4th October

ColaJazz Academy: Common Progressions in Jazz with Sam Edwards

Name: ColaJazz Academy: Common Progressions in Jazz with Sam Edwards
Start: 2023-10-04T18:30:00-0400
End: 2023-10-04T20:00:00-0400
Location: 2123 College St

Price $15 USD Get tickets

Event description

Learn how to identify, learn, and remember common patterns/progressions in jazz standards. We will look at various examples of jazz standards that are often played in a typical gig setting and develop skills to enhance tune retention!

ABOUT SAM EDWARDS
Sam Edwards in an authority of the bass and jazz music in general. He has recently toured with GRAMMY-award winner Samara Joy and regularly plays the top jazz clubs in NYC.

ABOUT THE COLAJAZZ ACADEMY
A driving beat in jazz education, the ColaJazz Foundation supports our community with the ColaJazz Academy - an exciting series of jazz classes and workshops taught by authorities of their crafts. These sessions are for anyone who enjoys learning, growing, and exploring; especially, those who have an inclination towards jazz (a.k.a. black American music).

Wednesday, October 4
Sam Edwards: Common Progressions in Jazz
Doors 6pm | Start 6:30p | Ends 7:30p / 8p

ColaJazz Foundation Office
2123 College Street
Columbia, SC 29205

DESIGN & STRUCTURE.

The ColaJazz Foundation is a 2021 Governor Award winning community-minded 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. ColaJazz serves through cultural enrichment making our capital city and South Carolina a premiere jazz destination in the southeast. ColaJazz brings world-renowned jazz educators and performers face to face with our students and the public offering diverse and exciting experiences!

ColaJazz produces an annual season including the ColaJazz Summer Camp, ColaJazz Fest, SC Public Radio programs, after-school curriculum, Jazz for Young People concerts & workshops, Great Day in Columbia, Live in the Lobby (Koger Center for the Arts), monthly Dinner & Jazz concerts, Jazz Appreciation Month ColaJazz Crawl and International Jazz Day concert, Virtual Concerts and more bringing people from across the state and beyond to enjoy our capital city.

ColaJazz provides access to world class musicians, supports our own, invests in our future and does everything we can to ensure jazz has a home here in Columbia, SC. The ColaJazz community is comprised of musicians, educators, patrons, students, and anyone who desires to support jazz and develop our capital city’s cultural heritage.

ColaJazz remains committed to jazz which reveals the best of American culture. Jazz music from the beginning has taught us to persevere with intelligence, style and grace, be creative, work with others, celebrate differences, respect tradition while breaking new ground, be your best self while advancing the group, and jazz brings people together.

ColaJazz Academy: Common Progressions in Jazz with Sam Edwards

Event description

Learn how to identify, learn, and remember common patterns/progressions in jazz standards. We will look at various examples of jazz standards that are often played in a typical gig setting and develop skills to enhance tune retention!

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