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Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents New Program: “WeBop” Teaches Young Children About Music

Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents New Program: “WeBop” Teaches Young Children About Music(0)

January 4, 2010

WeBop is an early-childhood jazz education program in which children (ages 8 months – 5 years) and their parents/caregivers learn about jazz’s improvisation, creative process, instruments, styles and great performers. The classes provide a creative outlet for parents and children to explore jazz as a tool to educate and express themselves together.
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents New Program: “WeBop” Teaches Young Children About Music
Jazz Etiquette: What To Do & How To React At A Jazz Concert

Jazz Etiquette: What To Do & How To React At A Jazz Concert

Going through our inbox, we have received a couple of emails and comments pertaining to jazz etiquette, specifically related to how to respond to live music. Do I clap at the beginning, after each song, at the very end, after solos, etc. It is a little different than attending other performances like rock [...]

What Is Acid Jazz, And Who Does It Appeal To?

What Is Acid Jazz, And Who Does It Appeal To?

Taking off in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a “new” type of music evolving. Combining elements of funk, jazz fusion, and more popular styles such R & B and pop, this hybrid of sorts seem to reach most of its listeners through the electronic and club scene. Loved by [...]

The Key To Jazz Improvisation:  Be a Storyteller

The Key To Jazz Improvisation: Be a Storyteller

Introduction:
For most jazz performers, they began with a love for the music and the style. Listening to the standards, they were probably drawn in by the great melodic lines and subtle harmonies we hear in our favorite music – from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane and Miles Davis to more contemporary artists such as [...]


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