This group of people just spent a week living, eating and working together, performing jazz music in multiple different combinations, composing new music, learning new techniques and approaches, putting on concerts, holding jam sessions until dawn, drinking, laughing and generally having an amazing, creative, exhausting and life-changing time. A lot of them have done it [...]
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Last night was ‘party night’ at Jazz Danmark’s Summer Session. The musicians have been working from morning until late at night (and beyond) for almost a week now, and the organisers figure that this is a good point for them to cut loose a little bit. There was a surprise element this time, which nobody [...]
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Last night was the concert performance by all of the visiting teachers at Summer Session. George Garzone (sax), John Lockwood (bass), Bob Gullotti (drums), Joe Lovano (sax and clarinet), Judi Silvano (vocals), Rebecca Martin (vocals and guitar), Larry Grenadier (bass), Lage Lund (guitar), Tyshawn Sorey (drums), Ralph Alessi (trumpet) and Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) played an [...]
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My week at Summer Session is off to a good start. I’ve been here since Sunday night, and I’m slowly finding my way toward figuring out what my purpose is here. I blogged a couple of days ago about how I was trying to make sense of my role, and I’m very grateful to the [...]
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