Brisbane Jazz Music Institute run workshops each year which are open to musicians of all ages.

Bass player Nick Quigley, CEO of the Institute talks about the program. 

JMI have been running workshops, clinics and courses in Australia for over 35 years and in that time they have brought some of the world’s finest jazz musicians to Australia. From members of the Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra in New York to the world renowned jazz educator Jamey Aebersold, to musicians such as Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard, JMI have a history of providing Australian jazz musicians with opportunities to learn about jazz and improvisation “from the source”.

This year’s clinicians include Brendan Clarke (Sydney), Ben Hauptman (Sydney), Dan Quigley, Sharny Russell, Dave Sanders, Paula Girvan and James Sandon.

NQ: Usually we have a blend of beginner students who have never played jazz before and have only been playing their instrument for a couple of years and want to start to learn how to play jazz and improvise, to more intermediate players who have played their instruments for a few years and have had some exposure to improvising and performing just, but want to improve their musicianship to some advanced students that have studied jazz before and want to continue getting more information and tuition in improvising and performing

JK: What is the most unusual instrument that has been accepted into the Summer Jazz Clinic?

NQ: Last year a participant did the clinics on a “cimbalom” which is some eastern European stringed instrument.  That was pretty unusual

JK: How long have JMI been running casual workshops?

NQ: They’ve been running on and off for quite some time.  The first clinics were in Sydney in the late 1970’s with guys like Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard coming out with Jamey Aebersold and we have run clinics intermittently since then.

When: 18th – 21st January

Where: JMI (Jazz Music Institute) – 1/47 Brookes St, Bowen Hills

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