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Workshop with Gary Meek and Bruce Forman Sunday September 24th 5:00 PM

September 5, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

Master Class With Bruce Forman at the Dennis Murphy School of Music

5:00

171 Webster St, Monterey, CA 93940

Event Fee $25 (limited to 40 students)

Visit http://bruceandgarymasterclass.brownpapertickets.com/ for tickets.

For more info call 831-920-1310

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Tuesday September 19th

September 4, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

Master Class at CSUMB

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Sunday September 17 1:00 PM

September 3, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

1:00 PM Dizzy’s Den Montery Jazz Festival With Andy Weis and the Monterey Jazz Allstars

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Sunday September 10 7:00 PM

September 2, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

With David Hoffman at Pierce Ranch Vineyards

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Don’t put the cart before the horse!

July 27, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

I’ve had some interesting teaching moments recently. I had one student tell me he wanted to work more on Jazz phrasing and that what we were working on (technique) was so he could play in tune.

I explained that being in tune is a consequence of playing correctly. If we put down and pick up our fingers correctly and at exactly the right time, our intuition will not let us play out of tune. That’s a matter of faith, but it has been proven to me over and over again.

Intonation is about tone quality and blend. If you are playing with someone and your fingers aren’t together, it will sound out of tune regardless of the pitch. Now if we don’t have control of our fingers, and are slightly early or late all the time, this sends all kinds of confused messages to the brain. I doesn’t feel right. When what we’re playing doesn’t feel right to us, we can’t free our mind.

When we have complete control of our fingers, then we can learn how to make all the subtle adjustments necessary to phrase correctly. It’s easy from there. I’m not saying there aren’t others ways to get there, but to me it makes the most sense.

This is all very old teaching that came to me through my Teacher Phil Sobel and from his teacher Henry Lindeman, who developed his method by studying virtuoso violinist Jasha Heifetz, who studied with Leopold Hauer, Russian Master violin teacher.

Anyway, I find it very difficult to put the cart before the horse or to let my students do it either. However I do give them some easy jazz victories to pique their interest. It still need to be fun.
Have a nice day😎

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Official CD release Gig!

July 24, 2017 by Gary Meek Leave a Comment

To all my LA Friends and family,
I will be having my “official” CD release gig at:
Catalina Jazz Club
Thursday October 5th.

The band:
Gary Meek – Saxophone
Walt Fowler – Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Terri Lyne Carrington – Drums
Brian Bromberg – Acoustic Bass
Mitchel Forman – Piano
Bruce Forman – Guitar

Tickets are available at:
catalinajazzclub.com

You will be seeing the same band that recorded the music on the CD! A rare opportunity for me!

My Local (pre street date) CD release party at Folktale Winery, up here in Carmel Valley, was a magical afternoon! The event was sold out and the band played beautifully. Again my deepest gratitude to all who helped make that happen!

Here is a link to my promo video on YouTube:

 

 

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