Back on the Ealing school workshops horse. Ahead of our overly ambitious concert on Wednesday.

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School workshop

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Second week of our Ealing schools improvisation/big band project
Let’s go!

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Now over a quarter of the kids who play in the Saturdays music school are in the jazz programme, 38 (THIRTY EIGHT!) in the junior big band.
Today Ealing, tomorrow the

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Early start big band activity
I’m lucky these kids are smashing

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Just finished up printing and taping parts (with some invaluable help) for tomorrow’s sessions.
Really looking forward to diving into these with the Ealing young punks.

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Anyway I pretty proud of this programming.
Ra into Brecht/Weillesque reharmonised German Carol, Ellingtonian swing, Las Vegas schmaltz and maestoso brass. Alongside all the bambino stuff named for Arsenal women.

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