Jazz Smugglers Master Workshop

Jazz Smugglers Master Workshop
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Saturday 14 July 2012

LESS IS MORE

We've learnt our jazz at the feet of Terry Seabrook one of the country's finest jazz pianists. Here is one of his tips for playing jazz. we'll add more as we go....
YOUR PHRASE LENGTH. VARY IT, SHORT TO LONG
I notice that many newcomers to jazz try and play too many notes.
Thelonius Monk, one of the most original soloists ever, was very comfortable leaving several bars silent. This itself creates tension.
We will produce tips for jazz piano, and jazz guitar. We will cover jazz chords, jazz guitar chords, and we will deal with jazz scales. We will cover jazz songs. This site is all about jazz improvisation particularly for jazz saxophone. 




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