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May 19, 2013 11:00 am
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May 19, 2013 12:00 pm
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May 19, 2013 2:00 pm
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May 26, 2013 11:00 am
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May 18, 2013 8:00 pm
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May 19, 2013 4:30 pm
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May 21, 2013 8:00 pm
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May 22, 2013 8:00 pm
Upcoming Events
May 18, 2013
Eli Goldlink’s Flavor of the Month Club Band & Cha Ching
Eli Goldlink’s Flavor of the Month Club Band
Pianist Eli Goldlink returns to the Jazzschool with his Flavor of the Month Club Band, performing new original love songs inspired by artists such as Steely Dan, Usher, Bob Marley, Mac Dre and the Beatles. Featuring Rikki Gibson, lead vocal; Adriana Morrero, backup vocal: Eli Goldlink, piano and backup vocal; Tony Owen, guitar; Bil Hager, bass and Nick De Ryss, drums.
Cha Ching
Cha Ching is an exciting collaboration of musicians from around the world, including students in the Jazzschool Institute and performers that hail from South America and the Caribbean. They combine a wealth of rich musical styles to create an original sound that could only come from the Bay Area. Featuring Uri Macciovello and Adriana Morrero, vocals; Tony Owen, guitar; Jordan Wilson, tres/vocals; Eli Goldlink, piano; Bil Hager, bass; and Chris Heath, drums.
May 19, 2013
Mark Levine Workshop Series: Jazz Theory Complete in 2 Hours!
Author of the one of the most widely used jazz theory texts in the world, The Jazz Theory Book (Sher Music), Mark Levine boils it all down to a single two-hour intensive. From the II-V-I progression through advanced harmonic techniques, scale theory and reharmonization. Please bring music manuscript paper and a pencil to class.
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
Vocal Jazz Workshop: The Music of Harold Arlen with Maye Cavallaro
Over the Rainbow: The Music of Harold Arlen
Known for his bluesy and harmonically sophisticated tunes, Harold Arlen paired with the best lyricists of his day including Ted Koehler (with whom he wrote “Let’s Fall in Love,” and “Stormy Weather,”) and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (with whom he wrote the music for The Wizard of Oz.)
In this 3-part workshop, singers explore the music of Arlen including well-known tunes and some not so well-known.
Students also listen to how jazz greats have interpreted these songs to get ideas for their own arrangements.
May 19, 26 and June 2, 2013 Noon – 3 pm
$220 advance purchase/$235 day of the workshop
Instructor provides 10 charts and practice tracks. Class time is spent learning the songs and developing new arrangements. In the 3rd meeting of the series, students work with an accompanist.
Maximum enrollment: 8
Mark Levine Workshop Series: How to Voice Standards for Piano – The Menu
Grammy-nominated pianist/educator Mark Levine shows pianists how to create effective jazz piano arrangements using 4th chords, upper structures, the “So What” chord, the “Kenny Barron” and “Herbie Hancock” chords, and rootless left-hand voicings. Mark has created a “voicing menu” to facilitate matching the melody note at any given point with the best possible piano voicing. Students use Alice in Wonderland as a workshop song.
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
Jazzschool Institute Student Performances
The Jazzschool Institute presents two student ensembles for our second day of end-of-semester performances!
TRADITIONAL NORTH INDIAN ENSEMBLE
Directed by Arjun Verma, this instrumental ensemble is devoted to the rhythmic, melodic and harmonic underpinnings of North Indian music. The ensemble presents a piece combining portions composed by Ali Akbar Khan with spontaneous improvisations. The piece will begin with a brief alaap, or melodic section without fixed meter, and will continue with a theme in the 10 beat rhythm cycle, jhaptaal, ending with an intricate rhythmic jhala section and dynamic finish. Featuring Eli Goldlink, piano; Rikki Gibson, guitar; and William Rossel, tabla.
BRAZILIAN ENSEMBLE
Marcos Silva directs this ensemble focusing on the amalgam of Brazilian and American jazz styles of music and techniques. Featuring Tiffany Austin, vocal; Madison Bohrer, tenor sax; Dillon Vado, vibes; Casey Mattson, piano; Andrew Lion, bass; and Zachary Mondlick, drums.
Full schedule listed here.
May 24, 2013
Kai Eckhardt’s Zeitgeist
Renowned bassist and composer Kai Eckhardt presents his latest project, a blend of funk, jazz and world music ranging from blazing instrumentals to soulful contemporary vocals. Kai’s jaw-dropping credentials include music icon Wayne Shorter, legendary guitarist John McLaughlin, jam band Garaj Mahal, Stanley Clarke, Patrice Rushen, Dewey Redman, Billy Cobham, Steve Smith, Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain and many others.
Zeitgeist features some of the Bay Area’s very hottest electric jazz players — Kai Eckhardt, bass and vocals; Osam Ezzeldin, keyboards; Chris Robinson, guitar; and Deszon Claiborne, drums. Do not miss this one!
May 26, 2013
Montuno Basics with Eli Goldlink
A look into the role the montuno plays in Afro-Caribbean music styles, and its application to jazz; focusing on clave direction, and how to hear it in a practical setting.
Students gain a basic understanding of how the montuno fits into Afro-Caribbean musical styles and how to apply the concept to other musical styles.
Prerequisites: basic understanding of harmony and the II-V-I progression. Bring your instrument! (Piano will be available.)
Sunday May 26, 11 am – 1 pm
Eli Goldlink $20
Eli Goldlink is a Berkeley born and raised pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader finishing his final semester at the Jazzschool Institute to receive a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Eli currently plays piano/keyboards with bay area latin fusion band Cha Ching (the band from Oakland,) locally based project The Astronauts, and his own personal project Eli Goldlink’s Flavor of the Month Club Band (we hope you will enjoy the show.) Showcasing all original music composed by the man himself.
Composing Blues for Jazz Performance with John Stein
The Blues underlies much popular music and is a foundational skill for jazz musicians. The form provides an endlessly fascinating vehicle for improvisation and can be approached stylistically in many ways.
In this workshop, students investigate the functional areas in the blues form, examine the harmonic structure of a 3-chord blues, add jazz chords to create a more sophisticated harmonic structure, consider minor key blues concepts, experiment with the blues form by extending the number of measures, and explore sources for blues melodies.
This presentation includes numerous musical examples and recordings.
No prerequisites, open to all!
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop