Durham Jazz Workshop is offering a series of Classes. Some begin this week, some next, and some in February. My current offerings:
1) In the Zone: Define Your Voice
Exploring the art of Improvisation via writing
Composition can be viewed as Improvising slowed down to a dead stop. Everything comes from an idea; we’ll work with smaller ideas utilizing melodic variation, phrasing, targeting, and pentatonics.
Students will compose one or two contrafacts (or substitute an original tune for the 2nd contrafact). Weeks 1, 3, 5: we’ll meet as a group for 90-minutes. Weeks 2, 4, 6: I’ll meet with students 1-on-1 to review and discuss their work (to be submitted in advance).
Zoom capabilities are necessary for the course; computer or tablet recommended. Maximum 5 students, all ages welcome. The class runs for 6 weeks beginning Monday, January 25, 7pm. The class fee is $250.
2) Group Jazz Guitar: Harmony
Working with Voicings and Voice-Leading
Working with Triads, Drop Voicings, Guide-tones with/without other notes, Quartal Harmony, and Oblique-Motion we’ll explore various approaches to comping and working with the harmony. Templates will include rhythm changes, a blues form, and 3rd tune (TBD).
Weeks 1, 3, 5: we’ll meet as a group for 90-minutes. Weeks 2, 4, 6: I’ll meet with students 1-on-1 to review and discuss their work (to be submitted in advance).
Zoom capabilities are necessary for the course; computer or tablet recommended. Maximum 5 students, all ages welcome.
The class will meet for 6 weeks beginning Wednesday, January 27, 7pm. The class fee is $250.
