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Mad About Thad
Spring 2011
REWRITE YOUR FUTURE! Students 18 or older from around the world will join Bobby Sanabria, Rob Derke, Jerry Dodgion, Carlo
De Rosa and other NYJAZZ faculty in the Jazz Capital of the World for the MOST rewarding performance, recording and educational experience available today.

  • Combo Rehearsals
  • Sectionals
  • Masterclasses and Clinics
  • Improv Workshops
  • Composition and Arranging
  • Marketing and Publicity
  • Business of Music Classes
  • Recording Techniques
  • Latin Jazz Techniques
  • Pedagogy
The 2011 NYJAZZ Summer Institute
June 26 - July 7
CONNECTING WITH HISTORY AND CONTINUING THE LINEAGE. COLLECTIVELY, THE NYJAZZ FACULTY HAS PERFORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS AS LEADERS OR SIDEMEN:

Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Vijay Iyer, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Yo-Yo Ma, Pee Wee Russell, Hank Jones, Ravi Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Scofield, Johnny Hodges, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Jon Faddis, Tadd Dameron, Count Basie, Herbie Hancock, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Chico O'Farrill, J.J. Johnson, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Marian McPartland, Frank Wess, Buck Clayton, Gerry Mulligan, Phil Woods,  Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaría, Ray Barretto, Frank Foster, Arturo Sandoval, Roswell Rudd, Chico O'Farrill, Candido, Henry Threadgil, Mario Bauzá, and many, many others...
Return home with skills - AND A RECORD!

  • After several classes on recording techniques with Gene Paul, legendary engineer who recorded the world's greatest artists for 20 years with Atlantic Records, and son of legendary guitarist Les Paul, student combos will record in the same studio that has been host to the greatest Jazz legends in history.