New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp
Camper Site
Alto Sax Tutorials
Jazz Band 101
(36 minutes)
In 2015 Banu Gibson and the Jazz Camp faculty discuss and demonstrate the role of each instrument in a trad jazz band and their relationship with each other.
Sitting In With The Band
(5 minutes)
Ben Polcer talks about the proper etiquette when sitting in with a band.
How to Improv with Dave Kosmyna
(5 minutes)
Dave Kosmyna talks about how to do improvisation.
Leading The Band
(4 minutes)
Ben Polcer discusses what it means to lead a band.
Chord Compendium
(PDF)
Faculty member Ray Moore shares a chord compenium for campers.
Jam Session Songs
(PDF)
This is a PDF with a list of songs for playing along in our evening jam, sessions.
Practice Lead Sheets
Bourbon Street Parade
E flat Lead Sheet
Down by the Riverside
E flat Lead Sheet
I'll Fly Away
E flat Lead Sheet
Joe Avery's Blues
E flat Lead Sheet
Li'l Liza Jane
E flat Lead Sheet
Big Fun Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tuba Skinny (with Eugene Grant)
Paul Barbarin's Second Line
E flat Lead Sheet
Sing On
Eb Lead Sheet
When The Saints Go Marching In
Eb Lead Sheet
Optional Reading
History Myth and Legend — The Problem of Early Jazz
This is an overview of how different historians contribute to the history of Traditional Jazz in different ways by author David Sanger. It is an excerpt from The Cambridge Companion to Jazz.
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New Orleans Tradtional Jazz Camp
PO Box 15851
New Orleans, LA 70175
(504) 895-0037
notradjazzcamp@gmail.com