Jazz Band: Staying at Home Edition
Some ideas to keep you playing while we can't be at school
Dear Students
I definitely am missing you guys as I get ready for a few weeks where we don't have school. I am disappointed to be missing out on the chance to continue our rehearsals and get ready for gigs. I have a feeling that a lot of our April gigs will end up cancelled, but it will depend on what happens in the upcoming weeks. I'll keep you updated.
In the meantime, I thought I could provide a few ideas for practicing while we're out of school. Let me know if you want any help- I'd be glad to set up a video chat over Zoom to help with any music or other things. Also, feel free to email me anytime in the coming weeks if you need anything. I definitely miss you all! I hope we can see each other again sometime soon.
Ms. Peterik
Ideas for practicing or staying involved with jazz
- Play along with the recordings on our website
- Get a couple friends together on Zoom or another platform to play through our songs or have your own jam session
- Listen to your favorite jazz song and try to figure out what notes they are playing
- Not only figure out what notes your favorite jazz artist is playing, but try to write it down
- Listen to some new jazz artists you haven't heard before. See the list at the bottom for some ideas.
Websites to check out
Jazz at Lincoln Center has some weekly online programs to check out
Free Jazz Concerts Livestreamed
A Great Day in Harlem
Incredibox
UMS Jazz
UHS Jazz
Jazz Academy Video Library
Jazz Artists by Instrument
These are just some ideas- not all artists may be listed here.
TRUMPET
Nat Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Terrance Blanchard, Lester, Bowie, Randy Brecker, Clifford Brown, Don Cherry, Buck Clayton, Johny Coles, Miles Davis, Kevin Dean, Kenny Dorham, Dave Douglas, Harry Edison, Roy Elridge, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Tim Hagans, Roy Hargrove, Phillip Harper, Tom Harrell, Eddie Henderson, Terumaso Hino, Freddie Hubbard, Ingrid Jensen, Thad Jones, Booker Little, Joe Magnarelli, John McNeil, Wynton Marsalis, John Marshall, Blue Mitchell , Lee Morgan, Fats Navarro, Nicholas Payton, Barry Ries, Wallace Rooney, Jim Rotondi, Carl Saunders, Woody Shaw, Booby Shew, John Swana, Clark Terry, Scott Wendholt, Kenny Wheeler, Warren Vache, Bix Beiderbecke, Ernie Royal, Bobby Hacket, Bunny Berigan, Charlie Shavers, Shorty Rogers, Ruby Braff, Don Goldie, Dick Catchart, Doc Cheatam, Doc Severinsen, Ray Copeland, Shorty Baker,Emmett Berry, Harry James, Jonah Jones, Wild Bill Davidson, Kenny Baker ,Billy Butterfield, Ziggy Elman, Randy Brooks, Rex Stewart, Don Fagerquist, Muggsie Spainer, Joe Wilder, Ray Anthony, Al Hirt
TROMBONE
Ray Anderson, Milt Bernhardt, Garnett brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Hal Crook, Steve Davis, Robin Eubanks, John Fedchok, Carl Fontana, Curtis Fuller, Urbie Green, Slide Hampton, Bill Harris, Conrad Herwig, J.J.Johnson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Garchan Moncur, Frank Rosalino, Roswell Rudd, Jack Teagarden, Steve Turre, Bill Watrous, Phil Wilson, Kai Winding.SOPRANO SAX
Sidney Bechet, Jana Ira Bloom, John Coltrane, Joe Farrell, Steve Grossman, Christine Jensen, David Liebman, Steve Lacy, Chris Potter, Wayne Shorter.ALTO SAX
Cannonball Adderley, Craig Bailey, Gary Bartz, Arthur Blythe, Richie Cole, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Paul Desmond, Eric Dolphy, Lou Donaldson, Paquito D’Rivera, Kenny Garrett, Herb Geller, Bunky Green, Jimmy Greene, Antonio Hart, John Jenkins, Cristine Jensen, Eric Kloss, Lee Konitz, Charlie Mariano, Jackie McLean, Roscoe Mitchell, Frank Morgan, Lanny Morgan, Lennie Niehaus, Greg Osby, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Steve Slagel, Jim Snidero, James Spaulding, Sonny Sitt, Bobby Watson, Steve Wilson, Phil Woods, John Zorn.TENOR SAX
George Adams, Eric Alexander, Gene Ammons, Bob Berg, Jerry Bergonzi, DonBraden, Michael Brecker, Garry Campbell, George Coleman, John Coltrane, Junior Cook, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Bill Evans, Joe Farrell, Bud Freeman, Chico Freeman, Boin Freeman, George Garzone, Stan Getz, Benny Goldson, Paul Gonsalves, Dexter Gordon, Johny Griffin, Steve Grossman, Eddie Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Henderson, Illinois Jacquet, Clifford Jordon, Joh Klemmer Ralph Lalama, Harold Land, Pat LaBarbera, Azar Lawrence, Dave Liebman, Charles Lloyd, Joe Lovano, Rick Margitza, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Marsh, Bob Mintzer, Hank Mobley, James Moody, Rich Perry, Billy Pierce, Chris Potter, Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Larry Schneider, Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Benny Wallace, Ben Webster, Walt Weiskopf, Lester Young.BARITONE SAX
Pepper Adams, Nick Brignola, Harry Carney, Serge Chaloff, Ronnie Cuber, Charles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Leo Parker, Pat Patrick, Cecil Payne, Sahib Shihab, Garry SmulyanFLUTE
Eric Dolhpy, Joe Farrel, Riland Kirk, Yusef Lateef, Hubert Laws, David Liebman, Charles Lloyd, Herbie Man, James Moody, Jeremy Steig, Frank WessCLARINET
Don Byron, John Carter, Eddie Daniels, Budy DeFranco, Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet), Paquito D’Rivera, Frank Glover, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Guiffre, Woody Herman, Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet), Art Pepper, Chris Potter (bass clarinet), Russel Procope, Pee Wee Russell, Tony Scott, Artie Shaw, Phil Woods.GUITAR
Howard Alden, George Benson, Peter Bernstein, Joshuan Breakstone, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Christian, Dave Cliff, Joe Cohn, Larry Coryell, Herb Ellis, Steve Erquiaga, Tal Farlow, Chris Flory, Bill Frisell, Mick Goodrick, Grant Green, Jerry Hahn, Jim Hall, Scott Henderson, Charlie Hunter, Vic Juris, Barney Kessel, Earl Klugh, Peter Leich, Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Pet Metheney, Ben Monder, Wes Montgomerey, Joe Pass, Doug Raney, Jimmy Raney, Django Reinhardt, Emily Remler, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Dave Stryker, Attilla Zoller.PIANO
Geri Allen, Lynne Arriale, Kenny Barron, Bruce Barth, Paul Bley, Dave Brubeck, Ray Bryant, George Cables, Joey Calderazzo, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea, Kenny Drew, George Duke, Bill Evans, Victor Feldman, Tommy Flanagan, Hal Galper, Red Garland, Errol Garner, Larry Goldings, Benny Green, Dan Haerle, Al Haig, Herbie Hancock, Roland Hanna, Hampton Hawes, Fred Hersch, Andrew Hill, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarret, Hank Jones, Geoff Keezer, Wynton Kelly, Andy LaVerne, Mike LeDonne, Mark Levine, John Lewis, Harold Mabern, Ronnie Mathews, Brad Meldhau, Mulgrew Miller, Thelonius Monk, Michel Petrucciani, Harry Pickens, Phines Newborn Jr., Makoto Ozone, Danilo Perez, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Renee Rosnes, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Hoarce Silver, Art Tatum, Jacky Terrasson, Bobby Timmons, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Kenny Werner, James Williams, Mary Lou Williams, Joe Zawinul, Denny Zeitlin.BASS
Jimmy Blanton, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Stanley Clarke, Tod Coolman, Bob Cranshaw, Israel Crosbym Richard Davis, George Duvivier, Charles Fambrough, David Friesen, Jimmy Garrison, John Goldsby, Eddie Gomez, Larry Grenadier, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Bob Hurst, Denis Irwin, Sam Jones, Scott LaFaro, Cecil McBee, Christian McBride, Charlie Mingus, Red Mitchell, Monk Montgomery, Mike Moore, Bill Moring, George Mraz, Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Oscar Pettiford, Chuck Rainey, Rufus Reid, Lynn Seaton, Slam Stewart, Steve Swallow, Miroslav Vitous, Peter Washington, Buster Williams.DRUMS
Joey Baron, Louis Bellson, Ed Blackwell, Brian Blade, Art Blakey, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joe Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Cobham, Steve Davis, Billy Drummond. Peter Erskine, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Billy Hart, Roy Haynes, Tootie Heath, Billy Higgins, Roger Humphries, Jack DeJohnette, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Connie Kay, Stan Levy, Shelly Manne, Bobby Moses, Paul Motian, Alphonse Mouzon, Idris Muhammed, Adam Nussbaum, Ralph Peterson, Tony Reedus, Buddy Rich, Danny Richmond, Max Roach, Micky Roker, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Ed Soph, Bill Stewart, Grady Tate, Art Taylor, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Dave Weckl, Lenny White, Tony WilliamsVIBES
Roy Ayers, Gary Burton, Dave Friedman, Terry Gibbs, Lionel Hampton, Stefon Harris, Jay Hoggard, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, Joe Locke, Steve Nelson, Red Norvo, Dave Pike, David Samuels, Cal TjaderORGAN
Joey DeFrancesco, Barbara Dennerlein, Charles Earland, Larry Goldings, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Mike LeDonne, Hank Marr, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, John Patton, Jimmy Smith, Dan Wall, Sam Yahel, Larry YoungBIG BANDS
VOCALISTS
Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Jackie Cain, Betty Carter, Ray Charles, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick, Chris Connor, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hartman, Billie Holiday, Eddie Jefferson, Roy Kral, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Jon Lucien, Kevin Mahogany, Carmen McCrae, Anita O’Day, Lou Rawles, Frank Sinatra, Dakota Staton, Grady Tate, Leon Thomas, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, Norma WinstoneSCAT SINGERS
Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Denis DiBlasio, Kurt Elling, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, John Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Jennifer Barnes, Clark TerryVIOLIN
Darol Anger, John Blake, Regina Carter, Sara Caswell, Jerry Goodman, Stephane Grappelli, Joe Kennedy Jr., Ray Nance, Jean-Luc Ponty, Randy Sabien, Stuff Smith, Joe Venuti, Michael White, Fiddler WilliamsCELLO
David BakerHARMONICA
Toots ThielemansMs. Peterik
Email: speterik@usd116.org