This class will involve a detailed look at rhythm changes, including a history and guided listening through all kinds of cool interpretations involving sub-genres of jazz/swing/improvised music. We will also spend time addressing various approaches to improvising over this set of changes, as well as how to create your own contrafacts based on the chord changes. This class is for all instruments and is geared toward intermediate/advanced level musicians.
Instructor Bio
Dr. Jesse McBee is a jazz trumpet player currently based in Omaha, NE. He graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, the University of Louisville with a Master of Music in Jazz Performance and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Doctorate of Musical Arts. He is currently the Store Manager of Thompson Music, a professional brass shop in Omaha, NE, and also serves as an instructor at Iowa Western Community College. Prior to this, he was on faculty at West Virginia University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts. In addition to his work as a performer and educator throughout the Midwest, he has had the opportunity to perform and present at the Jazz Education Network Conference and the International Society for Improvised Music Conference.
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