Jazz Band
TITLE: NPD Webinar – Incorporating Latin Percussion into Your Jazz Program – with Matthew Henry
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
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DATE: January 6, 2022
About this Webinar – This valuable webinar provides a missing piece for many jazz programs. Presenter/demonstrator Matthew Henry combines his skills as a musician, a music educator, and an authority on Latin music in this unique webinar. Matthew breaks down the characteristics of the Mambo, Samba, Bossa Nova, and Cha Cha and explains in depth the possible instrument choices of…
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TITLE: Copyright for Virtual Concerts: What You Can and Cannot Do
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: ARTICLE VIDEO
DATE: December 16, 2020
Curated from J.W. Pepper’s CuedIn – by Andrea Pelloquin – Planning an online concert? What about copyright, permissions? This article and video sets the issue straight. J.W. Pepper hosted a webinar on October 1st with Katie Baron, attorney and partner at Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP and Shari Molstad, Permissions Manager at Hal Leonard LLC. We have summarized the content of…
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TITLE: Denis DiBlasio: Jazz Saxophonist, Music Educator and Storyteller
SOURCE: Curated
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DATE: December 11, 2020
Curated from Yamaha Educator Suite – Denis DiBlasio is a natural improviser. He was about 10 years old when his music teacher wrote down a blues scale in F. “He said, ‘Just make up stuff and use these notes,’” DiBlasio says. “I must have played that thing for two years. I just beat that thing to death.” After spending so…
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TITLE: The Basics of Jazz
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: November 3, 2020
Curated from Band Directors Talk Shop – For many, learning to play jazz can be daunting, much less trying to teach it. Students know what good jazz sounds like, but how do you relay it to others? It doesn’t help that the notation does not always represent what is actually happening. To help your students, there are a few things…
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TITLE: Selecting a Saxophone for Classical and Jazz Performance
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: October 16, 2020
Curated from BandWorld – by Dr. Tracy Heavner – Introduction There are many brands of saxophones currently being produced varying greatly in quality and price. Within their brand, most saxophone manufacturers also produce several different models in order to meet the needs of performers at various stages of development. Student models, designed for beginning saxophonists, are the least expensive but…
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