Jazz Improv Workshop and Jam

6-7PM Workshop “How to Approach Jazz from the Roots Music.”
Open to all levels of players. Mike Bezin (trumpet/ trombone) founder of Chicago’s West End Jazz Band will talk about early jazz. How to approach and recapture the roots of the music and ways to learn to improvise over it. prepare by listening to and beginning to learn these 3 tunes:
1. Meccas Flat Blues (12 bar blues)
https://youtu.be/u0J0aYOfR9o?si=hYI-lNx0671fHRQB
2. I Found A New Baby
https://youtu.be/-OYHlqolbTs?si=n372mtxOExtpikvV
3. Indiana
https://youtu.be/J_x-1fklZlg?si=7wERP8TezUaI4pbQ

7-9PM Jazz Jam open to all for listening and joining in the music on stage.

House band this month is Jim Huwe (d), Mark Ramirez (p) and Laurie Lang (b).
Sign up sheet for the jazz jam. All ages and all levels are welcome to participate! New and old, friends and family are encouraged to come and listen. Open to all for listening and joining in the music on stage.

Refreshments available. Free admission. Donations accepted. Joint event with Madison Jazz Jam and the New Madison Jazz Society.