
About Jazz Strings:
During this deep dive lesson, we’ll identify some of the fundamental chords and scales used in jazz improvisation and sample ear-opening ways we might practice them. From here, we’ll explore a style of improvisation known as Bebop and how we might begin familiarizing ourselves with key ideas, phrases, and techniques associated with this virtuosic style. Lastly, we’ll delve into various ways to put all this knowledge into action – how to develop our musical & technical fluency both in practice and performance. Come ready to play!

Sara Caswell
Grammy® Nominee Sara Caswell “is a brilliant world-class violinist...one of the very best of the present generation of emerging young jazz stars” according to the late David Baker, internationally-renowned jazz educator and Director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Rooted in an early exposure to a variety of musical genres, Sara’s technical facility intertwined with her gift for lyricism continue to attract growing attention to her artistry as a jazz soloist, sideman, and teacher. Read More About Sara→