artist with the musicality, imagination and looks to cruise to the top of the jazz vocal genre… She balances the poetry of the words with the flow of the melody in a fashion rarely heard… ” – Los Angeles Times
April 21, 2013
Charles Charnas — CANCELLED
Vocalist and guitarist Charles Charnas presents fresh takes on standards in this CD release party for Tall Drink of Water.
“Bassic” Truth: Ellen Johnson Sings Mingus
Vocalist and lyricist Ellen Johnson has a longstanding affinity for the music of the great composer, bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus. Her version of “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” on her debut CD, Too Good To Title featured alto saxophonist and frequent Mingus collaborator Charles McPherson, and with the permission of Sue Mingus and Jazz Workshop, Johnson has composed original lyrics to a handful of Mingus originals. Johnson has also performed and or recorded with Sheila Jordan, Bobby McFerrin, Louie Bellson, Pete Christlieb, Roy McCurdy, Billy Drummond, Larry Koonse, John Stowell, Cameron Brown and Hugh Martin. Featuring Jason Martineau, piano; Aaron Germain, bass; and Alan Hall, drums.