Jazz Improvisation Start date
16 August 2013
Venue
Madingley Hall
End date
18 August 2013
Madingley Cambridge Tutor
Jeffery Wilson with Peter
Course code
1314NRX003
Marshall
Director of Programmes
Dr Tim London
For further information on this course, please contact
Linda Fisher, Academic Programme Manager on 01223 746218
To book
Sandy Haylock, Programme Administrator on 01223 746227
See: www.ice.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 746262
Tutor biography
Jeffery Wilson is perhaps best known as a composer. He studied at the RCM, Cambridge and Paris and numbers among his teachers Herbert Howells, Gordon Jacob and Olivier Messiaen. His performances and recordings range from pop and jazz to classical and contemporary and he performs regularly with ‘Saxology’ and his own band ‘The Reduced History of Jazz’ Jeffery is coordinator and professor of Composition at Junior Guildhall, supervisor on the music faculty at Cambridge University, Clarinet and Saxophone tutor at the Colchester Institute, visiting lecturer in Jazz and Improvisation at the Royal Military School of Music and consultant and senior examiner for Trinity Guildhall Exams.
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ www.ice.cam.ac.uk
Course Programme Friday 16 August 2013 Please plan to arrive between 4:30 and 6:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 6:15. Tea and Coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms. 7.00 pm
Dinner
8.30 pm – 10.00 pm
Introduction and course overview (concert / play-in)
10.00 pm
Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday 17 August 2013 8.00 am
Breakfast
9.00 am – 10.30 am
Early Jazz and the Blues – Some historical references and explanation of the music with ‘live’ and recorded examples and participation.
10.30 am
Coffee
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Early jazz personalities – What they brought to the music.
1.00 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Free (1 : 1 lessons by arrangement)
4.00 pm
Tea
4.30 pm – 6.00 pm
Swing, swing, swing – 1930’s plus
7.00 pm
Dinner
8.30 pm – 10.00 pm
Bebop and beyond - 1940’s plus
10.00 pm
Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday 18 August 2013 8.00 am
Breakfast
9.00 am – 10.30 am
The jazz composer and 32 bar song form
10.30 am
Coffee
11.00 am – 12.30 pm
Q&A
12.45 pm
Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch
Course syllabus
Aims: 1. To gain an overview of the historical, contextual and musical elements of Jazz from the late 19th century to the present day. 2. To enable exposure to the music via the ‘live’ music experience. 3. To create an environment of relaxed and uninhibited learning.
Content: With the pianist / trumpeter Peter Marshall and Sax / Clarinet / piano Jeffery Wilson. We shall investigate the music known as Jazz from Blues via early jazz through swing and bebop to the cool school and beyond.
Presentation of the course: The methodology here will be via discussion, formal presentation, ‘live’ music and participation, recorded sound, ‘handouts’ and white board descriptors.
Outcomes: As a result of the course, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to: 1. Have an overview of the musical and historical elements of the music. 2. Be able to engage with the various trends and developmental aspects of the music. 3. Form a foundation of understanding that will inform future learning. 4. Develop a personal approach to Jazz listening, reading and/or participation.
Reading and resources list Listed below are a number of texts that might be of interest for future reference, but do not need to be bought (or consulted) for the course. Author
Title
Publisher and date
Jeffery Wilson and Malcolm Miles
The Scales Wizard
Camden Music
Jeffery Wilson
A Progressive Guide to Melodic Jazz Improvisation
Trinity
Dan Haerle
The Jazz Language: A Theory Text For Jazz Composition And Improvisation
Warner Bros.
David Baker
Jazz Improvisation
Alfred
Dan Haerle
Scales For Improvisation
Warner Bros.
Jamey Aebersold
Scale Syllabus (Vol.26)
Jazzwise
Ramon Ricker
Pentatonic Scales For Jazz Improvisation
Warner Bros.
John Mehegan
Jazz: How To Play Piano Jazz Harmony
Famous Music Corporation
Mark Levine
The Jazz Piano Book
Sher Music
Lionel Grigson
The Charlie Parker Study Album
Novello
David Baker
How To Play Be-Bop
Alfred
Rodney Dale
Teach Yourself Jazz
Teach Yourself
Mark Levine
The Jazz Theory Book
Sher Music Co.
Mark Levine
The Jazz Piano Book
Sher Music Co.
Jamey Aebersold
How To Play Jazz And Improvise (Volume 1)
Jazzwise
Website Addresses http://www.jazzservices.org.uk/ http://www.jefferywilson.co.uk/ http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/youth_adult_learning/music_summer_schools/
Note Students of the Institute of Continuing Education are entitled to 20% discount on books published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) which are purchased at the Press bookshop, 1 Trinity Street, Cambridge (Mon-Sat 9am – 5:30pm, Sun 11am – 5pm). A letter or email confirming acceptance on to a current Institute course should be taken as evidence of enrolment.
Information correct as of June 2013
