(Apr 8-May 27) THE JAM SESSION: A JAZZ ARTIST INCUBATOR

Taught by Rodney Bowe and Paul Gonzales

at Outpost Performance Space

May 27, 2024 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Time: 5:30pm     Day: Monday     Doors: 4:30pm     Ages: All Ages     Price: $90 - $100
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Mondays April 8 - May 27, 5:30-7pm
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Class limit: 12  /  Minimum: 7

It is where jazz artists go to “cut their chops,” to experiment, to spread their improvisatory wings, and to gain ensemble experience.  It is the essential cradle of spontaneity, invention, inspiration.  Listening to a jam session, one might never know if the artists had played together before or if they even knew one another, but that doesn’t matter—because they all know the basic rules!  How does this work?  How does one learn the universal language, the rules, the protocols of jamming together?  Where does one start?  In this course, we will de-mystify, and prepare you for jamming with other jazz lovers.  Using standard tunes that are part of the standard jazz repertoire, we will learn how to approach and dive into jazz charts, how to communicate with others in the ensemble, how to know when to “comp” and when to “solo” and many more spoken an unspoken rules of the JAM SESSION.  Singers, players, all levels welcome.  Let’s jam!

Rodney Bowe has been a popular, working, New Mexico-based professional bassist, vocalist and band leader for over 40 years.  He studied jazz bass at Eastern New Mexico University and the University of New Mexico and has studied with Ray Brown, Abraham Laboriel, and Gary Willis.  Bowe recently performed with the nationally acclaimed Ron McCurdy Langston Hughes Project.

Paul Gonzales began his professional career in 1984 as Jazz Trumpet Soloist with the Army Band of New England. He has worked extensively with New Mexico groups including Tetragon, Son Como Son, Jackie Zamora’s Brazilian Jazz Quintet, the New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra, the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra, Doug Lawrence’s Nuevos Mexicanos and more. He has backed up nationally touring Jazz, Salsa, and Pop artists for the past 25 years and taught adult & youth Jazz Combo classes at Outpost for 7 years. He also hosted the Monday Jazz Show on KUNM-FM for 13 years.