Benefits of Training in Small Ensembles with Jazz Music
Notes on Conducting Jazz Ensembles Listening, Imitation, Improvisation, Cultural, Personal and Historical Awareness By David Berger (highlights) The universal love of jazz and its identification with America is about the personal freedom of expression and democracy
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Grammy winners Kamau Kenyatta and Gregory Porter share tight musical bond
By GEORGE VARGASEP. 24, 20169 AM Van Morrison, Hubert Laws, Don Was and Jamie Cullum are just a few of the luminaries who sing the praises of former San Diego State University-student-turned-Grammy-Award-winning singer Gregory Porter in the
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Student Profile: Mattias Almassy
Mattias Almassy has been a wonderful student at International Academy of Jazz and we have been blessed to have such a talented, hard working individual be a part of our programs. Mattias started with us in
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B.B. King and Eric Clapton’s ‘Riding with the King’ album like working with ‘blues royalty’ for Nathan East
The Grammy Award-winning 2000 album features San Diego bassist Nathan East, who says: ‘B.B. was such a great storyteller’ Having already worked separately with B.B. King and Eric Clapton, bass-guitar great Nathan East was understandably delighted to join the
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Tonga Ross-Ma’u
As a multi-instrumentalist, educator, band leader, and producer, Tonga continues to develop his best musical self, as well as share his knowledge and experience to better educate the communities that surround him. He currently plays with
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An Interview with Steve Merriam
Professor in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department at San Diego State University | Board member of International Academy of Jazz. Steve Merriam, Ph.D., has 30 years’ experience in teaching, research, project management, instructional design, and curriculum development. Dr. Merriam
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