The Magic of Jazz Education:

Combo/Improvisation!

International Workshops With John Kuzmich, Jr

Australia (2003 & 2005)

Brazil (2007)

Chile (2003)

Hawaii (2006) and more in 2007 and 2008

New Zealand (2005)

Poland (2001)

More Being Scheduled in 2009 & Beyond!

December 31, 2006

• John travels the world to share jazz education concepts. His most recent workshop to Hawaii has quite a story. Enjoy two animated GIF slideshows at: http://www.kuzmich.com/Hawaii2006.html. Next workshops are in Brazil in July, 2007 in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
• Quick highlights of 40+ years as a jazz educator at: http://www.kuzmich.com/Jazz_Workshops.html
• Find out why 40 years is better than less with an entry-level improvisation workshop videos taken at Ponahou High School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2006 using jazz ensemble, girl's choir, symphonic band and string orchestra. If I can teach improvisation in those non-traditional jazz settings, jazz band was very easy and even more straight-forward. Here is the "Rest of the Story" to demonstrate that jazz improvsation can be taught to everybody via a 50+ minute workshop in its entirety at http://www.kuzmich.com/Ponahou_Entire.ram (50 minutes 40 seconds) or conveniently arranged the workshop concepts into nine separate videos below.
  1. Introducing John Kuzmich, Jr.: 54 seconds
  2. Introduction Workshop Comments: 2 minutes 26 seconds
  3. Jazz Fundamentals: 2: minutes, 54 seconds
  4. Emulating A Rhythm Section: 1 minute, 23 minutes
  5. Blues Form: 1 minute, 23 seconds
  6. More Form Concepts In Learning A Tune: "Comin' Home" by Ben Tucker: 6 minutes, 34 seconds
  7. First One-Note Solos: 6 minutes, 34 seconds
  8. Jamming With "Comin' Home": 5 minutes, 21 seconds
  9. Coda: More Jamming: 1 minute, 28 seconds
  
  

  If you need to download a free multimedia player for audio and/or video playback for PC Windows and Mac users, go to: RealOne Player

• Jazz education has come a long ways since the mid 1960's when John began teaching at the high school level. Learn the insides of what he has learned in 40+ years with a multimedia presentation at: http://www.kuzmich2.com/Camtasia/Jazz.html (to be posted in the near future).