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SUMMARY:Week 1: Introduction to Improvisation
DESCRIPTION:Test\n\nLed by critically acclaimed pianist Bruno Heinen\, and guitarist Kristian Borring\, this course is aimed at musicians who would like to learn more about how to improvise  in a variety of styles including jazz\, blues\, soul and swing. We will be writing some compositions as a group\, and performing them at the end of the week on the Vortex Jazz Club stage. No prior knowledge of jazz or improvisation is necessary\, and all instruments are welcome!\n\n10.30am - 3.30pm daily. Social until 6pm - an opportunity to jam\, socialise & practise what you've learned. Performance on Friday 6.30pm\nWho is it for?\n\n\tAll ages (age 10 and over)\n\tAny student who would like to try their hand at improvisation\, and learn more about jazz and blues\n\tYou must be able to hold a tune on your instrument.\n\tAll instruments are welcome.\n\nWhat will we do?\n\n\tLearning tunes by ear & writing our own tunes as a group.\n\tLearning the basics of how to improvise through fun games.\n\tTrying out different styles - jazz\, blues\, soul and reggae.\n\tWorking towards a performance at the end of the week: 6.30pm on Friday\n\nAbout the tutors:\nBruno Heinen\n\nBruno Heinen is a London based contemporary pianist\, composer\, bandleader and educator. Bruno has released two albums on the forward looking Babel Label ('Twinkle Twinkle' and 'Tierkries') and is in the process of recording his third ('Postcard to Bill Evans' feat Kristian Borring). He has performed in venues and festivals including the South Bank Centre\, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club\, the Shanghai World Music Festival\, the London Jazz Festival and the Rest Is Noise Festival – South Bank. Now teaching at the Centre for Young Musicians\, Bruno has led many bands and taught students of all ages for many years. He also teaches Jazz harmony to the classical piano students at the Guildhall every year as well as leading small bands made up of Jazz Undergraduates. \n\n“Erudition\, eclectic studies and a jazz sensibility make Heinen the kind of newcomer who repositions the goalposts.” **** John Fordham – Guardian\n\nKristian Borring\n\nSince arriving to London in 2005\, Kristian has been working with many exciting musicians as well as focusing on developing his voice as composer and leader of his own projects. His debut album\, Nausicaa\, released on Milanese based label\, Ultra Sound Records\, received wide spread national acclaim with numerous great reviews.  The album was described by John Fordham (The Guardian) as a “hyper-cool and low-key approach to jazz guitar\, but reprises it with warmth\, confidence and a rhythmic hipness that's thoroughly contemporary”. Kristian is a dedicated teacher and educator with many years of teaching experience over a wide variety of ages and abilities.
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/week-1-introduction-to-improvisation/
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SUMMARY:Bruno Heinen / Kristian Borring / Alex Davis / Pat Davey
DESCRIPTION:Bruno Heinen\, piano\nKristian Borring\, guitar\nAlex Davis\, bass\nPat Davey\, drums\n\nBruno Heinen is a London based contemporary pianist\, composer and bandleader. His recent endeavours include collaborations with Julian Siegel\, Martin Speake\, Byron Wallen and Christian Brewer. Bruno studied classical piano at the Royal College of music with the then head of keyboard Andrew Ball and then went on to win prizes from the Musicians Benevolent Fund and the Countess of Munster Trust to take his Jazz masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied under John Taylor. Bruno was asked to stay on at the Guildhall as a Junior Fellow where he completed a Masters of Musical Performance. Bruno now teaches Jazz harmony to the classical piano students at the Guildhall every year as well as leading small bands made up of Jazz Undergraduates.\n\n“Heinen sounds like the kind of erudite and curious new arrival destined to make a real difference.” John Fordham – The Guardian\n\nDanish born Kristian Borring has built his name as a skillful guitarist with great melodic sense and sophisticated harmonic understanding\, equally mastering the standard repertoire as well as original material. Kristian is currently working on his second album\, set to be released during early 2014. The recording is meant as a personal homage to the experience of the life in a metropolis and will released on Yellymould. It features an outstanding lineup of some of the UK’s most exciting jazz musicians: Jim Hart (vib)\, Arthur Lea (pno)\, Mick Coady (bs) and Jon Scott (dr). The band toured in late 2012 before recording and packed out the Hoxton venue\, Charlie Wright’s\, for their appearance at the London Jazz Festival.\n\nA guitarist of enormous technical ability who utilizes his considerable gifts thoughtfully and tastefully”\, (Ian Mann\, The Jazz Mann)\n\nAlex Davis is a student of the academy who has already amassed an impressive resume; in 2010 he joined the Nu Civilisation Orchestra despite only having played the double bass for 6 months. He was playing with the Abram Wilson Quartet in 2011 and 2012.\n\nPatrick Davey is a jazz drummer who is much in demand. The Guardian described his playing as 'beautifully judged' as part of Phronesis\, whose 2010 album ‘Alive’ was chosen as 'jazz album of the year' by Mojo and Jazzwise. Patrick is also a swinger\, playing regularly with The Puppini Sisters and not afraid to don a trilby and bash out the Gene Krupa beats for top swing band King Candy And The Sugar Push\, who've played everywhere from Ronnie Scotts to The Royal Albert Hall.\n\n 
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/bruno-heinen-kristian-borring-alex-davis-pat-davey/
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