It's Not Just Playing Jazz, It's Living Jazz!

IT’S NOT JUST PRESENTS PLAYING JAZZ, IT’S LIVING JAZZ!

I want to create an Academy that gets to the heart and power of Jazz through its roots and history. The infectious rhythm, melody and invention inspires in an environment of cooperation and encouragement. The Academy’s mission is to be true to this great music.

® JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ

ACADEMY JULIAN JOSEPH FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMISSIONS In order to apply to JJJA, students need to: n Be experienced instrumentalists or vocalists aged 10-25 n Have a good ear and a knowledge of scales n Have a real interest in jazz n Enjoy improvising JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ HMDT Music JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ n Thirst for really learning Second Floor ACADEMY n Want to work with great jazz musicians 22 Aldermans Hill ACADEMY London N13 4PN Admission is by audition with Julian Joseph and the artistic team. T: 020 8885 8825 E: [email protected] Venue W: www.hmdt.org.uk Haggerston School, Weymouth Terrace, London E2 8LS

10 Saturday afternoons termly

JJJA is an HMDT Music project.

WITH THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTING PARTNERS For more information about our JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ programmes call HMDT Music ACADEMY or visit our website. Cover photo: Courtesy of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - Chicago c. 1926 (from left to right: The Home of Julian Joseph Jazz Academy Armstrong, Johnny St. Cyr, Warren “Baby” Dodds, Kid Ory, Lil Harden Armstrong). Inside images: Clive Barda Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/HMDTMusic © HMDT 2013 THE JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTISTS ACADEMY (JJJA) is a weekly Under the guidance of Julian Joseph who regularly leads sessions, Academy under the artistic the JJJA artistic team includes Trevor Watkis, Tony Kofi and Byron direction of internationally Wallen and a range of outstanding celebrity guests including renowned jazz pianist and Jean Touissant, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson, Peter King, composer Julian Joseph, offering Bobby Wellins, Mark Hodgson, Patrick Clahar, Mark Mondesir, JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ talented young instrumentalists Danilo Perez, Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch, Branford and and vocalists an amazing ACADEMY Wynton Marsalis. opportunity to work with some of the world’s top jazz musicians ® FOR DETAILS AND AN to develop their creative talents APPLICATION PACK and performance skills, through exploring the American roots VISIT WWW.HMDT.ORG.UK of Jazz. CALL 020 8882 8825 The Academy’s Junior Programme EMAIL [email protected] is for students who demonstrate great potential and whose knowledge and skills need further development before they join the main programme.

IT’S NOT JUST PLAYING STUDENTS GET AN JAZZ, IT’S LIVING JAZZ ! INCOMPARABLE JAZZ EXPERIENCE

REAL JAZZ NOTES THE LANGUAGE JAZZ DEMOCRACY RHYTHMIC JAZZ ROOTS AND LEGENDS LIVING JAZZ The Art of Improvisation OF TRUTH Discipline of the Sideman FUNDAMENTALS Jazz Through its History Masterclasses, Workshops and Performances Helps students develop a Finding the Voice of Jazz Develops the skills of how to Core Principles of Jazz Helps students understand the foundations of The Blues as an American Offers an exciting array of opportunities to work with international jazz vocabulary for soloing, and an Learning how to use the voice work as a group and understand Develops a fine-tuned artform and introduces repertoire from the major periods of jazz; artists in focussed Masterclasses and Specialist Workshops. Guest artists insight into telling a musical story. helps to enhance musical and the leadership and the discipline understanding of rhythm in Jazz pre-swing, swing, bebop, cool, hard bop, contemporary, funk and fusion, not only supplement the core curriculum, but also perform alongside They will learn focus and improvisational skills and reveals a of playing in ensembles. Students with a focus upon Swing and explores seminal figures like Armstrong, Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Ornette, students in electrifying performances in a variety of venues (including interaction with a rhythm section, new form of emotional will explore combined soloing, Pulse, highlighting the importance Coltrane, Shorter and others. Through this practical approach, students Ronnie Scott’s, The Barbican and The Wigmore Hall). Specially designed how to construct their playing expression. Students will use their when to play and when to stay of ensemble cohesion and will learn and workshop major pieces from the jazz canon and be holiday courses are also offered in addition to the weekly programme. from the best elements of style voices to assist in learning and out of the way of fellow players, communicating ideas. Everyone encouraged to further release their creative potential through the music. and learn how to become understanding melody, developing how to work together to create will strive to achieve Ellington’s sensitive to what those best harmonic awareness, expression a group sound while listening mantra – “It don’t mean a thing if elements are. and musicianship. sensitively to others, and take it ain’t got that swing.” JJJA WAS CREATED BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM part in the democracy of the bandstand.