About Jazz School UK

The Venue

The Shoefactory is an Arts Space created by two musicians and teachers

Nick Weldon and Andra Sparks

Once the home of a million army boots, this beautiful Victorian factory now houses three large music spaces, each furnished with a Grand Piano. The building is full of light and calm, with an atmosphere perfectly suited to creative work. We love being here, and you will too!

The Teaching

Nothing but the best - this is your chance to play and learn with the most experienced players and teachers around. Many of the techniques of jazz are very simple when explained in the right way by the right people. Save EVENTS JAZZ STUDIES ENSEMBLES yourself hours of solo frustration. Small groups and expert tuition guarantee Our regular tutored swift results, whether you are a jazz beginner who has never attempted a EASTER COURSE JAZZ THEORY (for jazz beginners) sessions for players solo or an experienced player looking to plug some gaps in your knowledge of all levels of skill and find new horizons. JEFF CLYNE JAZZ SINGING a n d e x p e r i e n c e BASS FESTIVAL enable you to make steady,sustainable MASTERCLASSES progress. Register your interest and join our mailing list at www.jazzschool.co.uk CONCERTS Imagine a Summer School with a month Limited places available, so enquire now SUMMER COURSES 121 LESSONS between each day!

2011/2012 SATURDAYS SUNDAYS Ensemble Frodo/Frodo 2 Contact

In this ensemble we will learn: ‣ a set of simple jazz tunes and standards

‣ the technique of swing at medium tempo CONTACT NICK WELDON LOCATION ‣ some simple Latin time feels • tel: 01933 313 969 The Shoefactory ‣ dominant-tonic harmony, in major and minor keys • mobile: 07971 409 596 23b Fitzwilliam Street Rushden • www.jazzschool.co.uk ‣ chord construction and chord-scale relationships Northants • [email protected] ‣ the meaning and use of modes NN10 9YW ‣ how to lock in with the drums

‣ a first approach to melodic playing WETHERSPOONS

‣ how to play and practise safely GENERAL ENQUIRIES A45(S) MAP contact Nick M1 ‣ how to transcribe P or use our WE ARE HERE essential piano and guitar voicings WILKINSONS ‣ P ‣ blues playing in C F Bb and G online enquiry form P ‣ major scales of C F G Bb and Eb GOOD ITALIAN ‣ harmonic minor scales of A D E G and C

If you are an existing ensemble find us on facebook member or have discussed your DATES: enrolment, please sign up for ffffffffffffff forthcoming sessions using the ffffffffffffff FRODO 2011 October 2 November 6 December 4 2012 January 29 fffffffffff February 26 March 25 May 6 June 17 ONLINE CALENDAR

FRODO 2 2011 November 19 December 17 2012 January 7 February 11 March 10 April 21 May 12 June 16 FAQ Frodo/Frodo 2 CORE TUNES

Autumn Leaves

‣ I gig regularly, and am a confident soloist, but my theoretical knowledge is Lady Be Good patchy. I think I’m a Bilbo, but I know I haven’t nailed all the Gollum concepts yet. Which ensemble is right for me? Fly me to the moon As these are practical sessions, the most important consideration is your playing level. I would advise going for the Bilbo ensemble and enrolling in the I Got Rhythm Jazz Studies programme (121 and/or Theory) to get you up to speed. Perdido ‣ I am a beginning improviser and I play entirely by ear. Do I have to read music to join an ensemble? Honeysuckle Rose We do more by ear than by music throughout the ensembles, so your aural skills will be useful. As you get the tunes to learn in advance of each session, Black Orpheus fluent sight-reading, though very helpful, isn’t essential. You will learn to read Las Vegas Tango chord symbols in the Frodo ensemble, and can probably get through these early stages by ear alone. But reading skills will become more and more C Jam Blues important as you move up through the ensembles, if only to make sense of the Bags Groove theoretical discussions on your instrument, so I would suggest taking a general music theory class somewhere as well as your jazz work with us. ‣ I gig frequently at a good level and have been considering a college course. Is Jazz School UK any sort of alternative? PLAYING LEVEL beginner/improver In the words of Wayne Shorter, yes and no. You won’t get all the networking, the Players joining this ensemble should have fairly good instrumental big city buzz, or the degree certificate. But we do offer you the same ability and, whatever their jazz playing experience, should have progressive learning with the same teachers as you would get in the best some listening history! colleges, but at a third of the cost. ‣ What’s with all the Lord of the Rings stuff? It was a choice between Dickens and Tolkien. Would you like to be in the TIME: FRODO 10.30am-1pm and/or 2-4.30pm Scrooge Ensemble? FRODO 2 10.30am-1pm only Ensemble Gollum Pricing

In this ensemble we will learn:

‣ a set of more challenging jazz tunes and standards Ensembles ‣ the technique of swing at different tempos ‣ Full Day £60 (48) ‣ Half Day £30 (24) ‣ how to create different time feels ‣ the basics of altered harmony Jazz Studies ‣ Theory Half Day £30 (24) ‣ how to use melodic minor scales ‣ Jazz Singing Half Day £30 (24) ‣ how to create and shape longer solos ‣ Masterclasses Full Day £75 (60) (evening performance £5) ‣ how to describe harmony while improvising ‣ 121 (Individual Lessons) ‣ how to feel three and two at the same time, and really start to Per hour £45(36) Per 90 mins £65(52) swing! Per 2 hours £85(68) ‣ how to create flow in the quaver line ‣ Events ‣ how to use guide tones ‣ Easter Course, Summer Courses, and Bass Festival ‣ major scales of C F G Bb Eb D Ab E and Db Per Full Day £75 (60) ‣ Performances ‣ harmonic minor scales of A D E G C F and Bb £10(8) ‣ melodic minor scales of A D G Eb C F and Bb ‣ basic diminished harmony Prices in brackets show 20% reductions for members of the Shoefactory at Rushden. Annual membership is £36, and runs from September 1 to August 31.

DATES: 2011 October 9 November 13 2012 January 8 February 5 NB reductions for two, three and six day courses are only available for March 4 April 1 May 13 June 24 members who take part in the ensembles. Events Jeff Clyne Bass Festival Gollum CORE TUNES

What Is This Thing Called Love?

St. Thomas Sweet Georgia Bright

Calling all double bassists, bass guitarists, tuba players and Freddie Freeloader I Can’t Get Started electric upright bassists…once again we are meeting over an Fungi Mama So What early Summer weekend to celebrate the art and science of the bass and the life and music of Jeff Clyne. On the Sunny Side Of The Street Milestones Here is a snapshot of the magnificent 2011 event - tutors It Could Happen To You Patrick Bettison, Trevor Tomkins and Mick Hutton leading some inspired walking! Now’s The Time Undecided The Hustlers Little Sunflower

Ain’t Misbehavin’ All The Things You Are

Take The A Train

Corcovado Blue Bossa

PLAYING LEVEL improver/intermediate

Players joining this ensemble will have good instrumental ability and should already have a good grasp of the concepts and skills outlined in Ensemble Frodo. They will probably have some gig Programme and tutors for 2012 to be announced experience and the ability to solo for a chorus over some tunes they know by heart.

DATE: June 2-3 2012 TIME: 10.30am-1pm and/or 2-4.30pm Ensembles Bilbo/Bilbo 2 Events Summer Courses

In these ensembles we will delve further into specific areas of jazz

improvisation as well as extending our existing knowledge through a wider Our jazz philosophy is playing to become, or as we used to say range of key and tempo. We will learn or use: ‣ a set of jazz tunes and standards in Rome, ludo ergo sum! So over the six days of the Jazz School ‣ how to reharmonise jazz tunes and standards UK Summer Courses, although we'll be exploring many specific ‣ how to create dialogue within the band aspects of jazz theory, we'll be going at them very practically, ‣ how to use diminished and whole tone scales learning as we play. ‣ altered harmony ‣ tritone substitution Duke Ellington wrote a song for the Jazz Summer Course student. ‣ non-resolving dominants ‣ extended use of guide tones It is called "What Am I Here For?" You won't be asking yourself ‣ performance technique that on the Jazz School UK weeks, because we know exactly ‣ extended use of three over two what we want to teach you, and more or less how we're going to ‣ wider range of feels ‣ recognition of harmonic patterns do it. No hazy lazy days of aimless jamming - we think you ‣ all major, harmonic and melodic minor, diminished and whole tone scales deserve more for your money - just plenty of fun, hard work and honest feedback.

What’s more, as long as we can fit you into an ensemble, you can DATES: join us for as many or as few days as you like… BILBO 2011 October 23 November 20 2012 January 15 February 12 March 11 April 22 May 27 July 1

BILBO 2 2011 October 22 December 3 2012 January 21 February 18 March 17 April 14 May 19 June 9 July 7 DATES: 2012 July 30-August 4 and August 27-September 1 Events Easter Course Bilbo/Bilbo 2 CORE TUNES

Scrapple From The Apple Sandu

Desafinado If I Should Lose You

Blue Monk Oleo

Most jazz courses are aimed at players who already have some I’m Old Fashioned Wave experience of improvising, and can be difficult and distressing Like Someone In Love Billie’s Bounce experiences for new players. Beatrice Invitation Our Frodo ensemble is the ideal way to build up the set of skills Nica’s Dream Silver’s Serenade needed to enjoy the many improver/intermediate courses on Things Ain’t What They Used To Be Snapper offer in the UK and abroad, but for those of you jazz beginners Bernie’s Tune Stars Fell On Alabama who cannot join us on a monthly basis, we are putting on this Triste Stella By Starlight great three day course. If you can get around your instrument fairly well, have listened to the music, and have the passion to get going with your own PLAYING LEVEL intermediate/intermediate plus improvising, you will be most welcome! The course is aimed at players with very good instrumental ability who already have a firm grasp of the concepts and skills outlined in Ensemble Gollum. They will be confident improvisers able to cope with the demands of a small ensemble gig.

DATE: April 10-12 2012 TIME: 10.30am-1pm and/or 2-4.30pm Ensemble Gandalf Jazz Studies Masterclasses

Jazz School UK will be inviting some of your favourite players to In this ensemble we will be learning a set of more challenging share with you the secrets of their amazing playing, and to give forms. As well as the full range of skills and concepts explored you valuable insight into your own! in our other ensembles we will also learn or use: You will have the chance to work closely with the visiting artists ‣ harmonic major scales during the day and then hear them in action during their evening performance with the Shoefactory Trio. ‣ maqam

‣ metric modulation ‣ February 4 Jean Toussaint saxophone ‣ axis theory

‣ side slipping ‣ March 31 Mark Bassey trombone and brass

‣ pivot points ‣ April 28 Phil Robson guitar ‣ advanced ensemble skills ‣ June 30 Trevor Tomkins drums and percussion ‣ and much more!

DATES: 2012 February 4 March 31 April 28 June 30

DATES: 2011 October 30 November 27 2012 January 22 February 19 TIME: 10.30am-4.30pm March 18 April 29 June 10 July 8 Jazz Studies Theory Gandalf CORE TUNES

Seven Steps To Heaven Donna Lee

Invitation No Coincidence We cover the theory points needed for improvising during the Evidence Seven Minds monthly ensembles. But as these are practical sessions we don’t Everyone’s Song But My Own Footprints have time either to explain the points in detail or to place them in an overall theory scheme. In the ensembles, after all, we are rightly Armando’s Rhumba Very Early

more concerned with hearing and playing than with thinking! Tricotism Subconscious Lee Hence these specific theory classes, in which we will explore in Bebop Round Midnight detail the harmonic and rhythmic concepts and practices that Body and Soul A Monk’s Dream underpin jazz improvisation. We are offering two pathways: Giant Steps Witch Hunt

‣ First Principles Infra Rae Dolphin Dance (starting at the beginning) chord construction, chord-scale relationships, key centres, major and minor II-V-I etc. PLAYING LEVEL intermediate plus/advanced ‣ Next Steps The course is aimed at players with a high level of instrumental if you already have the first principles outlined above. ability and extensive improvising and performance experience who believe they can take their playing to a good professional and DATES: 2011 October 29 November 26 2012 January 28 February 25 creative standard. March 24 April 21 May 26 June 16

TIMES: 10.30am-1pm First Principles

2-4.30pm Next Steps TIME: 10.30am-1pm and/or 2-4.30pm LIBRARY Frodo/Gollum Jazz Studies Singing

TUNES WE MAY USE - LET US KNOW YOUR FAVOURITES!

FRODO In these group workshops we will explore:

Autumn Leaves Fly Me To The Moritat (Mack The St. James's ‣ how to swing Bags Groove Moon Knife) Infirmary Black Orpheus Honeysuckle Rose Perdido Summertime ‣ basic bossa nova and latin feels Blues In The I Got Rhythm Sonnymoon for The Hustlers Closet Lady Be Good Two Watermelon Man C Jam Blues Las Vegas Tango Spacemen ‣ microphone technique ‣ song interpretation GOLLUM ‣ how to improvise A Foggy Day Fungi Mama Mercy Mercy Song For My All Blues Gentle Rain Moanin' Father ‣ how to create narrative in performance Barbados Georgia Mood Indigo Sonora Beautiful Love Green Dolphin Moten Swing So What Birks Works Street My Funny Sweet Georgia ‣ vocal technique and breathing control Blue Bossa Hackensack Valentine Bright Blue Monk Is You Is Or Is You My Romance Sweet Sue Just ‣ the meaning of the blues Blue Seven Ain't My Baby? Now's The Time You Blue Silage Jumpin 'At The Nutty Take The A Train ‣ jazz repertoire Bye Bye Blackbird Woodside On The Sunny Tenor Madness Cantaloupe Island Just Friends Side Of The Street There Is No Crazy Rhythm Just You Just Me Once I Loved Greater Love ‣ harmony singing Days Of Wine And Lady Bird Pennies From There Will Never Roses Lester Leaps In Heaven Be Another You ‣ and much more! Don't Get Around Little Miss Laurie Quiet Nights Undecided Much Any More Little Sunflower Red Top Watch What Doxy Lover Man Satin Doll Happens Exactly Like You Lullaby Of Softly As In A What Is This Thing Freddie Freeloader Birdland Morning Sunrise Called Love? DATES: 2011 October 8 November 19 2012 January 7 February 11 March 10 April 14 May 12 June 9

TIME: 2-4.30pm

TUTORS: NICK WELDON/ANDRA SPARKS Jazz Studies 121 LIBRARY Bilbo/Bilbo 2

TUNES WE MAY USE - LET US KNOW YOUR FAVOURITES!

Need some help with a specific jazz skill? An important audition A Child Is Born Everything Happens I Concentrate On I've Got You Under A Night In Tunisia To Me You My Skin coming up? Nothing works as fast as 121... A Nightingale Sang Everything I Love I Could Write A If I Should Lose You In Berkeley Square Falling In Love With Book If I Were A Bell A Portrait Of Jenny Love I Cover The If You Could See Me Nick Weldon is one of the best-known jazz teachers and players in All Of You Five Hundred Miles Waterfront Now All The Things You High I Didn't Know What Ill Wind the UK, with a wealth of performance credits both in his own name Are Four Time It Was Imagination Alone Together Gee Baby Ain't I I Fall In Love Too Impressions Anthropology Good To You Easily In A Mellow Tone and as a sideman, and teaching experience at all levels. Having Beatrice Get Out Of Town I Get A Kick Out Of In A Sentimental Bernie's Tune Gingerbread Boy You Mood worked in School, University and Prison, he is now concentrating Billie's Bounce Girl From Ipanema I Got It Bad In The Wee Small Blues For Wood God Bless The Child I Hear A Rhapsody Hours Of The on the Shoefactory, where he offers lessons in piano and double Bluesette God Rest Ye Merry I Let A Song Go Out Morning Body And Soul Gentlemen Of My Heart In Walked Bud Born To Be Blue Gone With The Wind I Love You In Your Own Sweet bass, and also (for all instrumentalists and singers) lessons in But Not For Me Good Bait I Mean You Way Caravan Good Morning I Remember Clifford Indian Summer Cherokee Heartache I Remember You Indiana improvisation, theory, repertoire and jazz skills. Come Rain Or Come Goodbye Pork Pie I Should Care Isn't It Romantic Shine Hat I Thought About You It Could Happen To Andra Sparks is a subtle and beautiful jazz singer, and also an Cottontail Groove Yard I'll Be Seeing You You Cry Me A River Groovin' High I'll Remember April It Don't Mean A expert in vocal technique and song interpretation. She is happy Darn That Dream Harlem Nocturne I'm Getting Thing If It Ain't Got Desafinado Have You Met Miss Sentimental Over That Swing Dig Jones?Here's That You It Had To Be You to teach both specialist singers and instrumentalists who love to Don't Blame Me Rainy Day I'm Old Fashioned It's Only A Paper East Of The Sun Hi-Fly I'm Through With Moon sing. Easy Living How About You? Love It's You Or No-One Easy To Love How Insensitive I've Got The World Jitterbug Waltz Embraceable You I Can't Get Started On A String Jordu Emily Killer Joe

DATES: 2011 October 1 November 5 December 17

2012 February 4 March 31 April 28 June 30 July 14

OTHER TIMES: BY ARRANGEMENT LIBRARY Bilbo/Bilbo 2 LIBRARY Gandalf

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