Klarinet Archive - Posting 000491.txt from 2000/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Anyone know a really good Jazz Teacher in DC area for Sax
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:37:15 -0400

David,
I consider myself a very competent teacher. I have been teaching how
to improvise for about 15 years now. And I do it on clarinet, sax, and
flute.
Jazz is not like classical in respect to teaching it. Even if you KNOW how
to improvise, it doesn't follow at all that you can teach someone else to.
Improvising is not a physical activity like embouchure and fingers. It is
a thought process. Just as most English-speakers couldn't teach a Chinese
person to speak fluent, creative English, so most Jazz players can't teach
HOW to play Jazz. They can DEMONSTRATE. This is fine if the student is a
remarkable musician with an instinctive and extremely secure grasp of
their instrument and their learning functions. However, this is a rarity
among students.
Do you know how advanced this person is? Can he actually improvise
or just play with a jazzy sound? My phone # is 410-483-1923 in Baltimore,
MD. I am less than an hour away from many parts of the DC metropolitan
area.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, David Blumberg wrote:

> I have a former Student in Washingon DC who is looking for a very good Jazz
> Sax teacher. My instinct is to tell him to contact the Service DC Jazz
> bands and go from there (Air Force, Navy, etc) as their players are pretty
> great in the Jazz combos. Any other ideas? He complained that the sax
> teacher at American wasn't even his level, so he wants someone who can
> really teach, and play well for Jazz. He is performing July 4th on the
> ellipse on the main mall in DC.
> in front of 20K for the 4th of July festivities.
>
> Ideas? names?
>
> David Blumberg
> music@-----.com
> http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
> http://www.mytempo.com
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