INTENSIVE MODERN JAZZ HARMONY AND IMPROVISATION SESSION
Contact Barbara on 0115 875 8491 barbwhite15@hotmail.com
£12.00 per person per 2 hour session
Saturday 10th November 2007 from 4pm - 7pm
with Edgar Macias
In the back room at
The Blenheim Pub, Snape Wood Rd, Bulwell, Nottingham
Tram to Bulwell and then a 68 or 69 bus to the terminus at Snape Wood. By road second exit (coming from the motorway) off from Nuthall roundabout - Low Wood Rd to the next roundabout, left to the next roundabout (almost immediate) then left up Snape Wood Rd to the Blenheim.
Tunes to practise for the day:-
- Little Sunflower - Colorado Page 126
- Mr P.C. - Blues - Colorado Page 141
- But not for me - Colorado Page 45
All instrumentalists are welcome. Participants should have basic technical ability on their instruments. There will be at least eight participants at each session. Edgar Macias will be our "Maestro". Edgar is a working jazz/ latin-jazz pianist with enormous technical skill and a passion for modern jazz harmony and improvisation. His musical influences range from Schoenberg to Bill Evans to Coltrane, Caribbean, Salsa and Latin grooves.
Based on the selected tunes Edgar will engage all participants in continuous improvisation with open discussion on each player's contribution. The times stated represent 1 hour prior to Edgar's arrival for warm-up.
It is expected that for those in the process of developing their abilities to play jazz, this session will provide the basis for practice until the next session. Sessions will be organised somewhere in Nottingham approximately every month.
