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Adrian Ingram Contemporary Jazz and Improvisation
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 Biography |
Adrian
is a professional jazz guitarist, he is also a highly respected teacher
and writer/author. As a guitarist Adrian has played with many of the top
jazz musicians such as Martin Taylor and Andy McKenzie, doing a lot of
session work and recording, his most recent recording being a CD with
Andy McKenzie titled 'Two Guitars in Harmony'.
To How to book a weekend |
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| You do require to be a more advanced player for this weekend with a reasonable knowledge of chord and scale structure as related to the guitar. You should be able to play a few chord progressions through and know a couple of standards e.g. Autumn Leaves, Misty or something like that. We will look at improvisation, holding the chord progression in your head and chord and scale substitution. With Adrian's help you can analyze your playing technique and find out what you need to be doing to improve it. We work to the level of the people attending the weekend. Tour of Weekends we do Next>>> | ||||
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| Adrian studied with Barney Kessel and Howard Roberts. He has obtained fellowships in classical guitar performance from Trinity and London Colleges of music and an MA in music education. Whilst at Leeds College of Music the guitar department under his direction grew to be one of the largest in the country. | ||||
| Adrian has written the biography of Wes Montgomery and the history of the Gibson 175, as well as many articles and books on playing the jazz guitar. Plenty of handout material will be available over the weekend to add to your folder which you will have to take away at the end of the weekend. It is a good idea to bring a small tape recorder with you to record sounds and examples from Adrian to aid memory after the weekend. | ||||
Jazz Guitars North Wales Jazz Society Club http://www.justjazzguitar.com/ |
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SJRCD1012 Adrian Ingram & John Pisano/Homage |
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