Ten More Weeks of Duke Ellington
This presentation ran live in 2001 and was a blast!
Contains all the materials from the live presentation…the 10 Weekly Jams are taken from the live edition.
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By special request, it is my pleasure to announce the next Learning Club™ Ten More Weeks of Duke Ellington!
Our first deep-dive into Ellington’s music continues to be one of the most popular Learning Clubs™ to date. Given the depth of Ellington’s compositional output, there remains a wealth of his classic songs to explore.
In this further, deep dive into the music of this icon of jazz music, we will be working on: “C Jam Blues”; “Creole Love Call; “I Got It Bad”; “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart”; “In A Sentimental Mood”; “Mood Indigo”; “Perdido”; “Prelude To A Kiss”; “Sophisticated Lady” and “Things Aint What They Used To Be”.
As always, we will use the songs as a jumping off point to study guitar playing and improvisation. In this Learning Club™, we will take a look at a variety of concepts: melody, rhythm, groove, accompaniment techniques, harmonizing, chord melody, using different chord substitutions and extension choices to create different musical effects, and much more.
This presentation ran live in 2001 and was a blast!
Contains all the materials from the live presentation…the 10 Weekly Jams are taken from the live edition.
—-
By special request, it is my pleasure to announce the next Learning Club™ Ten More Weeks of Duke Ellington!
Our first deep-dive into Ellington’s music continues to be one of the most popular Learning Clubs™ to date. Given the depth of Ellington’s compositional output, there remains a wealth of his classic songs to explore.
In this further, deep dive into the music of this icon of jazz music, we will be working on: “C Jam Blues”; “Creole Love Call; “I Got It Bad”; “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart”; “In A Sentimental Mood”; “Mood Indigo”; “Perdido”; “Prelude To A Kiss”; “Sophisticated Lady” and “Things Aint What They Used To Be”.
As always, we will use the songs as a jumping off point to study guitar playing and improvisation. In this Learning Club™, we will take a look at a variety of concepts: melody, rhythm, groove, accompaniment techniques, harmonizing, chord melody, using different chord substitutions and extension choices to create different musical effects, and much more.
This presentation ran live in 2001 and was a blast!
Contains all the materials from the live presentation…the 10 Weekly Jams are taken from the live edition.
—-
By special request, it is my pleasure to announce the next Learning Club™ Ten More Weeks of Duke Ellington!
Our first deep-dive into Ellington’s music continues to be one of the most popular Learning Clubs™ to date. Given the depth of Ellington’s compositional output, there remains a wealth of his classic songs to explore.
In this further, deep dive into the music of this icon of jazz music, we will be working on: “C Jam Blues”; “Creole Love Call; “I Got It Bad”; “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart”; “In A Sentimental Mood”; “Mood Indigo”; “Perdido”; “Prelude To A Kiss”; “Sophisticated Lady” and “Things Aint What They Used To Be”.
As always, we will use the songs as a jumping off point to study guitar playing and improvisation. In this Learning Club™, we will take a look at a variety of concepts: melody, rhythm, groove, accompaniment techniques, harmonizing, chord melody, using different chord substitutions and extension choices to create different musical effects, and much more.
My Learning Clubs™, with their ten-week duration, are the perfect way to really dig into the songs and make a lot of improvement while having a lot of fun. The interval and regular sessions provide you a sustained look at the material. The formula provides real results: with consistent practice, so you can make consistent and measurable progress.
Here’s how it works:
When you sign up, you receive access to a wealth of downloadable material for you to learn and practice the songs to get ready for the weekly jams. You get pdf chord charts for each of the ten songs, video lessons where I demonstrate how to play the songs, and sound recording play-a-long files of each of the songs so you can practice playing the melody and improvising with me.
Best of all, each of the ten weeks features a live, one-hour jam session over Zoom that I lead.
The virtual jam room always opens up 30 minutes before the session, so you can say hello to other participants and “do the hang.” I sometimes play a recording, tell a story or make myself available for questions before the jam session starts.
During the sessions, we focus on the songs. Repetition leads to mastery. So we play them over and over in different ways, putting them under the microscope and having a ball while doing so.
I am really, really excited about the new Learning Club™ and about this new way of approaching guitar study!
So, what are you waiting for? Sign up today and let’s get into Duke Ellington
(This is a Past Presentation of a Learning Club the ran live in 2021)
Songs covered in this Learning Club are: “C Jam Blues”; “Creole Love Call; “I Got It Bad”; “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart”; “In A Sentimental Mood”; “Mood Indigo” ;“Perdido”; “Prelude To A Kiss”; “Sophisticated Lady” and “Things Aint What They Used To Be”.
Check out Duke and the orchestra at Newport & if you don’t know him, meet Paul Gonsalves.
