Klarinet Archive - Posting 000506.txt from 2000/06
From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Sax teacher Jazz in DC
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:02:09 -0400
From: Spike Spiegel <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Anyone know a really good Jazz Teacher in DC area for Sax
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10006140721590.28647-100000=verdi>
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Niep wrote:
> Chris Vadala teaches at the U. of Maryland and privately. it doesn't
> get much better than Chris.
Actually *nitpick*...it's Vidala. He's an excellent saxophonist, and I
add my second to all the reccomendations for him so far. He's really
worked hard on becoming a skilled doubler (his Master's was actually a
focus on clarinet!), and it shows.
Not to mention that the guy can play one MEAN solo on A Night In Tunisia.
That man is LETHAL with a soprano sax in his hand...
J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I don't know, and I don't have an opinion." - Jet Black
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:37:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Anyone know a really good Jazz Teacher in DC area for Sax
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000614092849.10874A-100000@-----.edu>
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
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Ok - double reply here.
Yes, he is advanced - he studied with me for several years, and I teach
jazz quite well (improv, not just jazz tone.).
Thanks Fred - I'll pass along the info.
The name is Chris Vadala. (I'm staring right at his book!!) VADALA (a not i)
Thanks!
David Blumberg
music@-----.com
http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
http://www.mytempo.com
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