Roaring Fork Jazz Workshop tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2008-03-09:/jazzws//1 2011-06-16T15:23:07Z Movable Type Commercial 4.23-en Survey of Jazz Styles at CCAH tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.610 2011-05-15T13:50:24Z 2011-06-16T15:23:07Z I'll be facilitating a "Survey of Jazz Styles" class at the Third Street Center, Carbondale, CO., June 16th, 2011, from 6:30-8:30. For information on attending, click here. The following, is a tentative outline for the class. A necessarily succinct survey... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org I'll be facilitating a "Survey of Jazz Styles" class at the Third Street Center, Carbondale, CO., June 16th, 2011, from 6:30-8:30. For information on attending, click here. The following, is a tentative outline for the class.

A necessarily succinct survey of jazz styles, with guest, Bob Levey.

We'll listen to and put a little context to the following styles of jazz:

  • Blues (call and response)
    • Mississippi Fred McDowell; "Soon ONe Mornin'"
  • Traditional Jazz (Hot Jazz)
    • Louis Armstrong; "West End Blues"
  • Swing
    • Duke Ellington; "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Don't Have That Swing"
    • Coleman Hawkins; "Body And Soul"
  • Bebop
    • Bob Levey; Stories about Stan Levey, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, etc.
    • Bebop; Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Levey, Stan Getz, etc
    • Charlie Parker; Just Friends
  • Hard Bop
    • Doodlin'; Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
    • Joy Spring; Clifford Brown - performed by Bob and Tim
    • Giant Steps; John Coltrane
  • Modal Jazz
    • So What; Miles Davis
  • Avant Gaurd/Free Jazz
    • Acknowledgment; John Coltrane
  • Jazz Fusion
    • Birdland; Weather Report
  • Some of today's artists and their "amalgamated" music
    • Joe Lovano
    • Tim Hagans
    • Kenny Werner

My notes on Jazz Styles - click here.
My Diigo Jazz Appreciation list of links - click here.
My Diigo Webslide show - click here.
My Jazz Appreciation Bibliography - click here.


]]> Get Dropbox! tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.609 2011-04-28T22:37:37Z 2011-04-28T22:37:43Z Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/yrF28xq I use Dropbox for a bunch of stuff. I can: put a file (e.g. a pdf) from my computer in to Dropbox, and read it... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/yrF28xq

I use Dropbox for a bunch of stuff. I can:

  • put a file (e.g. a pdf) from my computer in to Dropbox, and read it later on my iPhone
  • put a pdf of sheet music in to Dropbox, and play from it on an iPad
  • do an "offsite" backup of important files
  • share files that are too big to share as email attachments
  • share file systems with other Dropbox users

Download it and install it from here: http://db.tt/yrF28xq

]]> Session Notes 04/12/2011 tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.608 2011-04-13T16:08:45Z 2011-04-13T16:10:46Z Been awhile since I posted any session notes. In any case, we've been hard at it this spring. Last night we dove in to a couple of the less used keys, and practiced the Dominant 7th bebop scale starting on... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Been awhile since I posted any session notes. In any case, we've been hard at it this spring.

Last night we dove in to a couple of the less used keys, and practiced the Dominant 7th bebop scale starting on the 2nd scale degree. We explored ways of getting to a chord tone, delaying the deed until the descending portion of the exercise, then using the "enclosure" technique (enclosing the 3rd) to "resolve" the scale/chord. Here's an example of an idea that we played with:


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We took that idea through all the keys, then through several keys of blues. In our exploration, we relied on our musical ears to confirm the "rightness" of a particular solution. There's certainly mathematics that would back up our appropriate solutions, I believe, but we'll leave that to all those civic music engineers out there.

Thanks to Terry Bannon for helping out with his beautiful bass line/chordal accompaniments.

Finally, the attendees agreed that having participated, they were less "square". Those who weren't there remain square. ;-)

]]> Maroon Creek Music Schedule tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.607 2011-02-03T13:47:06Z 2011-02-03T13:50:05Z Click read more for the music schedule at Maroon Creek Restaurant.... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Click read more for the music schedule at Maroon Creek Restaurant. ]]> Maroon Creek Music Schedule tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.606 2011-02-03T13:47:06Z 2011-02-03T13:48:46Z Click read more for the music schedule at Maroon Creek Restaurant.... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Click read more for the music schedule at Maroon Creek Restaurant. ]]> Wordle creation tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2011:/jazzws//1.605 2011-01-26T20:16:01Z 2011-01-26T20:16:04Z Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Wordle: Roaring Fork Jazz Workshop ]]> Musician business tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.603 2010-10-18T16:32:26Z 2010-10-19T20:07:16Z From http://bit.ly/9uvgSN "networking is different in the musician business than it is in something such as selling medical supplies. You really need to be friends with people genuinely. You can’t fake the friendship. You have to be a good person... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org From http://bit.ly/9uvgSN

"networking is different in the musician business than it is in something such as selling medical supplies. You really need to be friends with people genuinely. You can’t fake the friendship. You have to be a good person and a good hang for people to hire you."

]]> Jazz Improvising - what is it? tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.598 2010-07-04T13:41:12Z 2010-07-04T13:41:19Z http://www.apassion4jazz.net/improvisation.html... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org http://www.apassion4jazz.net/improvisation.html

]]> Workshop Summer Break tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.597 2010-06-29T22:10:25Z 2010-06-29T22:10:34Z We'll be firing up the Roaring Fork Jazz workshop again in late September or early October 2010. Until then, keep woodshedding those bebop scales!... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org We'll be firing up the Roaring Fork Jazz workshop again in late September or early October 2010. Until then, keep woodshedding those bebop scales!

]]> My Playlist tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.592 2010-05-11T21:03:44Z 2010-05-11T21:04:31Z Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org

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]]> Session Notes 4-5 and 4-19 tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.591 2010-04-27T01:21:24Z 2010-04-27T01:21:29Z Using the dominant 7 bebop scale, we've been playing short descending phrases, starting on each note of the scale. We're using different methods of getting from a non-chord tone to a chord tone in the next beat. Here is an... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Using the dominant 7 bebop scale, we've been playing short descending phrases, starting on each note of the scale. We're using different methods of getting from a non-chord tone to a chord tone in the next beat. Here is an example of what I mean:

Bebop scale examples

We then took each small phrase, and played with the phrase through the Bb blues. Here's an example (starting on the 4th, and enclosing the 3rd):


Blues bebop example

]]> Lenore Raphael and the Intervention Band tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.590 2010-04-18T18:57:50Z 2010-04-18T19:03:58Z Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org
Oni Butterfly had a scrumptious reception afterwards.  Fun filled afternoon!

 
lenoreAndUs.egg on AviarylenoreAndUs.egg on Aviary.]]> Session Notes 3/8/2010 tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.589 2010-03-09T16:29:44Z 2010-04-26T23:51:17Z Last night, we studied/practiced/improvised with the bebop scale. We played with different ways to get from a non-chord tone (on the beginning of a beat), to a chord tone by the second beat. They included: playing the non-chord tone as... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Last night, we studied/practiced/improvised with the bebop scale. We played with different ways to get from a non-chord tone (on the beginning of a beat), to a chord tone by the second beat. They included:

  • playing the non-chord tone as a quarter note, then going up or down to a chord tone on the next beat.
  • using a chromatic "passing tone" (where a full step is required to get to a chord tone... e.g. from the 6th to the 5th).
  • "enclosing" the chord tone... e.g. 6th to b5th to 5th (similar to a "neighbor tone group" or "changing tone")
We also added a 'bebopy" way to start a phrase. The following example shows both the starting idea, and the chromatic "passing tone" method of getting from the 6th to the 5th, in one beat:


Scale Example

And, of course, the ever popular Melodica demo:


]]> Bebop scale - using chromatics and enclosure tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.588 2010-03-04T16:14:12Z 2010-04-26T23:51:53Z Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Bebop scale, using chromatics between the 3rd and root, and starting on a non chord tone, using the "enclosure" method to get to the 3rd by the second beat.

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]]> Bb7 Bebop Scale Demo tag:roaringforkjazz.org,2010:/jazzws//1.587 2010-03-03T21:32:33Z 2010-04-26T23:52:23Z Here's a little demo video, made on ustream.tv:... Tim Fox http://roaringforkjazz.org Here's a little demo video, made on ustream.tv:


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