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Teaching Jazz
Shelton Berg
Shelton Berg is a Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. He is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, who in addition to recording and releasing his own work has done arrangements for KISS, Richard Marx, and Elliot Smith, among others. He has recorded or appeared with world-class jazz musicians like Woody Herman, Louis Bellson, Freddie Hubbard, and Randy Brecker. |
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Description: Shelly Berg, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California, talks about the yin and yang quality of music. Everything comes from the opposite. There is a technical well and a spiritual well that must be filled up. Berg also shares what he considers to be the most difficult thing to teach - surrendering one's self to the music. Also in this segment, he discusses what he expects his jazz students to understand. They must know the lyric and understand what's unique about the composition. Berg explains that there are many ways to encourage what they know technically to make spiritual music. There is always a past, present, and future of a song.
Shoot Date: Nov-05 |
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