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This year from July 22nd until July 26th Thomas, along with his musician friends Andy Crowdy and Denny Ilett will teach in a jazzworkshop organized in the lovely surrounding of Henley-on-Thames. Apart from teaching jazz and improvisation he will also introduce the students to Brazilian music, especially choro and traditional samba.
There are still a few vacancies. If you are interested, contact:
Liz Jones - liz@ejahenley.co.uk , or Carol Crowdy -ccrowdy@ace-lpm.com
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Choro Creole
Like in 2011 Thomas will stay in Rio between February and May 2012.
During his extended stays in Rio Thomas has made many substantial contacts and won a lot of musician friends. This time will be very special for him: In March Norman and his wife Claudia will visit him there to breathe the air that went through the lungs of Pixinguinha and Cartola.
And then Uli will finally visit the Cidada maravilhosa. Uli and Thomas will record a cd of choro, samba and frevo music together with the Trio Perigoso, one of the most exciting young groups in Rio.
The cooperation between the trio and the Creole Clarinets will prove Vinicius Moraes right: "A gente não faz amigos, reconhece-os", we do not make friends, we recognize them.
Band Clinics
During the last years Norman and Thomas have been teaching in numerous workshops all over Europe. Talking to their students on these occasions it became clear that many of them played in bands and that some of these bands would like some advice and some tips concerning their ensemble playing.
Thomas will concentrate on the frontline, harmonies and the melodic interplay, while Norman will tutor the rhythm section and help it to “lock in”. Interested bands or bandleaders should contact us.It will be a pleasure for us to play music with you.