& All That Jazz!
Event description
It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
A 4 week course in the Art of Jazz!
In this course we will look at:
- The broad history of Afro-American Music from its African roots, through -
- Blues, Ragtime, Trad Jazz, Swing, Be-Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz
- Rock, Funk, Soul, R & B, Disco and Hip-Hop
- Harmony, Scales, Modes and Chords
- Voicings, Extensions and Substitutions
- Rhythm - Swing to Jack Swing, Polyrhythm
- Performance Practice - Playing in group, Woodshedding and Shredding
Tea and Coffee will be provided.
Please bring your instruments and something to take notes.
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Facilitated by Robert Jackson BA(hons) PGDip Arts
Robert Jackson is a multi-skilled musician, performer and visual artist who lives in the Huon Valley after re-locating from Melbourne in 2019. He has been active since the 1980s. Robert studied Linguistics at Latrobe University, Composition at the Victorian College of the Arts, and has undertaken extensive study and practice in the art of improvisation.
He has played in a multitude of Rock, Jazz and Street Theatre bands and been MD/Composer for Circus, Film & Theatre. He performs regularly in Tasmania with The Chord on Bleus, The Lightwood Bottom Blues Club, and is a founding member of the Lutruwita Art Orchestra.
As a visual artist, his recent work has focused on a distillation of landscape into its distinctive elements to examine the concept of identity and place. What makes “Here”, here? What makes a place distinctive?
He attempts to bring the same investigation into his music. He has produced many artworks for public and private clients. He has had many solo exhibitions and is an award-winning muralist. His work is represented in public and private collections in Australia, USA and Europe, and he has held numerous Artist-in-Residencies.