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| Tour: Teaching |
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| Sep 21 Sunday | California Jazz Conservatory -
ONLINE,
via Zoom Clinic (Online) – open to all “Math for Jazz Music” Show More Info Noon-3pm Pacific Time (3pm-6pm Eastern)
LIVE, ONLINE WORKSHOP
Description:
Modular Arithmetic. Mutually Prime. Rotational Symmetry. Have I lost you yet? Terms like these are foreign to most of us, but what they stand for are things that, as musicians, we unknowingly deal with all the time. Let’s get our geek on and learn some new ways of talking about harmony and rhythm… ways that we can put to powerful use in better understanding and internalizing the music we play.
Prerequisite: familiarity with basic musical concepts such as chord types and the circle of fifths. |
| Oct 26 Sunday | California Jazz Conservatory -
ONLINE,
via Zoom Clinic (Online) – open to all “Jazz Blues: Digging Deeper” Show More Info Noon-3pm Pacific Time (3pm-6pm Eastern)
LIVE, ONLINE WORKSHOP
Description:
The 12-bar blues is perhaps the most basic form in all of jazz, but it can serve as a vehicle for truly deep harmonic explorations. In this workshop we’ll explore some of its advanced possibilities—looking at compositions that stretch its conventions (Chi-Chi, Gingerbread Boy, Cousin Mary, Isotope…) and at devices we can use on the fly to stretch its bounds during our improvisations. The common thread will be an abstract and robust understanding of the form that lets us venture far while always preserving its essence.
Prerequisite: experience improvising over the standard jazz blues (e.g. Billie’s Bounce). Knowledge of advanced harmony is a plus. Have your instrument (suggested). |
| Nov 16 Sunday | California Jazz Conservatory -
ONLINE,
via Zoom Clinic (Online) – open to all “Using Lydian Dominant Like a Pro” Show More Info Noon-3pm Pacific Time (3pm-6pm Eastern)
LIVE, ONLINE WORKSHOP
Description:
The Lydian Dominant scale is at the heart of countless great melodies and solos of modern jazz. Its definition is simple—a Mixolydian scale with a raised four—but this simplicity belies two key complexities: 1. Making Mixolydian-style melodies with a raised four will almost always FAIL to evoke the beauty and power of the Lydian Dominant sound; and 2. The Lydian Dominant scale is called for in specific situations that are, for the most part, not indicated by the chord changes on a chart. In this workshop we’ll learn to construct lines that are specifically idiomatic to Lydian Dominant, and to recognize the main harmonic situations that call for the use of Lydian Dominant. Students will listen to examples and execute ideas on their instrument. |
Noteworthy past venues
- Blue Note, NYC
- Blue Whale, Los Angeles
- Blues Alley, Washington DC
- Boston Symphony Hall
- Century Park, Shanghai, China
- Chris’ Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia
- Dizzy’s, San Diego
- Catalina Jazz Club, Los Angeles
- Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle
- Fillmore Jazz Festival, San Francisco
- Fifty-Five Bar, NYC
- Frankie’s Jazz, Vancouver, Canada
- Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
- Hermann’s Jazz, Victoria, Canada
- Jazz Alley, Seattle
- Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
- KCSM Jazz on the Hill, San Mateo, CA
- The Jazz Standard, NYC
- Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival
- Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz
- LACMA, Los Angeles
- Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
- Monterey Jazz Festival
- Regattabar, Boston
- Ryles Jazz Club, Boston
- San Francisco Jazz Festival
- Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
- Scullers Jazz Club, Boston
- SFJAZZ, San Francisco
- SLO Jazz Festival, San Luis Obispo
- The United Nations, NYC
- Vitello’s, Los Angeles
- Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Canada
- Yoshi’s, Oakland
