Every #jazz #band, and every repeat/dedicated #audience member, appreciates new repertoire, and especially challenging and/or authentic music. The difficulty is finding the rehearsal time when your band is working on a regular basis. When you are polishing music for the next paying gig, it is hard to squeeze in time to work a song from the foundation up. However, you must if the band is to grow and thrive. The best you can do, as a director, is choose repertoire that you think will fit the band and will move quickly through the development process, so that those rare, spare moments can be used wisely.
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See AllI know it is not 2019 yet, but my mind is already thinking ahead. I want the #band to continue playing authentic repertoire and original works, but I think that it would be prudent to chose repertoire
I was reminded of this great piece of advice when I was helping my son at the piano the other day. If you have a difficult piece of #music to perform, you really have to slow it to a pace at which you
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