My masterclass is centered around using a tune as a "practice routine", as well as foundational approaches to internalizing a tune. This will include long tone exercises with root motion, guide-tone exercises, bass line exercises and eighth-notes exercises through the chord changes.
Winner of the Jazz Journalists Awards Baritone Saxophonist of the Year 2020, “Rising Star” Baritone Saxophonist in the 67th Downbeat Critics Poll, winner of the Hothouse Jazz Awards Baritone Saxophone 2019! Grammy award winning baritone saxophonist Lauren Sevian is one of the most in demand musicians on the scene today in addition to being Associate Professor of Woodwinds at the Berklee College of Music.
As a sidewoman, she can be heard regularly with the Mingus Big Band, and has performed with countless other groups, notably Steely Dan, Veronica Swift, the Dizzy Gillespie all star big band, Christian McBride’s Big Band, Robin Eubanks Big Band, and the legendary Count Basie Orchestra.
Her versatility as a musician has led her to a variety of playing situations, working with the likes of actor Denis Leary, with Maurice Hines in the theater production of “Tappin Thru Life”, and with Harry Connick Jr. in his broadway show “A Celebration of Cole Porter”.
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