02/06/2026
We only have two meetings left before the summer break. (We reconvene in September.) On June 6 we have the top UK trumpeter and educator, Steve Fishwick. https://stevefishwickjazz.com/ Steve has come to us a few times now, and is always thoughtful and stimulating in his musical choices and ideas.
This time he is going molecular in exploring time and rhythms using basic elements: the Blues and Autumn Leaves. A welcome change, perhaps, from the tune/standard/repertoire focus of the last few weeks. Variety of approach to the creative jazz moment is what keeps the Coop fascinating, after all.
Here's the journey he's planning to lead us on this time:
"I'd like to do some rhythm exercises and talk about motivic development in solos.. two note motifs, three note motifs, rhythmic replacement and setting up hemiolas (3 over 4) cross rhythms and things like that. Rhythm section comping patterns would also come into it too, so this would be a good way to include the rhythm section more than usual. We'll just do this on a Bb blues, so no need for music.
I'd also like to do Autumn Leaves and talk about playing in a 2 beat feel, improvising around the melody, and some stuff on chromatic chord substitutions (a la Miles Davis).
Home page of stevefishwickjazz.com, a jazz artist from London. Jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, teacher
