'This summer's jazz camp was a wonderful, transformative experience. Amy and Roni are great artists, amazing teachers and wonderful human beings.' -Valentina The teachers were wonderful and so the students who joined the camp. I have learned a lot and had so much fun. 'By the end of the week, I was playing (and singing!!) in ways I never knew I was capable of.' -Deb Navins Please join our mailing list to learn about the 2014 schedule. This synergy of learning and leisure provides an ideal getaway. featuring a superior faculty at a magnificent location for a week of vocal workshops, and a week of instrumental workshops.Īdventures in Jazz places an emphasis on exposing students to the local community and environment, organizing trips to some beautiful local attractions as well as the opportunity to interact with the residents and learn about their culture. For the second year in Istanbul, Turkey, Roni and Amy were joined by Brazilian songstress, Maucha Adnet, and drummer extraordinaire, Duduka Da Fonseca, and 2013 brought the second year of Adventures in Jazz at Seagle Colony, Schroon Lake, NY. In collaboration with their long time colleague legendary bassist Santi Debriano, they debuted Adventures in Jazz in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. In 2013 they have launched four exciting camps at magnificent locations. Roni Ben-Hur and Amy London, the founders of Adventures in Jazz, have years of experience as jazz educators, as well as directing and participating in jazz camps. Each week culminates with a featured concert by students and faculty.

Guided by a faculty which features some of New York's most highly regarded performers and educators, students take part in daily ensemble sessions covering jazz, Latin Jazz and Samba Jazz, as well as workshops in improvisation and harmony, instrumental and vocal master classes and nightly jam sessions. True to the philosophy that music builds bridges, these weeklong events bring students together from all continents to learn and perform this wonderful music. He also translated 'the Barry Harris method' to guitar with the publication Talk Jazz: Guitar(Bohobza Music, 2003), which has appeared in English and Japanese editions.Īdventures in Jazz is dedicated to furthering the celebration of jazz, Latin jazz and Samba Jazz through workshops in beautiful locations around the world. His instructional releases include the DVD Chordability(Motema, 2011), which offers 20 lessons on chord voicings and jazz harmony for intermediate and advanced guitarists. More recently, through his company Adventures in Jazz - which he operates with his wife, singer Amy London - Ben-Hur conducts jazz camps in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, in Istanbul, Turkey, and in Schroon Lake, N.Y., teaching workshops in straight-ahead jazz, Latin jazz and Brazilian jazz with world renown faculty.Īs an educator, Ben-Hur has also established jazz programs in New York City high schools, along with presenting workshops for students of all ages in the U.S. Since 2001, Ben-Hur conducted jazz camps in NY State, Maine, The South of France and Brazil. As founder and director of the jazz program at Kaufman Center's Lucy Moses School in Manhattan since 1994, Ben-Hur has educated a multitude of jazz enthusiasts in ensemble playing, improvisation and jazz guitar. Harris holds weekly music workshop sessions in New York City for vocalists, students of piano other instruments.Teaching has become increasingly important to Ben-Hur, as he has developed an international reach as an educator. His schedule includes lectures in the United States, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Japan.

His lectures and interactive instrument and vocal workshops focus on the complete aspects of music including improvisation, harmonic movement and theory. Barry Harris receives frequent request to appear as a guest lecturer by Universities and various musical venues all over the world. Harris has been an exponent of the classic Jazz style that was developed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkinsĭr. Harris has devoted his life to the advancement of Jazz and in the 1980’s founded the Jazz Cultural Theatre. He received the 1999 Mentoraward for his work with youngsters at the Manhattan Country School in NYC.ĭr.

This award was given for recognition of his devoted public service and in honor of excellence in the field of music. Harris received the Manhattan Borough President Award for Excellence. He has received the Living Jazz Legacy award from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Association, and an American Jazz Masters Fellowshipfrom the National Endowment for the Arts.

Harris is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Northwestern University. Barry Harris is an Internationally renowned Jazz Pianist, Composer and Teacher.

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