What Is Jazz?

Thu, 07/14/2016 - 1:38pm
Written by GeorgeWhitty

For anyone who's ever wondered "What is Jazz?", this short, hilarious video from 1957 explains everything you might ever need to know.  And dig, it was made by the "Gleemonex Chemical Corp";  one has to wonder what sort of "chemicals" Gleemonex made!

Grand Opening!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:00pm
Written by GeorgeWhitty

OK, y'all!  Here we go!  Got the whole school rocking at this point, and have to say I am LOVING this platform as a way of teaching jazz piano!  I'd like to say "THANKS" to ArtistWorks for doing such a great job with the filming and production, and I am really excited about the way the curriculum turned out.  A big part of what we're doing here at ArtistWorks is creating a real community of jazz piano players, so jump right in and see this school as your home!  I learned to play jazz back in the 1920s 1980s at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, then studied with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi for 2 years, then moved to New York and studied at the School of Incredibly Hard Knocks for about another 8 years before I got latched into the jazz scene in a real way.  And all of that is here, distilled down into what I think is a really logical course to playing jazz.  So welcome, have a glass of lemonade, there will be a pie-eating contest an games for the kids!  Walk around in here, introduce yourself to the rest of the student body, and let's get started!