Posted in Guitar Events, Past Guitarists on Dec 26th, 2011
Saturday 14 January 2012. 12:30n-3:00pm. Mercer Island Community Center. Limited to 10 guitarists/10 vocalists. Prepaid with RSVP. What a better way to start off the new year than participating in an educational clinic that’s bound to provide deeper understanding of accompaniment … hosted by [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists on Sep 3rd, 2011
Saturday, 10 September, 2011, from 12n-2pm @ Mercer Island Community Center. Mordy will present ideas for exploring chromaticism in your playing, inside-outside concepts that you can use from chords and single lines, comping and soloing, reharmonizing a standard, writing a piece of your own. Mordy is a great teacher and his clinics are full of useful [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists, Photos on Jun 26th, 2011
The absolutely ready-for-prime-time Jazz guitar duo of Gothenburg-Sweden-based Ulf Bandgren and Portland-Oregon-based John Stowell is making a rare appearances in Seattle on Sunday 26 June. Where: Mercer Island Community Center When: 12:00-2:00pm Donation: $20 SJGS members; $30 non-members. Photos from the event…
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Posted in Past Guitarists on Dec 23rd, 2010
Mordy Ferber and “Composition of the Moment”, Sunday 23 January 2011 1-3pm @ Mercer Island Community Center $20 SJGS members / $30 non-members. Mordy Ferber will discuss compositional elements and techniques that you can use to develop coherent solos. It’s not about “cutting the changes” but rather creating a parallel and equally intriguing counter melody [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists, Photos on Nov 6th, 2010
Sun Dec 12, Mercer Island Community Center. Time TBD. Cost TBD. John Stowell John Stowell will discuss substituions and their application in several familiar tunes. Substitutions covered will include harmonic and melodic minors and triads, used in the context of a blues, some simple standards, and a modal tune. Guitarists in attendance will be invited [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists, Photos on Sep 23rd, 2010
Tim Fischer – “Miles Davis for guitar: the harmonic and rhythmic language of the First Quintet” Sunday, 24 October 2010, 4-6 PM, Mercer Island Community Center Los Angeles-based guitarist Tim Fischer will present a two-hour clinic on adapting the harmonic and rhythmic language of the Miles Davis “first quintet” for a guitar/bass/drums rhythm section. [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists, Photos on Sep 11th, 2010
Mordy Ferber – “The Art of Modal Playing“, Sept, 2010 Mercer Island Community Center, 1pm-3pm Mordy will discuss his ideas using several well known modal type tunes that we all play…or should play. He’s a very insightful teacher and has a great DVD titled “Make The Tune Your Best Friend” available on Mel Bay. $20 [...]
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Posted in Guitar Events on May 18th, 2010
Keith Ganz – “Art of the Duo”, Sat May 22, 2010 Mercer Island Community Center, 11am-1pm NYC-based guitarist Keith Ganz will present his ideas for “comping in a vocal or horn Duo plus fretboard freedom when it’s your turn to solo.” $20 SJGS members & $25 non-members. Keith Ganz is well known for his [...]
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Posted in Guitar Events on Apr 25th, 2010
Sunday 11 July 1-3 @ Mercer Island Community Center Two guitarists playing together is a long standing tradition in the Jazz world. It’s also a great way to learn, share and enjoy making music with another like-minded SJGS-er. Freshly off the road with fellow Swedish guitarist Ulf Bandgren, Mr. Stowell will present ideas for us [...]
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Posted in Past Guitarists on Apr 20th, 2010
Sunday 16 May 1-3pm @ MICC Host Neil Andersson explores the music of Django Reinhardt. A look at three classic compositions: Nuages, Djangology and Manoir de mes reves. As points of departure, Neil will discuss Django’s chord use, comparing the original forms with subsitutions and embellishments. Additionally Neil will address how Django moved through the chords [...]
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