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Bebop Line Building
with Wayne Escoffery


Line Building with Wayne Escoffery is open to intermediate-advanced level instrumentalists who are looking to improve their skills related to playing jazz lines. This is a weekly workshop that will meet for one hour in each session.



Tuition: $120 for 4 weeks.
Dates: August 19, 2010 - September 9, 2010.
Time: Thursdays, 7pm-8pm. Walk-ins are welcome ($35 cash).
Location: The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, First Floor Sanctuary, 263 West 86th St. (at West End Ave.), New York, NY, 10024.
Note on class makeups: In the event that Wayne Escoffery must miss a class, the class will be rescheduled, or arrangements for a guest artist of Mr. Escoffery's choosing will serve as a substitute instructor.

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Topics covered in the workshop include:

  • Methods for playing through chord changes
  • Bebop scale exercises and patterns
  • Common bebop phrases and basic vocabulary for improvising
  • Scale and arpeggio knowledge
  • Diatonic Patterns and exercises
  • Improvising with Pentatonics and triads
  • Applying improvisational devices to common chord progressions and tunes
  • Solo development and phrasing
  • Studying jazz masters and their styles through transcription










Prerequisites for the workshop include:

  • A desire to improve your improvisational ability
  • Knowledge of major scales
  • Knowledge of basic 7th chords
  • Ability to read musical notation
  • Ability to read chord diagrams for chords and scales

This is a great way to learn the skills necessary to play jazz effectively while getting a chance to play with other musicians.

About the instructor

Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has been fortunate enough to study with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world. Some of them include Jackie McLean, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Clark Terry, and Barry Harris. He also has first hand experience playing with word class jazz musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Ben Riley, Tom Harrell and many others. While presently a working part of the New York City jazz scene, Wayne has experience introducing music to all ages and has learned the history of American Music from many of the innovators of the last five decades. For more about Wayne Escoffery, click here.

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