SEMINAR PROFILE

A09 -
The Voice of Jazz

In this seminar we will investigate the nonthreatening, energetic interactions that occur between improvising musicians. A microcosm of community that includes spontaneity, discipline, contrast, and channeling of new ideas will be observed through live jazz performance also jazz videos and selected classic recordings. The expressive power of the nonverbal and the topic of innovation and repetition will be a focus of the seminar. We will also increase the development of musical listening skills through the influential voices of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis and Bill Evans.

Scholar:

Thomas Everett

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

11/4/2008, 12/8/2008, 1/26/2009

A09 -	The Voice of Jazz

	In this seminar we will investigate the nonthreatening, energetic interactions that occur between improvising musicians. A microcosm of community that includes spontaneity, discipline, contrast, and channeling of new ideas will be observed through live jazz performance also jazz videos and selected classic recordings. The expressive power of the nonverbal and the topic of innovation and repetition will be a focus of the seminar. We will also increase the development of musical listening skills through the influential voices of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis and Bill Evans.

		Scholar:	Thomas Everett
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	11/4/2008, 12/8/2008, 1/26/2009