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This is a steaming programme that lets you hear tune for free. See the links collumn on the right to go to the website. You will need to download a player to use it.

Steve Waterman - Recordame

Steve's session on Tuesday certainly packed it in despite only dealing with one tune. Using the great Joe Henderson tune Recordame (Real Book - Edition 5) he showed us how displacing a rhythmic motif into different places in the bar give a totally different feel. He then went on to look at the structure of the tune, the importance of playing in time rather than an emphasis on what notes to play and then went on to ask us to learn the tune and the chords. He said that David Leibman had been at Trinity (where Steve teaches) recently and had emphasised the importance of transcribing solos and learning them as the best way to learn the jazz language. He recommended Transcribe! the programme.

The feedback from members on this session has been very good. The tune was a bit tricky for some people to read but this will be overcome by doing it again next week. It is a 16 bar tune and starts with 4 bars of A minor followed by 4 bars of C minor (both dorian). The second 16 bars are a series of 251s over two bars each starting on the 8th bar. The sequence is easy to remember because each new tonality starts as a minor of the previous major so Bbmaj7 is followed by Bb-7, the 2 of the next 251. For the last sequence Gbmaj moves to F#minor so a departure there. The last chord is altered so think of it as the melodic minor of the last 251 which is Fmaj.

Brighton Jazz Course

Hi Everyone,

ATM (Access to Music) have asked me to run and co-write a new Jazz
Course here in the Centre of Brighton starting in September.  It
really is exciting news.  Brighton has been crying out for a full-time
jazz course and finally, it looks like it is going to happen.  It is
subject to pupil numbers, they need approximately 20 students for it
to run.  They are thinking of buying new premises in Brighton and are
offering the course free (through various funding) for 16-19 year olds
and the unemployed.  It will also be heavily subsidized to people on
benefits or who are retired.  It is going to be fantastic, the four
tutors (one of which will be yours truly) will be local Jazz Musicians
and Teachers that have fantastic reputations both as players and
educators.  If you live out of town, don't worry, the Government will
support you by giving you a grant that will cover the rent while you
are studying down here in Brighton.  It is a fantastic opportunity to
study with some of the country's finest jazz musicians while living in
the great city of Brighton and all for not much dosh!

http://www.accesstomusic.co.uk/courses/further_courses/jazz_musician

Wayne McConnell

www.waynemcconnell.com

wayne@waynemcconnell.com