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In this installment our friends start to give us the inside scoop on their thinking about youthful jazz development. In subsequent issues through 2012, they will discuss definitive attributes of a lead player, experiences that shaped their concepts and conviction, lead chair vs. second chair, interacting with the rhythm section & the other lead players, what to learn and listen for, artistic contributions, and responsibilities and equipment. ~AB

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Gordon Goodwin shares 10 tunes off his must-have playlist

Being driven around the neighborhoods of the Crescent City, discussing jazz with one of the Marsalis clan for an hour or so – not a bad way to spend an afternoon, right? This past January, while at the JEN Conference, that’s the situation I was lucky enough to find myself in.

JEN in the Birthplace of Jazz

January 16, 2011

A stellar line-up of performers, a premier location, and a formidable board of directors… This is a trifecta for the [...]

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Jason Robinson

An assistant professor of Music at Amherst College, critically acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jason Robinson has just released three concurrent [...]

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January 2011

JEN Conference (Jan 5-8, 2011) Honoring Performance in the Birthplace of Jazz The 2011 theme of the Jazz Education Network’s [...]

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Efficient Practice

Over many years of teaching, I have learned that the biggest challenges students face have to do with developing efficient [...]

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Wally Gator Watson You Will Be Missed

Some years ago my students and I traveled to Moscow, Idaho to attend the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton International [...]

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January 2011

December 7 Tony Addison He Is Love [Pacific Coast Jazz]Trish Clowes Tangent [Basho]David Cook Pathway [Brooklyn Jazz Underground]Masahiro Andoh Winter [...]

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January 2011

Korg’s microKEY Korg’s microKEY USB Powered Keyboard and MIDI Controller offers a way to create a compact and customized MIDI [...]

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Whatchamacallit – The Age of Ambiguity: An Apt Appellation

A Brief History Starting with the fifth century, every period in music history is identified by a specific name, except [...]

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Transcribing A Score for Big Band

Sooner or later, a jazz composition student will be asked to transcribe a solo from an album as a way [...]

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David Liebman: This is Not Something You Enter Lightly

One of the most stalwart torchbearers for jazz for both the music and the “message” David Liebman has been a [...]

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