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| To learn jazz with Phil Schaap and Dick Katz Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University (Swing U) invites students to engage with esteemed jazz educators in the hippest classes in town. The winter term of Swing U will run from January 22 through March 14, 2007. Classes are at introductory, intermediary and advanced levels. This semester, students can learn the essentials of jazz with legendary pianist and jazz educator Dick Katz or become a jazz expert with Jazz at Lincoln Center's curator, Phil Schaap. All classes take place at the Irene Diamond Education Center in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 60th St.). Registration is available by calling Subscription Services at (212) 258-9999 or email swingu@jalc.org. Swing U Winter Classes: THE SWING ERA - When Jazz Topped the Charts with Phil Schaap (Mondays, January 22-February 12, 2007). Travel back to a time when big bands ruled the pop charts! Phil Schaap brings the Swing Era to life as he introduces you to the bandstand legends who entertained a generation and shaped the sound that still impacts jazz today. BECOME A JAZZ EXPERT in 8 Easy Lessons with Phil Schaap (Tuesdays, January 23-March 13, 2007). Welcome to ear training for jazz lovers. Are you missing the musical details? Phil Schaap will help you hear the subtleties of the bandstand, and appreciate what it really means to swing. With ears attuned, you'll follow the developments in jazz from New Orleans to Chicago to New York to the world with new clarity and understanding. Start out a novice. End up an expert. JAZZ ESSENTIALS with Dick Katz (Wednesdays, January 24-March 14, 2007). Dick Katz has swung with Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Coleman Hawkins and other giants of the music. Now the Grammy -nominated writer and teacher of 30 years, joins Swing U! Katz will enhance your understanding and feeling for jazz by approaching it as a unique musical language with many dialects and accents. You'll survey jazz's major contributors and styles through its great recordings, and become acquainted with the basics of improvisation, composing and arranging. THE MASTERS & MASTERPIECES with Phil Schaap (Wednesdays, January 24-March 14, 2007). Phil Schaap examines the most influential composers, song stylists and virtuoso players in jazz history-and the definitive recordings that made them the masters of this great American art form. Phil Schaap has broadcast jazz on the radio for over 37 years and has won three Grammy Awards for Historical Writing, three for Producing and two for Audio Engineering. Since 1970, Mr. Schaap has been heard on WKCR (89.9FM/wkcr.org) and currently his notable Charlie Parker program "Bird Flight" airs weekday mornings. Mr. Schaap is a jazz historian and became part of the staff of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in 2001. In addition to teaching at The Juilliard School, he taught jazz at Princeton for 14 years and taught on the graduate level at Columbia University and Rutgers University. Mr. Schaap serves as the academic head of Swing U, the expanded education series offered by JALC. His knowledge of the history of the art of jazz enriches the organization across all departments. Mr. Schaap recently assumed the responsibility of directing The Gift Shop inside Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center that is filled with treasures in music, books and specialty items for jazz lovers around the world. Dick Katz is a pianist, composer, author and educator whose career has spanned almost 50 years. Mr. Katz graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and studied with Teddy Wilson at The Juilliard School, leading to a prolific career as a musician and bandleader. He has appeared on more than 70 albums, and has performed and recorded with such leading jazz figures as Benny Goodman, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, Benny Carter, Lee Konitz, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, and singers Carmen McRae and Helen Merrill. As an author, Mr. Katz's GRAMMY-nominated album notes and essays have been thrilling jazz enthusiasts since the 1950s. Mr. Katz has also taught jazz in college classrooms for over 30 years at the New School University, the Summer Jazz Institute at Skidmore College, and the Manhattan School of Music. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |