Modern Jazz Ensemble

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Subject according curriculum

Ensemble

Teachers

Prof. Holger Nell

Scope

Thursdays, 10:00 - 13:30 2-weekly (starting on 10.10.) Ensemble Nights: 10.7.2025

Room

JazzLabor 8 (John Coltrane Room)

Duration

1.5 Semesterwochenstunden

Description

The aim of the work is to raise musical awareness of how to listen as a musician:in a jazz ensemble, express your musical voice and communicate through playing. In addition, the specific functions of individual instruments in different jazz-style contexts are examined. How can a rhythm section play together in a harmonious and inspiring way?

One focus is on training perception and expressive possibilities when making music: What possibilities are there in the creative spaces between acting and interacting, soloing and accompanying, freedom and responsibility? In style-independent free improvisations, students develop the ability to spontaneously tell stories together. Jazz is to be discovered as a musical philosophy in joint discourses.

The music of specific composers such as Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans or Lennie Tristano is studied in each year.

Credits

3 Creditpoints

Comments

Enrollment:
https://elearning.hfmt-hamburg.de/course/view.php?id=708
Enrollment key: Jazz

Modules

Kernmodul 1 Jazz, Kernmodul 2 Jazz, Kernmodul 3 Jazz, Kernmodul 4 Jazz