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Blues Corner – Lesson 1

Mike Smith | May 24, 2012

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Palimpsest

Joseph Murphy | May 24, 2012

Palimpsest: Jazz and the Generational Continua am Palimpsest – 1.A parchment or other surface which later writing has been…

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Turnarounds; 2011

Joseph Murphy | May 24, 2012

In a year of global turmoil, occupied streets and roiling markets, jazz continued its plodding pace in the new…

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Summer Jazz Guide

Willie Thomas | May 15, 2012

Beginner/Intermediate Students Here are a few suggestions for helping your jazz band students use their spare time this summer to improve…

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Intermediate Corner

Andrew Youngren (admin) | January 6, 2012

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Freedom and Form: Jazz, Politics and the Practice of Freedom

Joseph Murphy | January 4, 2012

The sword that caused the wound must also heal the wound Wagner/Parsifal One spring evening in the early eighties,…

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Antiphony in Action

Joseph Murphy | January 4, 2012

In 1964, arguably the height of what MLK Jr., called, “The Freedom Movement,” that found expression politically in the…

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Freedom and Form: Jazz, Politics and the Practice of Freedom

Joseph Murphy | December 20, 2011

“The sword that caused the wound must also heal the wound” Wagner/Parsifal One spring evening in the early eighties,…

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Intermediate Corner

Willie Thomas | December 20, 2011

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW Style Students continue to hear and imitate new vocabulary while learning to play with correct jazz style in…

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Rhythm Pack Lesson 4 – Bass

Willie Thomas | November 21, 2011

4.1 Bass Lines and Harmonies The bass line can be systematically expanded to include more and more notes. Building…

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