"Buster explains jazz theory really well and his enthusiasm is infectious. I always come away feeling I've learned a great deal and had a lot of fun in the process."
Matt Male - tenor saxophone and flute
Jazz Workshop 93
Sat 17 Jan 10:30am
Exploring the music of Wayne Shorter
This month I’m joined by Tori Freestone, Professor in Jazz performance and Jazz composition at Leeds Conservatoire, visiting lecturer at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and visiting tutor at the Royal Academy of Music. Tori is an Ivor Novello Award winning British saxophonist, flautist, violinist and composer who performs at the forefront of the UK improvised music scene as both a sidewomen and highly regarded bandleader.
Tori has long held a passion for the music of Wayne Shorter, who was one of the most influential and innovative jazz musicians and composers who developed his own unique sound as a player and composer. He was at the forefront of modern jazz for many decades with groups such as The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’ second great quintet, Weather Report, VSOP and Joni Mitchell, not to mention many of his own various groups.
In this class we’ll be looking at some of his harmonic language, his approach to improvising and how to develop your own sound. So this is going to be a very interesting and insightful session, whatever your instrument!
"Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word jazz means, I dare you." - Wayne Shorter
Sample clips from past Zoom classes...
