In this workshop we'll explore; swing, bop, post bop, cool, latin, fusion and contemporary jazz styles. It's ideal if you've already had experience playing and improvising.  Some topics include:

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• How to memorize Tunes

• Working with Fakebooks

• Creating Chord/Melody arrangements

• Transcribing

• Comping in various styles including; Charleston, Bossa Nova, Montuno, Modern 

• Melodic phrasing 

• Chord/Scales -  Major, Melodic minor, Harmonic minor, Harmonic major (including the subsets; Pentatonic, Hexatonic and hybrids) as well as Octatonic (diminished), Augmented and Whole-tone 

• Understanding Chord/Scale Choices

• Wide Interval playing

• Arpeggios

• Triads / Dyads  (upper structure triads, triad-pairs)

• Note Per String organizing principles 

• Chromaticism - Targeting (enclosure), Ornaments

• ZONES and PATCHES

• Generalized Objects and Operators