Week 4

Reminder: we have our first Jazz Colony Performance next Wednesday
Wednesday 7/23 from 5:00-8:00 in the Plaza Behind Anthony’s Home Port in downtown Edmonds (456 Admiral Way)

Assignments:

• Learn to play the trumpet introduction and vocal melody to Chet Baker's "But Not For Me" on your instrument. Work on singing the trumpet solo.

• Get together with one other musician from jazz colony and work on the following improvisation and listening exersices:

     - One musician begins to improvise, and the second musician:
             a) Imitates how the other is playing
             b) Provides drastic contrast
             c) Accompanies the other player
     - Alternate who leads and who responds
     - Experiment, take chances, and try new things
     - Record some of your improvisations if possible

Check out these recordings of "But Not For Me":

Judy Garland from the original musical Girl Crazy 

John Coltrane