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Dordogne International Jazz Summer School

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The Dordogne Jazz Summer School is based at Chateau de Monteton , in south west France and led by pianist & composer Andrea Vicari . Our philosophy is to offer a week of total immersion in jazz and improvisation. An intensive musical language course in a supportive enviroment, with a lot of enthusiastic people at all levels. You may surprise yourself ....and it's fun !
SATURDAY JULY 18th - SATURDAY JULY 25th 2009
MAIN TUTORS
Ingrid Laubrock - saxes
Quentin Collins - trumpet
Malcolm Earle Smith - trombone
Jon Bratoeff - guitar
Nic France - drums and percussion
Scott Vicari - drums and soul-band
Dorian Lockett - basses
Andrea Vicari - piano and MD
MASTERCLASS TUTOR
Mornington Lockett
COURSE OUTLINE
Improvisation, jazz harmony, the exploration of various jazz idioms, and group performance will be the main areas covered. There are nightly organised jam sessions from 6.00pm and all night jams after dinner in the "Cave". At the end of the week there will be the opportunity to perform to a live audience. See the website for further details
Open to all instruments. Adults (18+) only, unless chaperoned (16+).
TRANSPORT
Fly direct to Bergerac Airport from London (Stansted or Gatwick), Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton, Nottingham (EMA), Exeter, and Leeds-Bradford with RyanAir or FlyBE (UK students can fly free with an airline credit card). Or for an ethical journey take the Eurostar via Lille or Paris to Bergerac. See the website for details .
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BODY
The Dordogne Jazz Summer School school welcomes students from all countries. In past years these have included the UK, France, Ireland, Japan, USA, Holland, Turkey, Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, Austrailia, Canada and Italy. Teaching is primarily in English with French translation available as both Andrea Vicari and drum tutor Scott are fluent and the rest of us get by. We use the internationally recognised jazz nomemclature (as found in the "Real Books").

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My Interests

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Member Since: 4/19/2007
Band Website: jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk
Sounds Like: FUN !
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Becky Archibalds Blog - reposted with permission

French Reflections in the AirPOSTED BY BECKY ARCHIBALD It's ironic that as soon as I start humming the tune to "No More Blues" to myself on the plane home from Paris, I break down into tears. It's a b...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:48:00 PST

Ludlow Jazz Day and Masterclass 20th September 2008

A free afternoon for jazz enthusiasts to enjoy, both listening and playing. Then an evening concert with Andrea Vicari and the Jazz Collective, featuring big names from the jazz world, supported by T...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:46:00 PST

Thames Festival 13-14th September

This was organised by Andrea as part of the "Mayor of London's Thames Festival"Jazz at the Fairtrade VillageSaturday 13  Sunday 14 September 2008 12pm9:30pmDetails and timings are on the site above....
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:20:00 PST

HELP NEEDED

Andrea has arranged a mini-tour of her European band in the first week of November. Does anyone (hopefully living in south London) have a spare room where one of the musicians could stay for a few day...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:43:00 PST

The Bexley Jam-Making Guild : Jazz and Blues Electric Jam

DJSS STALWART TONY FREEMAN leads The Bexley Jam PA, amplifiers, mics and Roland piano are provided, along with accompanists!! Bring your own instrument. Some fake books will be provided, otherwise mu...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:12:00 PST

A Students review of our jazz summer school

Contributed by: jeffAn Intense Week at the Dordogne jazz summer schoolAbout a year and a half ago, in the winter of 2004-5, I did a web search for "jazz summer school" and up came the Dordogne jazz su...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:34:00 PST

Credit/Debit Card payments

The Dordogne jazz summer school is now accepting payments via Google Checkout. This means you can use most major credit and debit cards to pay direct. You can of course continue to send money by chequ...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:28:00 PST

Tony Freeman’s Bexley Jam, Thursday 20th September 8.30pm

We're good to go. The room is booked at The King's Head, High Street,Bexley for Thursday 20th September. The landlord is up for it and would likea monthly thing to get going. (He's had a jazz club the...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:06:00 PST

AIRLINE TRAVEL ADVICE *IMPORTANT*

AIRLINE VICTORYFollowing our gallant Sax-tutor Julian Siegel's letter to The Guardian....http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,,1850 923,00.html....(and some other less consequential lobbying) the...
Posted by Dordogne International Jazz Summer School on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:23:00 PST