online: Play More Jazz! course
10-week online course exploring the techniques employed by the great jazz musicians
Our long-running jazz improvisation course continues online and totally Covid-safe. As usual the course is led by Steve Glendinning, a superb guitarist who was a regular tutor at Sage Gateshead.
Tuesdays: 19:30 – 21:00 online
Next term starts Tuesday 2 March (Don’t worry if you miss a session, they are still available online)
Finishes Tuesday 18 May
No sessions on 6 or 27 April
PLAY MORE JAZZ! – A Jazz Odyssey
This is a practical course for all musicians wishing to develop their skills in jazz performance and improvisation. With a ‘tune a week’ approach students will learn repertoire, improvisation skills, develop instrumental proficiency and broaden their knowledge of the story of jazz from a practical perspective.
The focus this term is the celebration of a century of jazz: from the melting pot of New Orleans through the birth of swing, bebop, cool and fusion. This ten-week course will take a retrospective look at the development of jazz composition and improvisation through the decades, focusing on the pivotal players and tunes that have shaped the course of this epic story.
The online sessions will be delivered in weekly 90-minute sessions, via YouTube video and are open to all musicians who would like to learn about jazz performance and improvisation. Although a basic working knowledge of your instrument is required for these sessions, the course is open to beginners and experienced players.
This is very much a practical online course, as well as tutor demonstrations there will be opportunities for students to play along with various exercises during the sessions, and although current technology does not allow us to play as an ensemble simultaneously, all students will hear and be able to interact with the tutor’s sound feed and be able to field questions during the session via the ‘live chat’ text function.
Prices
The course fee is £120 for a 10-session term. You may also pay £15 per session (£30 minimum payment).
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).
To book
To enrol please complete the form below.
To confirm your booking you need to pay for the course in advance.
You can pay in one of the following ways:
1 By bank transfer (online banking) directly into our bank account: Account name: Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, Account number: 65650408, Sort code: 08 92 99
2 By making an online payment by credit/debit card or PayPal: use the button at the bottom of this web page
Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop
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Bass player, improviser and composer John Pope is a musician with a deep commitment to creative expression and curiosity. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne he has spent over a decade working all across the spectrum of modern music, from the avant-garde to pop, folk and rock. But jazz is his creative home turf, especially with regards to improvisation and spontaneous collaboration. John has worked with prominent musicians including Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Chris Biscoe, Roy Wiliams and many others, as well as being a founding member of the Peter Whittingham Award-supported ‘alternative-jazz’ trio Archipelago. 2021 has seen him release his first album as a bandleader, with a chord-less quintet of Northern musicians playing his free-wheeling, open-hearted compositions. His approach to music is driven by a love for the spontaneous and a commitment to expressing the joy of playing together.
Sue Ferris has been playing saxophone and flute for well over 30 years in a variety of settings. These include classical, musical theatre and rock and pop, but she feels most creative when improvising in a small group or big band.