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  • 2022-23 Concerts
  • Events 2022-23
    • 2022-23 Concerts
    • 2022-23 Online Series
    • Guest Artists 2022-23
    • St. James Infirmary Blues
    • Swing Cabaret Fundraiser
    • Jazz Winnipeg Collaboration
    • WJO Honour Jazz
  • Education
    • Women in Jazz Symposium >
      • Women in Jazz Bios
    • Canadian Jazz Composers Workshop
    • Pre-concert performances
    • Jazz Band Workshops >
      • Big Band Workshops
    • Play-along charts
    • Jazz Skills Videos
  • Boutique
    • WJO Face Masks
    • WJO T-shirts
    • WJO Pen
    • WJO CDS >
      • CD Details - Voices
      • CD Details - Twisting Ways
      • CD Details - Suite 150
      • CD Details - Suite Messiah
      • CD Details - Steppin’ Out
    • Musician CDS >
      • Bjorn Thoroddsen
      • Jeff Presslaff
      • Richard Gillis
  • Support us
    • DONATE
    • Sponsorships
    • Volunteer
    • Our advertisers
  • About us
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Jazz Skills Videos Project

We have asked some of our experienced jazz instructors to produce short video introductions for anyone wanting to improve their skills or knowledge of jazz.​ Watch for new videos coming soon!
Neil Watson - Improvising on the Blues https://youtu.be/i7jTBRDgITk 
Shane Hicks - Hitting the High Notes Part 1 - Chop Care https://youtu.be/KfarA5cMQlc
Shane Hicks - Hitting the High Notes Part 2 - Warm Ups https://youtu.be/djjtM7WtS0k
Shane Hicks - Hitting the High Notes Part 3 - Staying in Shape  https://youtu.be/6XcQEw88jyM
Shane Hicks - Hitting the High Notes Part 4 - Gear! https://youtu.be/tUsnL4jaTMY
Shane Hicks - Hitting the High Notes Part 5 - Final Thoughts https://youtu.be/MkCs1QctpbI
Rodrigo Munoz - Writing Afro-Cuban Music - https://youtu.be/31OqFrc9kI0
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Sean Irvine - Melody Construction in Improvisation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JY7lf-h4Uw
Jeff Presslaff - Comping in a Big Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJM6w-p4wHo
​Jeff Presslaff - Soloing Simplified - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tsa8G9p7og&t=58s

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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is Generously Funded by:

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Education Sponsors:

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The Play-Along App project is supported by the Government of Canada’s Healthy Communities Initiative.

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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra acknowledges that we perform in venues on Treaty One Territory; the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra welcomes and shares its performance and creation of music - a universal language to all people irrespective of culture, race, sexuality, ability, language and gender.

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Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra  / Box 68114, RPO Osborne Village, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 2V9
Main: 204-421-9398 / manager@winnipegjazzorchestra.com     Box Office: 204-632-5299 / tickets@winnipegjazzorchestra.com