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We are offering Webinars and streamed content while we are unable to meet in person!
Upcoming workshops:
January 23rd:
EJ Strickland "Provoking Rhythmic Dialogue While Improvising"
10am PST (1pm EST) Jan 23rd: Register Now
Jason Palmer "Creating your own backing tracks and other practice tools"
12pm PST (3pm EST) Jan 23 Register Now!
Greta Matassa "Jazz Vocal Workshop" plus masterclass with 4 EWU students
3pm PST (6pm EST) Register Now!
Feb 20th
March 20th
April 17th
May 15th
More upcoming artists and topics include:
Todd Delguidice "Finding your own voice as an Improvisor"
Upcoming with dates and details TBD:
Christopher Brown: "Using Jazz as a lens to reframe the gravity of communication and decision making, so as to instigate conversations around health, entrepreneurship, and our relationships with ourselves, friends & family, and co-workers"
Rene Marie: Vocal Jazz Topic
Dayna Stephens and his Quartet: Instrument specific topics
Recent workshops:
Jaleel Shaw "Developing a solid Practice routine and creativity"
Carl Allen - "Building great practice habits and foundational skills for drummers"
Marcus Strickland - “Horn players using piano voicings to develop harmonic concepts”
Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Victor Gould, Richie Goods and Allan Mednard performed at McNally Recital Hall on January 15th, 2020 for 85 people, and worked with 20 students and community members in The Legacy Jazz Workshop.
Drummer Carl Allen visited SFCC, Whitworth, EWU and Hoffman music for educational workshops and performed a concert at The Monroe Room sponsored by Spokane City Credit Union (SCCU) on February 26th and 27th.
The week before Covid-19 forced closures state and worldwide, Jonathan Barber, Taber Gable, Andrew Renfroe and Matt Dwonszyk performed at McNally Recital Hall on March 6th for and audience of 70 and worked with 12 students in The Legacy Jazz Workshop on March 7th.
Students ranging from school aged to adult professional worked with Ralph Moore, Anthony Wonsey, Dezron Douglas, Joe Magnarelli and George Fludas in a workshop at Holy Names Music Center on June 26th receiving workshops and group lessons from each member of the quintet. The concert, sponsored by Hoffman Music, Holy Names Music Center, Spokane Art Grant Award and The Herb Alpert Foundation via the Jazz Education Network (JEN) took place at Spokane Falls Community College.
The Black Art Jazz Collective performed a concert on Jan 23rd at SFCC auditorium for an audience of 95.
They also performed an afternoon clinic in which students from Deer Park High School, Washington State University, and members of the community learned from the group.
On January 24th, We drove BAJC to Missoula where they gave clinics at University of Montana and performed to a sold out audience of 130 at the Downtown Dance Collective.
Wayne Escoffery
Jeremy Pelt
Xavier Davis
Corcoran Holt
Johnathan Blake
October 2nd & 3rd 2018
An Inter-dimensional portal was opened and for a short time we all existed on the same plane. Logan Richardson's beautiful alto sound soared above Igor Osypov's intricate guitar lines that weaved and danced above the powerful duo of Dominique Sanders's Bass and Ryan Lee's drums. Epic Rock beats were fused with elements of Jazz, Blues, Metal and Modern Freedom....... Filled with heavy guitar effects, samples and lyrical solos. It was victory music; beautiful and inspiring. It referenced the battle, represented the struggle and was everything we knew we always needed but couldn't quite define. It was simply grand.
Local students from WSU, SFCC and EWU were in attendance in the SFCC band room on Oct 2nd where the workshop began with an interview with Logan Richardson. Richardson spoke about his hometown Kansas City, creative culture in New York, the history of slavery and it's affect on society, current social struggles, the concepts of stretch music and SHIFT.
During the interactive portion of the workshop, students from the WSU combo "Jazz Wires" performed for Logan and the quartet. The students were encouraged to "play like it was the very last time". Drummer Ryan Lee coached
the students on beats, technique and more. The Imagine Collective also performed for the
Quartet.
On Wednesday Oct 3rd, BLUES PEOPLE stepped out to Cheney and talked with students on aspects of the music business and then performed a short set for the entire school of music at Convocation.
The BLUES PEOPLE concert was the first Imagine Jazz collaboration with Terrain at the Washington Cracker Co Building. Around 90 people were in attendance at the concert including many college students.
-Rachel Bade-McMurphy
Logan Richardson at Terrain Oct 3, 2018
June 18 2018 we had the great pleasure of receiving a clinic from The Vincent Herring Quartet with Carl Allen, David Kikoski and Yasushi Nakamura. Around 30 students and community members were able to receive advice from the Quartet at Holy Names Music Center. The clinic was made possible in part by Yamaha.
The show was well attended, with around 90 attendants at The House of Soul. The quartet with Carl Allen, Yasushi Nakamura and David Kikoski played 2 sets to a very appreciative audience.
We were so pleased with the first ever Imagine Jazz Festival!
Local Bands performed at House of Soul Thurs-Sun and we finished out the festival with a performance by The WIllie Jones III Quintet. We rented a grand piano - so Spokane could experience a real dinner-club atomosphere. The Willie Jones III quintet was off the hook - bringing a great mix of intensity, and soul and brought the New York Vibe to Spokane. It was the such a treat for Spokane listeners at The House of Soul who varied from College students to local professional musicians and other jazz loving community members.
We had 3 fantastic clinics for this years fesstival - giving the local studnets many opportunities to work with the guest artitsts - The Willie Jones III Quintet.
The Tuesday night clinic featured small group combos from WSU, EWU, Whitworth and SAJE who performed and received feedback by the artists. It was a treat for the students to be able to watch each other perform, and for all the students to be able to hear the various comments. In the middle of the clinic, the students were able to watch a small performance by members of the Willie Jones III Quintet - allowing them to hear the model.
There were 2 clinics on Wednesday - one at Mead High School where Jeremy Pelt worked with some students on soloing, and a clinic in the afternoon at The House of Soul where Ralph Moore, Gerald Cannon and Willie Jones III worked in trio format performing for students of SAJE and answering various questions.
Your support and contributions will enable us to fund more clinics, concerts, masterclasses and jazz events. Thank you for your consideration.