The link for each session will be added to this page on the day of the session. You will be able to log in from 7.15pm. At 7.30pm we will start with a short introduction
The link to the Coffee Mornings will also be posted here on the day of the session
JAZZ FACTORY ONLNE SHOWCASE
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Links to all videos mp4s, audios mp3s, youtube links, and track lists, FINAL PERFORMANCES 2020 FOLDER HERE. Please download and keep. The folder will be available for 7 days. Please click the link below to give us your feedback.
SESSION TEN MONDAY 6TH JULY
FIRST HALF 7.30 – 7.40pm Starter for 10
JAZZ FACTORY ONLINE QUIZ
This will cover questions from the 9 online sessions. The answers will be shared afterwards and we will ask you to mark your own. Just for fun. (Vocalists will have their session as normal if they do not wish to do the quiz).
BREAK
SECOND HALF 8.15 Invite friends and family by sharing the Zoom link with them (please do not post publically) or they can join you on your screen
JAZZ FACTORY ONLINE SHOWCASE (8.15 – 9.00PM)
Featuring – Autumn Leaves, Maiden Voyage, All Blues, a special guest, and live performances starting and finishing with our Blues Skies/ In Walked Bud – Virtual Track Extravaganza. Running order will be confirmed on the night
CHAT, DRINKS & GOODBYES 9.00-9.30
SESSION NINE MONDAY 29th JUNE
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.00pm) Starter for 10
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels – (Everyone including vocalists). Now’s The Time continued and a chance to practice some blues forms in different keys.
SECOND HALF (8.00 – 9.15pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – Creating a Virtual Track using GarageBand – continued. You will continue to learn how to set up and find your way around GarageBand on Mac and iPad and we will practice importing the recorded tracks. We will combine them with other people’s recordings to create a band performance virtually. (If you haven’t had time to record, you can have a go at recording in the session, or just use the tracks others have made.)
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – Wayne Shorter and Blues Forms – continued. You will continue to look at the following tunes in detail: Adam’s Apple, Footprints, The Chicken and Watermelon Man.
End of the evening Performances
9.15pm Volunteers for Now’s TheTime – any Charlie Parker chorus
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION EIGHT MONDAY 22nd JUNE
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.00pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels – (Everyone including vocalists). Now’s the time – beyond the basics.
SECOND HALF (8.00 – 9.15pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – Creating a Virtual Track using GarageBand. You will learn how to set up and find your way around GarageBand on Mac and iPad and we will practice importing some sample tracks. For homework, you will record your own instrument into Garageband as your contribution to our version of All Blues, and the following week we will combine it with other people’s recordings to create a band performance virtually.
GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio, free to use on Macs and iPad. It’s easy to learn, play, record, and share to create your own music. This could offer a great way of creating music with others over the summer months!
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – Wayne Shorter and Blues Forms. Over the next 2 weeks, you will look at the following tunes in detail: Adam’s Apple, Footprints, The Chicken and Watermelon Man.
End of the evening Performances
9.15pm Dee Way – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
9.20pm Volunteers for Now’s The Time Charlie Parker solo, (any chorus)
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION SEVEN MONDAY 15TH JUNE
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.00pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels – (Everyone including vocalists). Now’s The Time to learn the lyrics!
Watch the videos in preparation for Mike’s session and download the charts HERE
Now’s The Time – Charlie Parker
Now’s The Time – Hendricks Vocalese
SECOND HALF (8.00 – 9.15pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – (For more experienced players). The ‘Play/ Rest Approach’ to improvisation. Easily assimilated and very effective.
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – (For less experienced players). Sus Chords and Modal Jazz: Maiden Voyage, Indo Jazz. A more advanced workshop, looking at the use of sus chords, and applying them to two quite different styles of modally constructed jazz, the classic Herbie Hancock tune Maiden Voyage and the more contemporary fusion style of Indo Jazz.
End of the evening Performances
9.15pm Peter Robards – Corcovado, Stan Getz transcription
9.20pm Ted Osmond- Oleo
9.25pm Autumn Leaves. The final video will be showcased!
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION SIX MONDAY 8TH JUNE
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.10pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels Working on the arrangement Blues Skies/ In Walked Bud for the virtual track.
SECOND HALF (8.10 – 9.15pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – (For less experienced players). The ‘Play/ Rest Approach’ to improvisation. Easily assimilated and very effective.
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – (For more experienced players). Sus Chords and Modal Jazz: Maiden Voyage, Indo Jazz. A more advanced workshop, looking at the use of sus chords, and applying them to two quite different styles of modally constructed jazz, the classic Herbie Hancock tune Maiden Voyage and the more contemporary fusion style of Indo Jazz.
End of the evening Performances
9.15pm Graham D’Aucourt will perform a secret tune and would like you to guess the title as a recognition test!
9.20 – 9.30pm Autumn Leaves showcase (2 of the 3 videos will be shared. The 3rd video will be showcased Monday 16th June.)
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION FIVE MONDAY 1ST JUNE
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.00pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels
In Walked Bud and Blue Skies.
8.00 – 8.30pm
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry (For rhythm section players and anyone else who is interested in rhythm work). Rhythm Section Workout. We will briefly recap on last week’s session on the art of ‘comping and the secrets behind the teamwork of the rhythm section to achieve great time and swing feel. We will be also be looking at Brazilian styles; ‘comping rhythms, bass lines, and how to sound great as a rhythm section. We will put this into practice by learning some attractive less known tunes as well as dipping into famous Jobim classics
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes (For Eb instruments). ‘Oh no, Rhythm Changes!‘ Integrating jazz language and rhythm changes for Eb instruments.
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels (For Bb instruments & Flute). I Got Rhythm, but where do I get the harmony? I Got Rhythm – Meet the Family. Learning to use your ears with no apology for Anthropology, Oleo, and the Flintstones.
SECOND HALF (8.40 – 9.15pm)
Same sessions as above continued
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION FOUR MONDAY 18TH MAY
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.00pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels
In Walked Bud and Blue Skies practice for Lockdown recording with new groove.
8.00 – 8.30pm
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry (For rhythm section players and anyone else who is interested in rhythm work). Rhythm Section Workout. We will look at the art of ‘comping and the secrets behind the teamwork of the rhythm section to achieve great time and swing feel.
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes (For Eb instruments). ‘Oh no, Rhythm Changes!‘ It’s not as hard as it looks. We will transcribe and practise melodic cells and apply over changes of this very infamous and well-used chord sequence.
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels (For Bb instruments & Flute). I Got Rhythm, but where do I get the harmony? Bb and concert specific solutions to soloing on the pesky “rhythm changes”.
SECOND HALF (8.40 – 9.15pm)
Same sessions as above continued
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION THREE MONDAY 11TH MAY
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.20pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels . Changing Heads. Playing one tune to the changes of another in preparation for our virtual performance, focussing on In Walked Bud and Blue Skies.
SECOND HALF (8.30 – 9.10pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – (For more experienced players). Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. PART 2 . We will briefly re-visit transcribing the Head of Autumn Leaves played by Miles Davis. This week we will mainly look at some of the soloing ideas, and how to use and integrate into your own solos by imitating, assimilating, and innovating.
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – (For less experienced players). Major and Minor 11 V 1s. PART 2
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION TWO MONDAY 4TH MAY
FIRST HALF (7.40 – 8.20pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Mike Daniels . In Walked Bud – Monk. Preparation for our virtual performance
SECOND HALF (8.30 – 9.10pm)
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes – (For more experienced players). Major and Minor 11 V 1s. PART 2 Details coming soon
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry – (For less experienced players). Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. PART 2 . We will briefly re-visit transcribing the Head of Autumn Leaves played by Miles Davis. This week we will mainly look at some of the soloing ideas, and how to use and integrate into your own solos by imitating, assimilating, and innovating.
Download materials for all instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
SESSION ONE MONDAY 27TH APRIL
Interactive Webinar presented by Rachel Kerry. Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. You will learn to play a Head freely by transcribing (imitate) and analysing (assimilate) Miles Davis playing Autumn Leaves. You will be able to apply the ideas to create your own free way of playing the Head (innovate).
Interactive Webinar presented by Ross Hughes. Major and Minor 11 V 1s. You will learn to implement the theory and put into practice using the tune Autumn Leaves.
Download materials for both instrumental sessions. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE
Download materials for Vocal session. (NB everything will be added by Sunday evening). HERE