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Attendees learn how to provide a solid and cohesive backdrop in a jazz context. Students examine the role of the bass, drums, piano, guitar and vibes and how they relate to one another, and learn how to craft a solid support section for soloists and song melodies (in/out heads). Workshop also addresses various ways to play in “2” or “4,” how to comp behind solos and decide who comps when. Volume and dynamic range is explored in relation to the arc of a song. Students also learn how to play behind and ahead
of the beat or “down the middle”— and who should do what when. Students examine the ways master rhythm sections “mark” the form and lay a solid foundation in any context. Attendees also take a close look at how the rhythm section changes for each soloist
and keep the song flowing and buoyant. Various time signatures are also examined.
Bassist Andrew Emer has performed with Lee Konitz, Billy Higgins, Donald Byrd, Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Michael Cain, Jason Moran, Jeff Ballard, Tony Sher, Kenny Wollesen, Peter Apfelbaum, Chris Cheek, George Garzone and many more. In the fall of 2007 he helped score a play for Labyrinth Theater Company with co-artistic directors John Ortiz and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. 
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