A treat of a week for you improvisers. Co-op members will be playing at the Dome Foyer again at 1.00 today. Good coffee and company and of course music. Why not pop in?
On Tuesday it will be the first time we welcome the great Alan Barnes to the Co-op. Alan is very experienced at leading workshops and summer schools. Anyone that has seen him will know that he is both a fantastic player, having won multiple awards, and something of a raconteur so expect to be taught and amused.
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The mission of the Brighton Jazz Coop is to organise a regular programme of educational jazz improvisation workshops in Brighton, Sussex, UK
Fwd: big band
Co-opistas
Message from Pauol Busby who used to lead the Sussex Jazz Orchestra.
Message from Pauol Busby who used to lead the Sussex Jazz Orchestra.
On Sunday 7th November at 8pm, my big band is playing at the Brunswick. The line-up is: Dave Moorhouse, Martijn van Galen, Rob Heasman, Bob Turner (plus possibly Andy Castleton.)
Paul Nieman, Mark Bassey, Tim Wade and Howard Beagley (trombones)
Alex Bondonno, Phil Paton, Brendan Kelly, Simon D'Souza, Anna Jordanous (saxes)
Terry Pack (bass) Dave Trigwell (drums) and myself on piano.
It is all original material, some of which is taken from the Watermill Jazz Suite which I was commissioned to write and which was performed in Dorking in May, and some of it is new stuff about Brighton itself. (There will be a full Brighton Suite sometime next year - probably in the Spring.)
Tickets are £6 and £3 concessions.
Incidentally, if you ever need a tutorial on writing tunes and arrangements, get in touch with me.
best wishes,
Paul Busby
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Playing over sus chords - Jake Goss
Jake gave us the following advice for playing over those mysterious sus chords
Play a ii- over a v in the bass - eg d-7/g and play d Dorian over it. Then take that through all twelve keys, arpeggiating, playing licks, etc. and you will feel more comfortable with those changes in no time. Also good to play pentatonic patterns - eg d min pentatonic over that same gsus (d-7/g).
In other words Gsus instead of playing G mixolydian play D dorian. Same scale of course starting on a different note. (Steve)
Play a ii- over a v in the bass - eg d-7/g and play d Dorian over it. Then take that through all twelve keys, arpeggiating, playing licks, etc. and you will feel more comfortable with those changes in no time. Also good to play pentatonic patterns - eg d min pentatonic over that same gsus (d-7/g).
In other words Gsus instead of playing G mixolydian play D dorian. Same scale of course starting on a different note. (Steve)
Tuesdays BJMC Workshop
Co-opistas
Master of the alto, Geoff Simkins will be leading a one off session on Tuesday. I have attached the PDF files for "Moon Alley" by Tom Harrell. The piano part will serve for guitar and bass as well (there are a few rhythmic figures included). We have done this tune before so everyone should have the Kenny Garrett solo off pact!
A reminder that Co-op members will be playing again at the Dome Foyer this Saturday. Great juice, coffee and cake and no entrance fee so get down there for 1 pm and say hello.
Otherwise see you Tuesday.
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Master of the alto, Geoff Simkins will be leading a one off session on Tuesday. I have attached the PDF files for "Moon Alley" by Tom Harrell. The piano part will serve for guitar and bass as well (there are a few rhythmic figures included). We have done this tune before so everyone should have the Kenny Garrett solo off pact!
Otherwise see you Tuesday.
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Tuesdays BJMC Workshop & gig today
Co-opistas
Jo Sharpstone will be leading the Co-op band at the Dome Foyer lunchtime so give them some support.
Jake will be leading again on Tuesday and we will be working on Kenny's Six again plus a standard. Jake will bring along some of his CDs if you want to buy one.
Brighton. If you would like to be added to the emailing list let me know.
See you Tuesday
Steve
Jo Sharpstone will be leading the Co-op band at the Dome Foyer lunchtime so give them some support.
Jake will be leading again on Tuesday and we will be working on Kenny's Six again plus a standard. Jake will bring along some of his CDs if you want to buy one.
Brighton. If you would like to be added to the emailing list let me know.
See you Tuesday
Steve
Tuesdays BJMC Workshop
This Tuesday sees the wonderful Jake Goss back at the Co-op. One of our most popular tutors who always has something useful to teach. I will elt you know what tunes he is doing when I find out.
The Co-op Saturday gig went really well at the Dome foyer. Alice, Time, Hebie and Py kicked off the series. The space has an awful lot of reverb which could be a boon or a pain. A number of people dropped by to support and enjoy the good coffee and cakes which gave it something of a club atmosphere. I can see it will be a regular Saturday lunchtime slot for me to connect with friends.
Next week Jo will be leading a band.
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http://jazzrockuk.blogspot.com/
The Co-op Saturday gig went really well at the Dome foyer. Alice, Time, Hebie and Py kicked off the series. The space has an awful lot of reverb which could be a boon or a pain. A number of people dropped by to support and enjoy the good coffee and cakes which gave it something of a club atmosphere. I can see it will be a regular Saturday lunchtime slot for me to connect with friends.
Next week Jo will be leading a band.
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http://brightonjazzco-op.blogspot.com/
http://www.brightonjazzclub.co.uk/
http://jazzrockuk.blogspot.com/
BJMC gigs Saturday lunchtimes Dome reception
The Brighton Festival Committee has asked the Co-op to play at the Dome reception where the cafe will also be open on Saturday lunchtimes. We are doing a pilot over October with four Co-op bands. The first one will be playing this Saturday from 1 pm so take a break from your shopping and get a coffee and support your fellow players. Tim, Py and Herbie will be playing this week.
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http://www.brightonjazzclub.co.uk/
http://jazzrockuk.blogspot.com/
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http://www.brightonjazzclub.co.uk/
http://jazzrockuk.blogspot.com/
Tuesdays BJMC Workshop
Co-opistas
Andy Mackintosh will be leading the session on Tuesday. A distinct bebop flavour can be denoted from the tunes he may look at
Andy Mackintosh will be leading the session on Tuesday. A distinct bebop flavour can be denoted from the tunes he may look at
Amongst the tunes we will be exploring this Tuesday will be:
Billy's Bounce
What's New?
Blue Bossa
Perdido
The Girl from Ipanema
Wave
Scrapple from the Apple
You can print off charts here in your key
http://www.wikifonia.org/
Also, if anyone has a keyboard they want to sell Alison is looking for one. You can email me, A member also has an alto sax for sale but I am waiting to see what model it is.
Steve
You can print off charts here in your key
http://www.wikifonia.org/
Also, if anyone has a keyboard they want to sell Alison is looking for one. You can email me, A member also has an alto sax for sale but I am waiting to see what model it is.
Steve
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