Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Workshops
The next couple of days I gave four workshops at the festival. One on the blues,”The Blues is the Roots, Everything Else is the Fruits.” We stomp/clapped, delved into the cultural and emotional roots of the blues, sang “Wade in the Water and the “What Gives You the Blues Blues.” Once we got on instruments, […]
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Jazz in the Schools
I just flew back from the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho. What a magnificent experience! Over eight thousand music students, phenomenal volunteer and business community support, incredible artists and teachers. I’ve never seen anything like it. On Monday I formed a pick up band with 5 music students and alums from the University […]
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Ask Eli’s friend, pianist and teacher John Kamitsuka…
When I was a teenager and even before, I sought out great teachers and great teaching. I always had an internal meter reading when someone was conscientiously engaging learning, and when they were shucking and jiving. I put it this way because I think learning is a state of mind. You need a particular environment […]
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