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Uncle Willie visits Aebersold Camp 2011

Willie Thomas | August 2, 2011

In 1977 at the National Association of Jazz Educators in Daytona Beach, I watched a young man give a…

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Rhythm Pack Lesson 1 – Piano

Willie Thomas | July 30, 2011

So, you want to play some jazz, great, letʼs do it! Weʼll start with some basic blues! 1.1 Basic…

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Rhythm Pack Lesson 1 – Drums

Willie Thomas | July 28, 2011

So, you want to play some jazz, great, let’s do it! We’ll start with some basic blues! 1.1 Basic…

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Rhythm Pack Lesson 1 – Bass

Willie Thomas | July 22, 2011

So, you want to play some jazz, great, letʼs do it! Weʼll start with some basic blues! 1.1 Basic…

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Skype Special

jkisor | July 22, 2011

I’m offering a special discount on Skype Lessons through September 30th.  Disregard what I say in the video, I’ll…

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Extended Dominants

jkisor | July 13, 2011

  C7   F7   Bb7   Eb7   Ab7   Db7   Gb7   B7   E7  …

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Justin Kisor – Jazz Immersion

jkisor | July 13, 2011

Jazz is an oral language and was originally passed on by listening and playing with players that were better…

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Passages

Joseph Murphy | June 8, 2011

Billy Bang And while still on strings, we note the passing of the exquisite jazz violinist Billy Bang, in…

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String Theories

Joseph Murphy | June 1, 2011

If you poke around the closets of your average jazz writer you are bound to come across the forlorn…

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Ask Willie

Willie Thomas | May 5, 2011

Yo, here’s a place to ask me anything you like… Fire away!

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