jazz school uk
WELCOME to Jazz School UK! We offer structured, streamed and personalised
programmes of learning for keen players of every level (jazz beginner through to
gigging standard). Wherever you are, and whatever level of jazz playing you are
aiming for, we are planning to help you to improve! The language of jazz
improvisation consists mainly of the melodies and rhythms of its repertoire.
That's why good jazz musicians, as a matter of course, learn repertoire by
heart. We need to learn by heart; we also need to learn to transfer what we hear
directly onto the instrument without conscious calculation - these are among the
essential skills that enable us to improvise with imagination and freedom in
real time. To this end we have put together some great collections of tunes for
our different groups, pulled from all corners of jazz history, chosen not only
for the specific improvising challenges they throw up, but also because they are
now part of the jazz lexicon. For our 2022-23 season, therefore, we proudly
present the following, along with our top Spotify choices: