5-Day Guitar Intensive with Mimi Fox & Special Guest Adam Levy
For Intermediate to Advanced Jazz Guitarists
Dates: August 3–7, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Monday–Friday)
Special Event: Friday Evening Joint Student & Faculty Concert at 7:00 PM
Who: Adults and Advanced Teens
Tuition: $900
Daily Schedule
9:00–10:30 AM – Master Class with special guest artist Adam Levy
10:45 AM–12:45 PM – Daily Rhythm Section Workout
1:30–3:30 PM – Classes with Mimi Fox on topics including:
- Transcriptions of Masters
- Essential and Exotic Scales
- The Wonderful World of Arpeggios
- How to Organize Your Practice Time
- Solo Guitar Mastery
- Motivic Development
- Building a Strong Chordal Vocabulary
3:30–4:30 PM – Practice and Jam Time
Registration Information
To register, contact program director Mimi Fox for a placement consultation at mfox@jazzschool.org. Once placement is approved, you will receive a tuition payment link to secure your enrollment.
Limited to 14 guitarists. Early enrollment is recommended.
For more information, contact Mimi Fox at mfox@jazzschool.org
Mimi Fox – Director
“Beyond her passion and technical virtuosity, Fox plays with a profundity that only results from a lifetime of commitment and total immersion in one’s art.”
– Guitar Player Magazine
Mimi Fox is a virtuosic improviser who has collaborated with many of jazz’s greatest figures, securing her place in the jazz guitar pantheon. Internationally renowned as a performer, composer, and recording artist, she has been recognized in multiple DownBeat Magazine International Critics Polls.
Celebrated by writers and colleagues alike as one of today’s most eloquent guitarists, Fox has performed and recorded with Grammy winners Branford Marsalis, Diana Krall, Stevie Wonder, Joey DeFrancesco, and Terri Lyne Carrington. She has also been a featured soloist with numerous orchestras, most recently the Michigan Philharmonic.
Her touring career spans the globe, with performances at top venues in Japan, Thailand, Europe, and Australia, as well as major festivals including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Perth International Jazz Festival, and Jamaica Spice Jazz Festival. In the United States, she has headlined renowned stages such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals, The Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, and Yoshi’s.
Fox’s work has been featured in documentaries for PBS and BET.
Her 12th and most recent album, One for Wes, is a high-energy centennial tribute to guitar legend Wes Montgomery, featuring her smokin’ organ trio. New York City Jazz Record praises the album for “showcasing her exceptional skill and versatility across various musical styles.”
Learn more at mimifoxguitar.com.
Adam Levy – Special Guest
Los Angeles-based guitarist Adam Levy is widely respected as a “musician’s musician” with many featured turns to his credit — including his understated yet memorable solos on Norah Jones’ ‘Come Away with Me’ album and his juicy blues lines on Tracy Chapman’s hit “Give Me One Reason”. Levy is a nuanced accompanist as well, as heard on Allen Toussaint’s recording of “American Tune”. You can also hear him on recordings by Lizz Wright, Vulfpeck, Amos Lee, and Anaïs Mitchell (composer of Hadestown). Levy’s own records showcase his skills as a composer and songwriter. His most recent release is ‘Household’, featuring saxophonist Josh Johnson and helmed by Grammy-winning producer Chris Bruce. Levy co-authored the Amazon best-seller ‘String Theories’ and hosts the popular YouTube channel Guitar Tips.
Jeff Denson – Accompanist
Jeff Denson is an award-winning bassist, vocalist, and composer with 16 albums as a leader or co-leader. He has toured extensively across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, performing at some of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, including the Village Vanguard, Birdland, The Kennedy Center, JVC Jazz Festival Paris, Montreal Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, and SFJazz.
Hailed as a “master of the jazz bass” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Denson has collaborated with many of jazz’s finest artists, including Brian Blade, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Mike Stern, Charles McPherson, Billy Childs, Jane Ira Bloom, Craig Handy, Ingrid Jensen, Dave Douglas, Walter Smith III, Kendrick Scott, Rachel Z, Omar Hakim, Gerald Cleaver, Anat Cohen, Warren Wolf, Leo Genovese, Etienne Charles, Edward Simon, Paul McCandless, Cuong Vu, Ralph Alessi, Dan Weiss, Lionel Loueke, Mark Turner, Paul Hanson, George Cables, and Terri Lyne Carrington, among others. He also maintained an ongoing musical relationship with the legendary Lee Konitz for over a decade until Konitz’s passing in 2020.
Denson’s work has been widely reviewed in major publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The San Francisco Chronicle, as well as numerous international outlets. He has been ranked in the DownBeat Rising Star Critics Poll 16 times across the Bass, Electric Bass, and Male Vocalist categories, earning First Place in the Electric Bass category in the 69th Annual DownBeat Rising Star Critics Poll (2021).
Denson is the Founder and President of Ridgeway Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit, and the former Dean of Instruction at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley.
Deszon Claiborne – Accompanist
A Bay Area native, Deszon Claiborne began his musical journey at age ten. Initially self-taught, he later honed his craft under the guidance of renowned drummers such as Richard Peterson, Rick Quintinel (Chuck Brown School of Drumming), James Levi, Billy Cobham, and Kenneth Nash, developing a strong foundation in jazz, rhythm & blues, and world music.
Claiborne has performed and recorded with a diverse range of artists, including Peter Apfelbaum, Don Cherry, Charles Brown, Angela Bofill, Les McCann, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Robben Ford, Boz Scaggs, Greg Howe, Henry Butler, Giovanni Hidalgo, Kai Eckhardt, John Handy, Taj Mahal, Donald Harrison, and Rodney Franklin, among many others.
In addition to his work as a performer and recording artist, Claiborne is a dedicated educator. He has taught private and group lessons to students of all ages and skill levels, from beginners to advanced players. For over 20 years, he has been actively involved in Bay Area music education programs, including the Jazzschool, Jazz Camp West, Stanford Jazz Camp, Lafayette Summer Music Camp, Moody’s Jazz Camp, Just Say Jazz, and Adventures in Music.