Blakey Hardbop Jam Session at Producers Club

.*NEW* Blakey Hardbop Jam Thursdays Midtowm 10P-Midnight
Drummers Encouraged! Vocalists Welcome
Join Our Musician Roster (below)
Hosted by Art Blakey protege, trombonist Gregory Charles "Chuckie" Royal ( who is chronicled in the book Art Blakey Jazz Messenger--Leslie Gourse, Schirmer Books, 2002.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Charles_Royal

The hard swinging music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers has long been an area of focus for serious aspiring and established jazz musicians worldwide. Join us Thursday nights at the Producers Club on 44th and 9th to develop your craft or support the talent. CASH BAR Outside food ALLOWED. Performers FREE ( $5 suggested public donation) ...

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.*NEW* Blakey Hardbop Jam Thursdays Midtowm 10P-Midnight
Drummers Encouraged! Vocalists Welcome
Join Our Musician Roster (below)
Hosted by Art Blakey protege, trombonist Gregory Charles "Chuckie" Royal ( who is chronicled in the book Art Blakey Jazz Messenger--Leslie Gourse, Schirmer Books, 2002.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Charles_Royal

The hard swinging music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers has long been an area of focus for serious aspiring and established jazz musicians worldwide. Join us Thursday nights at the Producers Club on 44th and 9th to develop your craft or support the talent. CASH BAR Outside food ALLOWED. Performers FREE ( $5 suggested public donation)

HOW THE SESSION WORKS

Jam material is selected from the Jazz Messenger Repertoire listed below. Musicians, especially drummers, are asked to be familiar with the recorded arrangements as much as possible. Vocalists may construct lyrics and are encouraged to improvise over the chord changes like the other musicians.
We recommend artists signup to become part of our musician roster by texting name and instrument to (202) 302-6703 or email jam@americanyouthsymphony.org.

We are adding the repertoire from the Jazz Messenger catalog on an ongoing basis. Most of this material can be found on Youtube.

Song list as of December 2014:
Moanin
Blues March
Sortie
One by One
Free For All
Hammer Head
Ugetsu Fantasy in D
Dat Der
Pensativa
When Love is New
Caravan
Alamode
This Song is You

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