New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp
Camper Site
Piano 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.
Lil' Liza Jane YouTube Videos
Big Fun Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tuba Skinny (with Eugene Grant)
Steve Pistorius Tutorial
Traditional Jazz Piano Techniques
(10 minutes)
Steve Pistorius demonstrates some of the techniques used for traditional jazz piano.
Kris Tokarski Tutorials
1920's Accompaniment Styles (Part 1)
(16 minutes)
Kris Tokarski demonstrates accompaniment styles for 1920's trad jazz music.
1920's Accompaniment Styles (Part 2)
(10 minutes)
Kris Tokarski demonstrates accompaniment styles for 1920's trad jazz music.
Thumb Comping
(9 minutes)
Kris Tokarski shows the trad jazz piano style "thumb comping."
Jelly Roll Morton Technique
(14 minutes)
Kris Tokarski shows the left hand trombone technique based on the music of Jelly Roll Morton.
Harlem Stride Techniques
(13 minutes)
Kris Tokarski shows the themes and variations based on the Harlem Stride.
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