gene hall president of kansas city jazz orchestra

#Gene hall president of kansas city jazz orchestra series#

These week-long Summer Jazz Workshops are having a profound effect on musical communities around the world. Jamey feels that improvisation is something all people can do - and his clinics and lectures concentrate on demonstrating how the creative and spontaneous nature of each person can be brought to light. Jamey was one of the first to encourage small group classes which concentrate on jazz improvisation, and he is the director of the Summer Jazz Workshops which now have 40+ years on record. This concept has been responsible for changing the practice habits of thousands of musicians around the world. The recordings employ some of the best jazz musicians in the world.

The Aebersold book and recording sets allow a musician the opportunity to practice and improvise with well-known jazz personalities at home as well as in the classroom.

#Gene hall president of kansas city jazz orchestra series#

Jamey is a internationally-known saxophonist and authority on jazz education and improvisation, and has developed a series of Play-A-Longs (book and cd sets (now numbering almost 130 volumes) as well as various other supplemental aids for the development of improvisational skills. With this award, Jamey joins other jazz luminaries such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and others. In 1989, the International Association of Jazz Educators inducted Jamey into their Hall of Fame at the San Diego convention. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Indiana University in 1992. He attended college at Indiana University and graduated in 1962 with a Masters Degree in Saxophone. Jamey Aebersold was born July 21, 1939, in New Albany, Indiana. Jamey Aebersold Honorary Life Member Since September 2008 Click on any name to jump straight to their profile.