JUNE 4 - 10, 2023 IS FULL EXCEPT FOR BASS AND DRUMS!
Rooms at the Barn Burner are sold out!
JUNE 11 - 17, 2023 IS FULL FOR CHORDAL INSTRUMENTS! STILL NEED HORNS (No trumpets though!), BASS, AND DRUMS!
Still have one shared double room available at the Barn Burner!
JULY 9 - 15, 2023 IS OPEN FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!
All options for rooms are still available at the Barn Burner!
Sign up ASAP as it is on a first come first serve basis!
Rooms at the Barn Burner are sold out!
JUNE 11 - 17, 2023 IS FULL FOR CHORDAL INSTRUMENTS! STILL NEED HORNS (No trumpets though!), BASS, AND DRUMS!
Still have one shared double room available at the Barn Burner!
JULY 9 - 15, 2023 IS OPEN FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!
All options for rooms are still available at the Barn Burner!
Sign up ASAP as it is on a first come first serve basis!
We are pleased to announce the dates for our 2023 sessions! Two sessions will be offered in back-to-back weeks, June 4 -10 and June 11 - 17. A third session is being held from July 9 - 15. The retreat cost is $800 for each week; however, we are offering a $250 discount to be applied to your final invoice if you sign up for two weeks! Pricing excludes travel, lodging, meals, and equipment rental. We will be offering a limited number of rooms at the Barn Burner on a first come, first serve basis.
What is Jazz Retreats?
A unique week-long immersion in a jazz combo setting, with an organic approach to integrating theory, discussion, listening, and playing pre-selected tunes with lots of playing!
A unique week-long immersion in a jazz combo setting, with an organic approach to integrating theory, discussion, listening, and playing pre-selected tunes with lots of playing!
Brown County Barn Burner
Nashville, Indiana - 7 days
Nashville, Indiana - 7 days
Where adults go to learn or improve their improvisation skills and to get together as a jazz community to support and cheer each other on!
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Reserve your spot today!
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From Pat Harbison - 2022 Student Repertoire List:
Possible tunes:
Diverse range of skill levels required.
I suggest listening to the entire playlist multiple times. Then try to learn the tunes that are already familiar by ear! Then, see if you can improvise over the recordings on the playlist by ear. Then, get a lead sheet from an Aebersold book, a Real Book, etc. and compare. Learn as many as you can in this manner before the retreat for which you are signed up. If you can only learn a few (or even one) in this fashion, you will still be better off. Especially true if the entire playlist is your constant companion for listening.
The playlist can be found on Spotify here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GrErTTXDBG59MwZB8YSSK?si=0793dde27f4646d9
Possible tunes:
Diverse range of skill levels required.
I suggest listening to the entire playlist multiple times. Then try to learn the tunes that are already familiar by ear! Then, see if you can improvise over the recordings on the playlist by ear. Then, get a lead sheet from an Aebersold book, a Real Book, etc. and compare. Learn as many as you can in this manner before the retreat for which you are signed up. If you can only learn a few (or even one) in this fashion, you will still be better off. Especially true if the entire playlist is your constant companion for listening.
The playlist can be found on Spotify here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GrErTTXDBG59MwZB8YSSK?si=0793dde27f4646d9
- Rhythm Changes (I Got Rhythm or easy contracts like Lester Leaps In)
- Blues in various keys (Things Ain't What they Used to Be, Bag's Groove, Tenor Madness)
- All Blues
- All the Things You Are
- Autumn Leaves
- Bemsha Swing
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Footprints
- Invitation
- It's You or No One
- Lady Bird
- Maiden Voyage
- Midnight Waltz (Cedar Walton) aka Twilight Waltz
- Nica's Dream
- Night and Day (Eb)
- Nutty
- On Green Dolphin Street (Eb)
- On the Trail
- Perdido
- Sack O' Woe
- Solar
- Stella By Starlight
- Sweet Georgia Brown (or Dig-a contrafact) (Ab)
- Unit Seven
- Yardbird Suite
Join us! Limited spots due to total numbers & instrumentation!
