Monday 9th - Friday 13th August 2010
GROOVE TIME
In this year's summer school we are going to explore the combination of skills necessary to improve our awareness of TIME in order that our playing has the GROOVE in-built.
How is it that Oscar Peterson can swing all on his own and Eddie Harris can be funky without a drummer?
How can we get in touch with our own sense of rhythm and play with a better feel?
We are going to explore the combination of skills necessary to improve our ability to play the phrases that we hear within the rhythmic context of a groove.
Drummers will explore the idea of melody within TIME & GROOVE. Melody players will explore the idea of rhythm within melody.
We will explore ways to unify and implement our harmonic knowledge within a deeper understanding of TIME & feel to both create and interact with the GROOVE.
It's not only the drummer's or the rhythm section's job to create the GROOVE..., we all have to feel the GROOVE and the TIME together for the music to swing.
The course will be taking place at
The Cinnamon
Club, The Firs, Bowdon (let us know if you need directions).
TIMETABLE
10.00 - 1.00: morning workshops (with break)
1.00 - 2.00: lunch
2.00 - 5.00: ensembles (with break)
*7.30 onwards (Mon - Thurs): jam sessions
7.30 onwards (Fri): Final performance (including staff performance)
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Mike Walker's guitar class - Summer 2006 |
Instruments
will not be provided. Pianists should bring a keyboard
and stand, guitarists/bassists etc should also bring
amps and cables. All students should bring a music
stand. If anyone needs to borrow any equipment, please
call to arrange in advance – we will help where
we can.
*Attendance
of the evening jam session is not compulsory.
COURSE TUTORS
Mike
Walker – guitar
Teaching
fellow at LIPA, Professor Emeritus at Franz
Listz University, Weimar, Germany .
Played/Recorded
with: George Russell Living Time Orchestra,
Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Peter Erskine,
John Taylor, Bob Moses, Mike Gibbs Big
Band, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Mica
Paris.
http://www.mike-walker.co.uk |
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Iain
Dixon – saxophone
Consultant to ABRSM jazz syllabus
for saxophone and clarinet.
Member
of BBC Big Band for 8 years.
Played
and recorded with Michael Brecker Quindectet
(‘Wide Angles’ album).
Toured
with Bryan Ferry band (‘Frantic tour’ and ‘Platinum
tour’).
Recorded
with Joni Mitchel, Sting, George Shearing,
Mel Torme.
http://www.myspace.com/iaindixon
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Other teaching staff
Steve Watts - bass
Professorial staff member at: Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Trinity College of Music. Tutor on Glamorgan Jazz Summer School Played with: Loose Tubes, Django Baites, Iain Bellamy, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Tracey, Kirt Leitsy. |
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Les Chisnall - piano
Teaches piano at Chethams School of Music and Leeds College of Music.
Played with: Kenny Wheeler, Julian Arguelles, Steve Berry
http://www.leschisnall.com/ |
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Caroline Boaden - drums
Leeds based drummer, has played with: Pete King, Eberhard Weber, Jim Mullen, Pat McCarthy, Alan Barnes. |
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Phil Bancroft – saxophone
Having taught saxophone and improvisation at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Napier University, Phil now runs education company ABC Creative Music with his twin brother Tom. He has performed with Geri Allen, Kenny Wheeler, Julian and Steve Arguelles, Joe Lovano, Ernst Reisinger and Oliver Lake.
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BOOKING
INFORMATION
Fees for the course are £300 (incl. vat) which is due in full by the end of June 2010. Please
download the booking form or contact the school for a booking form and return the it with a £50
deposit to secure your place. Please make cheques payable
to The Music Place. If you are not able to access the
online form please contact Lucy providing
your name and address and we will send you a form in
the post.
Concessions - The following will receive a 10% discount:
- Music Place students
- Two children from one family
- University/college students
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