♪あ・ん・だ・ん・て♪

1999年にお世話になった、
Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshops
今年で終了してしまうようだ。。
思い出深いJazzのWorkshops。
Jamey Aebersold出版のカタログの端々に書かれた名言や教訓。
他社のカタログでは目にする事が無い文言に、
Jamey AebersoldさんのJazz教育に対する思いを熱く感じて、
参加する事を決めた。
南部訛の早口の英語に、笑いの壷にはついていけない所
も多かったけれど、
マスターコースで日替わりでプロのクラスは印象深く、
学ぶ事も多かった。
Comboのクラスも楽しかった。
あまり、日本では知られていない
Summer Jazz Workshopsだけれど、
興味のある方に是非体験してほしいのでJameyさんの
思いを掲載しておきます。

先生もすごい！


Jamey Aebersold's Summer Jazz Workshops



Special Statement from Jamey Aebersold


This is Jamey Aebersold


This will be my 52nd consecutive year of holding Summer Jazz Workshops. I began working big band camps doing sax sectionals in 1965. I quickly realized the need for listening, theory, combo and master classes if the students were to ever learn how to improvise. After several years, the big band camps evolved into the combo camps as we know them now. Others have copied them but never duplicated them!

At last year’s camps I announced that THIS YEAR may be my last. As of now I’m taking the camps ONE YEAR AT A TIME. So, if you’ve wanted to attend but have been putting it off, THIS IS THE TIME TO ATTEND, as this may be the last. After this year’s camps I’ll decide on whether there will be camps in 2018.
I’m just being practical. I’ll be 78 in July and at some point, there will be no more Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops. They will fade into memory but the camps effects will last forever.
My faculty is the VERY best. They are educators, players, extremely knowledgeable compassionate people who thoroughly enjoy teaching and sharing their knowledge with you.
We have traveled the world spreading the word: “Anyone Can Improvise” – and you can too!
So, if you’ve been thinking of coming to camp (maybe AFTER you practice some more and get a little better) it’s time to change that thinking into ACTION and attend NOW!
– Jamey