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  • LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY • 9/7/08
Still some places left due to week changes and cancellations. Email for specifics. Drummer needed on Week One otherwise pretty much full. Bassists needed on Week Two  (WK 2 full for other rhythm section players) and space for some reed players. Anyone wanting to do both weeks should get in touch.		    
 
• NEW BABY • 13/6/08
Scott had a healthy baby boy, Sam, on Friday 13th June. He'll be joining us with family in the second week so you can all coo over him then (and the baby). Congratulations from all at the DJSS.

NEW DRUM TUTOR - WEEK ONE
Happily, for WEEK ONE, we've been able to secure the services of an A-list replacement in the person of Loose Tubes founder member and session master drummer Nic France. In the jazz world he's worked with Tim Whitehead, Andy Sheppard, Ian Carr's Nucleus, Allan Holdsworth, Jim Mullen, Martin Taylor, Ronnie Scott, Kenny Wheeler, (Andrea Vicari), John Taylor, Gordon Beck etc. and as a session musician with Annie Lennox, Pete Townsend, Nigel Kennedy and Pink Floyd legend , Dave Gilmour to name a few.
    
 
The Dordogne Jazz Summer School is based at Chateau de Monteton, in south west France and led by pianist & composer Andrea Vicari. Our philosophy is to offer a week of total immersion in jazz and improvisation. An intensive musical language course in a supportive enviroment, with a lot of enthusiastic people at all levels. You may surprise yourself ....and it's fun !
   
 
• NEARLY NEW • WEEK TWO MASTERCLASS with ALAN BARNES
20/4/08 VIDEOS UP AT THE YOUTUBE SITE
    
  Top UK sax star Alan Barnes, has agreed to drop in to WEEK TWO of the course to present a master class, teach a bit of sax and perform for us. He'll be along toward the middle of the second week only.  more details ?    
 
   
 
   
  • DATES and TUTORS    
  • WEEK ONE : SATURDAY JULY 19th - SATURDAY JULY 26th 2008    
 
Main Tutors : Mark Lockheart  - saxes, Quentin Collins - trumpet / brass,
Andrea Vicari - piano, Jonathan Bratoeff - guitar, Dave Gelly - sax, Dorian Lockett - bass, Scott Vicari - drums, + student tutors from leading UK conservatoires
    
  • WEEK TWO : SATURDAY JULY 26th - SATURDAY AUGUST 2nd 2008    
 
Main Tutors : Ingrid Laubrock - saxes, Malcolm Earle Smith - trombone / brass, Andrea Vicari - piano, Jonathan Bratoeff - guitar, Dave Gelly - sax, Dorian Lockett - bass, Scott Vicari - drums, + student tutors from leading UK conservatoires.
    
 
   
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  • COURSE CONTENT    
  Improvisation, jazz harmony, the exploration of various jazz idioms, and group performance will be the main areas covered. There are nightly organised jam sessions from 6.00pm and all night jams after dinner in the "Cave". At the end of the week there will be the opportunity to perform to a live audience. Open to all instruments. Adults (18+) only, unless chaperoned (16+)  more details ?    
  • TRAVEL    
 
• Fly direct to Bergerac Airport from London (Stansted or Gatwick), Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton, Nottingham (EMA), Exeter, and Leeds-Bradford with RyanAir or FlyBE. Or for an ethical journey take the Eurostar via Lille or Paris to Bergerac.

• UK customers - why not use a Ryanair Credit card or a FlyBE card to pay for the summer school and claim a free flight to Bergerac Airport ? - just an idea. You have to pay taxes and charges on both these offers but it could still work out significantly cheaper). See the Travel page for details.
    
 
• INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BODY
    
 
The Dordogne Jazz Summer school welcomes students from all countries. In past years these have included the UK, France, Ireland, Japan, USA, Holland, Canada and Italy. Teaching is primarily in English with French translation available as both Andrea Vicari and drum tutor Scott are fluent and the rest of us get by. We use the internationally recognised jazz nomemclature (as found in the "Real Books"). To translate pages click on the AltaVista Babelfish Banner and type or paste in the URL. Use the menu above to learn more or contact us using the details below. Translate this page by clicking the flags to the left.
   
  • FEES and ACCOMMODATION    
 
Prices include six days of jazz tuition, including course materials; plus accommodation, continental breakfast, lunch, evening meal with wine; full use of facilities, including swimming pool, bar, restaurant; and transfer from Bergerac airport to the Chateau. Pianos, keyboards, drum kits, PAs and some amps are provided..... more details ?
   
 
   
  • CONTACT DETAILS    
 
• Tel/Fax 00 44 20 87 64 64 78 (UK)    020 8764 6478
• Mobile 00 44 79 44 68 31 48 (UK)    079 4468 3148
• Email info@jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk
• Address

Mr. Dorian Lockett
Dordogne Jazz Summer School
212 Sherwood Avenue,
London SW16 5EF
Great Britain
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N.B. There are limited places on the jazz summer school. So please book as early as possible. Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If in doubt EMAIL
   
   
 
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