Several contributors (see colored areas below).
Advice from Mr. B
Students need to practice daily and read and interact with the blog would be a good rest from your practice.
Read through the whole blog so you're ready for "TRIVIA SWAG!"
Wanna hear some great live jazz tonight (Thursday)? Read the bottom of this post.
On Tuesday, July 14, the JC Instructors encouraged the Jazz Colony students to take notes. Getting actively involved with the learning will help you retain the concepts and possibly review them between sessions. Recording portions of the session or parts of your rehearsals is also highly encouraged!
I'm excited to have Dan Greenblatt as one of the guest clinicians on Tuesday, July 21st as Alex Dugdale will be away. Dan is an amazing tenor player and jazz pedagog. Both Mr. Treseler and Mr. Bergevin have taken private lessons with him. His books on the blues scales and the importance of minor scale practice are worth your time. Take a moment to read about the books?
http://www.shermusic.com/1883217776.php
Dan's son is a great trumpeter too. He lives in NYC and has been playing a bit with Wynton Marsalis
http://wyntonmarsalis.org and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
http://www.tatumgreenblatt.com/newspress.php
On the topic of reading, consider READING about jazz or music (or read anything at all) once in a while. There's more to practice than practicing. There are too many great books to list here, but the more you read when you are young, the easier reading will be when you're in college and the reading requirements increase! Don't let your SUMMER SLOTH sneak up and rob you of your great progress in school this year ... in other words; "use it or lose it".
True, summer is a great time to recharge your batteries, sleep more and have fun. Please don't spend all of your valuable youth playing video games so that you're too exhausted to practice, read or listen to jazz. Also go outside and enjoy the amazing weather we are having. A little activity can increase your energy level. I've been biking and it's really fun and I feel better too.
See you soon!
Mr. B
This from Steve Treseler ...
We all listened to three bands led by Miles Davis perform "Walkin'" and actively listened to ensemble interpretation and interaction:
Miles Davis All Stars, Walkin' 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Miles Davis, trumpet
Lucky Thompson, tenor saxophone
J. J. Johnson, trombone
Horace Silver, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
Stockholm 1969 Completehttp://open.spotify.com/track/
Miles Davis, trumpet
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly, piano
Percy Heath, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine and Four + More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Miles Davis, trumpet
George Coleman, tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano
Ron Carter, bass
Tony Williams, drums
My combo is working on Jones and Symes's "There Is No Greater Love". I taught them the piece by ear, and I want my combo members to do some research about the piece starting at http://www.jazzstandards.com/ Please look for an original score, original recording from the film, study how the lyrics interact with the melody, and listen to famous jazz interpretations. Here is my favorite version from Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt's 1962 record Boss Tenors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
This from Joel Steinke ...
Killer joe. Working on memorizing the melody and being able to use voice leading through the chord changes as a stepping stone to soloing.
This from volunteer extrodinaire: Dan Chappelle
Great session last night led by ST listening to the styles of Miles. A shout-out to the drummers who were able to attend the early session (Lauren, Brady, Miriel, Cedar) since this is outside normal JC hours. We launched the 'Beginning of No End to Control', a study in and around independence. We had discussion time around the 'Keys to the Vault' - why might a bandleader call you first?? (Note: not all of the keys involved playing a drum or cymbal!!) And reflection time on my studies with Jim Chapin (Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer).
Best to those who are headed to Centrum later this week. Have fun and dig deep!
Cheers!
Dan Chappelle
This from Max (the Sax) Bennett
Nice! The Art Blakey combo was all there last night which was great! We worked on Moanin again and I gave some suggestions on different scale and harmonic devices one can use to solo on the tune (minor blues, harmonic minor and melodic minor, etc). I also gave the horn players some voice leading suggestions to begin working on the changes. Everyone's time felt great but getting some of the changes and developing some better phrasing would be the next step in improving. We also played through a couple of blues heads.
Homework:
1) Everyone will write a blues head and bring it in. Any key is fine. It should be at least somewhat repetitious and easy to learn by ear. We will likely play one or two of these at Sea Jazz.
Here is Joe Williams on everyday I have the blues (One of the most swingin tunes on the planet) http://youtu.be/
2) bring in a chart or any other suggestions for tunes we want to work on in the future.
3) extra credit: learn some licks from the Art Blakey version of Moanin
This from Alex Dugdale
In my combo (Cannonball Combo) we ran through Little Sunflower and Super Secret Buffalo Sauce. We focused on attitude of a solo (aggressive, melodic, thoughtful, locking in with the groove). The horns worked on coming up with harmony parts using the melody notes against chord changes (what scale degree of the chord is the melody on and what notes can be played in the chord in conjunction with the melody). Rhythm section experimented with grooves and came up with organic motives. Very creative and independent. Also touched on non verbal communication and cues.
Mainly I wanted to remind my combo (especially those that weren't there!) to check out recordings of "The Intimacy of the Blues" by Billy Strayhorn. -Michael Glynn
Here's a chance to hear some great live jazz in Seattle this Thursday.
Thursday night: Michael Blake, Donnie McCaslin, Matt Wilson and Dawn Clement, piano; Jay Thomas, trumpet/sax; Chuck Deardorf, bass.
July 14, 2015 / aajseattle / No Comments
Thursday, July 16 at The Royal Room
5000 Rainier Ave South
Seattle
Cornish Jazz Camp Faculty
Featuring Matt Wilson, drums; Donnie McCaslin, saxophone; Dawn Clement, piano; Jay Thomas, trumpet/sax; Chuck Deardorf, bass.
5000 Rainier Ave South
Seattle
Cornish Jazz Camp Faculty
Featuring Matt Wilson, drums; Donnie McCaslin, saxophone; Dawn Clement, piano; Jay Thomas, trumpet/sax; Chuck Deardorf, bass.
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