I would like to inform you about one great Jazz seminar that I think you should attend if you are interested in learning a few things about jazz and if you live in Croatia (or around). Considering the poor fact that we don't have a proper jazz school in Croatia, nor any way to learn anything about jazz, the only way we could "save" ourselves is to attend workshops and seminars. Believe me, it will do you some good. :) I actually found out about this workshop from Judy Niemack, a lady I respect not only because of her wonderful voice and perfect vocal technique but also because of her pedagogical approach I think is really great! If you've never heard of her, shame on you! There is a great book for vocalists I think is worth looking into called "Hear it and Sing it! Exploring Modal Jazz" by Judy Niemack. So imagine that this lady is actually coming to do a workshop in Novo Mesto, Slovenia this summer! You'd be a fool to miss this!
So anyway, here I am promoting this workshop for vocalists, but I have to mention that instrumentalists are more than welcome especially because great teachers will be there! So Joris Teepe coming from NYC will be Teaching bass, an Italian viruoso Simone Zanchini will be teaching accordion, a Dutch jazz master Jasper Soffers will be working with the pianists, Ratko Zjaca will be teaching guitar, a US player and improviser Andy Middleton will be teaching sax, Austrian jazz virtuoso Daniel Noesig will be teaching trumpet, a German jazz violinist Max Grosch will be teaching violin and finally a Cuban percussionist Amel Serra will be teaching percussion.
The workshop will include jazz improvisation masterclasses, ethno improvisation, improvisation and jazz for both instrumentalists and vocalists, basic jazz harmony and composition, combos and jam sessions. During the whole time there will be a Jazz Festival going on so the whole event is quite outstanding!
For more information go to - http://www.jazzinty.com/english/workshop.htm
