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The Steve Carter Group
Friday February 3, 8 pm
($15/$12)
High-energy jazz with a healthy dose of East Bay funk. Pianist Steve Carter, bassist Dennis Smith and drummer Tommie Bradford have played with George Benson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Jerry Garcia Band, The Freaky Executives, Bobby Womac and many more. Their latest CD Cosmopolis received top 10 CD of the year honors in All About Jazz.
Le Jazz Hot
Saturday February 4, 8 pm
($15/$12)
Le Jazz Hot is the quartet of the Hot Club of San Francisco, continuing the tradition of fine French Gypsy jazz performed on string instruments. Featuring Paul Mehling, solo guitar; Isabelle Fontaine, rhythm guitar; Evan Price, violin; and Clint Baker, bass.
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Saturday February 4, 2012
Jazz Piano Harmony and Rhythm
This workshop covers many of the basic tools that a jazz pianist needs to master harmonic and rhythmic principals. Topics covered include: basic to altered scales, chord voicing techniques, rhythmic phrasing across the bar line, and more. Open to all!
3:15 – 5:15 pm
dan zemelman
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
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Saturday February 4, 2012
Peter Erskine Jazz Workshop
Peter Erskine visits the Jazzschool to present a workshop for all musicians! Drummer Peter Erskine has appeared on over 500 recordings, and is known for his work with Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, and countless others. As an educator, he has released numerous music instruction books and videos for drummers and other musicians, including the just released DVD, Everything I Know, A Work in Progress (Drum Channel). He is also a member of the faculty at USC.
3:30 – 5:30 pm
peter erskine
$20 general admission/$35 day of the workshop
This workshop is presented in collaboration with SFJAZZ.
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Sunday February 5, 2012
Bass Workshop with Kai Eckhardt
World-renowned bassist Kai Eckhardt (John McLaughlin, Garaj Mahal) leads a workshop open to all! Topics include: Intervals and rhythms — new look at old friends, the nature of the bass and its special place in music, from functional playing to creative freedom, knowing and accepting your roots, building a bridge from your roots to your ideas, how to practice and what to avoid, ways to avoid injury, getting healthy, and having fun!
11 am – 1pm
kai eckhardt
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
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Sunday February 5, 2012
Jazz Improvisation Workshop: Playing The Heck Out Of My Shining Hour
A close look at the harmonic structure of the Harold Arlen standard, with many practical applications. Discussion of the chord progression on both a micro level (how each chord leads to the next) and a big-picture level (how they all work together to form a coherent song). Suggestions are given for ways to mentally simplify the song’s structure, as well as ways to embellish the chord changes. Students optionally improvise over the song and are critiqued, with recommendations given for a direct path to improvement.
Prerequisites: facility on a melodic instrument or vocals, improvisational experience, and knowledge of basic jazz harmony. Bring your instrument (optional).
11 am – 1 pm
anton schwartz
$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop
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