New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp
Camper Site
Trumpet 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.
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.
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.
Lil' Liza Jane YouTube Videos
Big Fun Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tuba Skinny (with Eugene Grant)
Ben Polcer Tutorials
Jazzing Up Melodies
(1:30 minutes)
Ben Polcer demonstrates how to "jazz up" a melody.
Improvising on the Melody
(1:30 minutes)
Ben Polcer shows how to improvise on the melody.
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