JAZZ HOUSE MONTCLAIR SUMMER SESSIONS

Monday ENSEMBLES

LOUIS ARMSTRONG ENSEMBLE (Beginner)

MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON

Mondays: 5:30 – 7:00 pm  |  Instructor: Pat Gannon
Take the A Train to the JAZZ HOUSE to play the quintessential music of “Sir Duke,” influential American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

BLUES & ROOTS (Intermediate)

MUSIC OF THELONIOUS MONK

Mondays: 5:30 – 7:15 pm  |  Instructor: Brandon McCune
One of the most prolific composers in the history of jazz, pianist Thelonious Monk’s music was known for its humorous, almost playful, quality. Many of his works have become today’s most beloved jazz standards.

ORGAN MESSENGERS (Intermediate)

MUSIC OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS

Mondays: 5:30 – 7:15 pm  |  Instructor: Radam Schwartz
One of the greatest jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers of all time, Mary Lou Williams was a swing and bebop icon. “The Lady Who Swings the Band” also devoted herself to aiding musicians in need and teaching younger generations about jazz’s rich African-American heritage.

TUESDAY ENSEMBLES

AMBASSADORS 1 & 2 (Advanced)

MUSIC OF BUD POWELL

Tuesday: 5:30 – 7:15 pm  |  Instructor: Bruce Williams
A pianist and composer who emerged in the mid-1940s, Bud Powell was one of the first to play lines originally conceived by bebop horn players. Using his lightning fast right hand, he expressed on the piano what was only before possible on a horn.

AFRO-LATIN JAZZ BAND (Intermediate – Advanced)

MUSIC OF DIZZY GILLESPIE – DIZZY ATMOSPHERE

Tuesday: 7:30 – 9:30 pm  |  Instructor: Oscar Perez
Take a deep dive into the music of one of the fathers of Latin Jazz. Along with his earliest collaborators, Chano Pozo and Maurio Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie pioneered the exciting fusion of BeBop with the music of Latin America.