Evan Cobb Jazz
Nashville Saxophonist and Oboist, Composer, Instructor

The Return of the Nashville Jazz Workshop Jam Session

with special guest Joe Davidian

hosted by the Evan Cobb Quartet

On Sunday, March 21st the Nashville Jazz Workshop Jam Session returns with featured guest Joe Davidian.  The jam session will take place from 4 – 6, is free, and participation is designed for musicians of all ability levels.  The return of the Workshop Jam Session is a bit reformatted.  Besides playing (or singing) a few choice selections, the featured guest artist will be speaking about the songs they selected, learning tunes in general, and their personal experiences with jam sessions.  The host band will also provide the guest artist with a new tune (with copies for everyone in attendance) so that the audience can hear how a professional dissects a chart on the fly while on the bandstand!  All in attendance at the jam will also receive a copy of a tune (most likely a blues) for them to try in just the same manner as the featured guest.  The focus of the workshop jazz jam will be to learn about playing, listening critically, and the process of jam sessions altogether.

-evan

Local production group Kid Electric Concerts puts on a couple of stellar tribute concerts each year, augmented only by the fact that they put them together for charity.  Their mission is “to raise funds and awareness for local non-profit and community based organizations who aim to change not only our great city but the world.  We celebrate these organizations by putting on creatively themed benefit concerts that showcase Nashville’s best artists and pay tribute to great and timeless music.  It is our hope and passion that these concerts motivate our community to get out there and get involved.”

This Friday night it’s a Bob Marley tribute act raising money for HESP, benefitting children in Haiti.  It’s going be to a really fun night for a great cause, so I hope you can make it down to 2nd Avenue Live for the show!

- evan

The jam session this past Wednesday night at Edgehill Studios Cafe was a rousing success.  We had a good turnout, many original works played, and plenty of learning experiences all around.

JC, JW, & EC wail on a new tune

Happily, the jam session is forging ahead!   So mark your calendars for the next installment on Monday, March 1st again at 7pm at Edgehill.  We’ll be keeping the same format, so be sure to put your name down on the sign-up sheet along with what you want to play.  Original tunes and arrangements will continue to get preference.

-evan