Guitar Player Magazine is calling him "…the blazing wunderkind." The Boston Phoenix has declared him "...the WOW! factor." Award-winning jazz guitarist and composer, Jake Hertzog, is making it big in New York City. Jake’s second studio album, Patterns, just released this April 2010, has been chosen as Guitar Player Magazine’s Editor’s Pick and has been quickly gaining international regard.
Past achievements include winning the Grand Prize in 2006 for the Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition in Switzerland. Jake holds title at 20 years old as the youngest ever prize winner in the competitions history. He was invited back in 2007 to showcase his original music in the Montreux Jazz Festival. Jake is an alum of the prestigious Berklee College of Music and recipient of several performance scholarships.
He currently writes a jazz column for Guitar Player Magazine (US) entitled “Hey Jazz Guy”, and has been coined "The jazz ambassador to the non-jazz world".
DATE
◆ Every Saturday 2:30pm-3:30pm from September
COST
◆Each lesson - $30
◆Package of 4 classes - $100
*for kids under 13 years old is $20/ea and Package is $80
Program
Month 1:
Basic jazz guitar elements.? Focusing on chord construction, basic forms, how to practice, technical exercises, music theory and becomming familiar with the jazz idiom.
Month 2:
Playing standard jazz tunes, american songbook, 32-bar forms.? Ear training and playing together. Melodies and memorization techniques.? More improvisation concepts. Basslines and transcriptions
Month 3:
Moving beyond standard jazz.? Modern composers, non-standard tunes, harmonic systems and more outside playing.? Reharmonization techniques and composition.? Advanced improvisation concepts and music theory. more details ...
What to bring
Please bring your own guitar and amplifier for practice .
Reservations
Because this lesson is 10 person limitation, it is necessary to reserve it.
Reservations are taken over the Schedule page.
Click the BOOK button that you would like to attend, fill out the form with your name, e-mail address and the number of people, and send it.
