Our Offerings
TNEK Jazz utilizes collaborations and associations with talented educators, musicians, composers, and arrangers offer the following products and services:
Innovation
For students wanting to learn fresh approach to jazz harmony and theory purchase the Jazz Harmony Express by Jack Jackson at www.jackspress.com. Mr. Jackson a graduate of Berklee College, trained as a jazz drummer, jazz vibe player and orchestral
percussionist. Mr. Jackson became a music arranger for the US Air Force Band.
Live interviews
Educating the story of Jazz through live interviews. Conversations In Jazz is all about telling the stories of people who part of carrying on the traditions of jazz music and culture. Saxophonist Antonio Parker has taken the mantle of using his personality and platform to share the stories behind the music by interviewing jazz artists, educators, presenters, writers, promoters, historians, and lovers of jazz music and culture. As the musical host of Conversations in Jazz, Mr. Parker hopes to bring to light the stories that brings life to the music.
To request a live interview that aligns with this initiative contact
Education
Education through school and event lectures. Ronald E. Kearns is a retired band director and current record producer. He adjudicates and conducts clinics throughout the United States and Canada. He has published “Quick Reference for Band Directors”, “Recording Tips for Music Educators” and “Quick Reference for Band Directors that teach Orchestra”. Mr. Kearns received his B.S. degree in music education from Knoxville College and his master’s in Music Education from The Catholic University of America. He also received a certificate in music and dance from the University of east Africa. www.amazon.com
Purchase Music
The TNEK Jazz Quintet Plays the Music of Sam Jones
The TNEK Jazz Quintet concentrates on the work of Sam Jones when he was with Cannonball’s aggregation. It was bass player, Kent Miller who came up with the idea of recording an album of the music of Sam Jones. This super talented ensemble of musicians brings fire and spontaneity to the music. Pianist, Darius Scott, is soulful and prolific on his instrument. Greg Holloway is the dynamic drummer and Antonio Parker and Benny Russell add the intricate horn lines that Sam Jones wrote.”
~ Dee Dee McNeil~
Album Songs
Unit 7
Some More of Dat
O.P.
Tragic Magic
Bittersuite
Lillie
Del Sasser
Sunday Evenin'
Kent Miller is known for his laidback double bass playing, consisting of less splash and more dependability than, say, Charles Mingus, the band-leading bass player most folks will conjure up for comparison. Miller's band largely fits in the groove of 60s jazz and seems very comfortable there, inviting natural comparisons to any of the jazz groups that bassists Ron Carter and Paul Chambers were in over the years.
~ Geoffrey Plant ~
Album Songs
Segment
Miles Mode
Sid's Delight
Sunday Evenin'
20 Cent Shift
The Cat
Three views of a Secret
Aww Shewt
Minor Step
What you hear immediately from bassist Kent Miller's quartet is their fluency and propulsive, surely satisfying, button poppin' finger-snappin' swing with both originals and standards that holds up extremely well with repeated listenings.
~ Mike Jurkovic ~
Album Songs
Work Out
Minor Step
My Little Suede Shoes
Dexterity
T'sup Cuz
Brother Ray
Visitation
My Foolish Heart
SOS
Liberia
Sisters
Contributions
Whether it's the calypso infused feel good swing and celebratory atmosphere of West End Carnival, the fantastic piano, bass and sax solos in the catchy Miss Lillie or the lovingly sentimental ballad "Per'igree" you cannot go wrong with any of these tracks. The uplifting "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy…Percy" features more outstanding bass and sax.
~Jon Neudorf ~
Album Songs
West End Carnival
Miss Lillie
Mercy Mercy Mercy…Percy
Reminiscence
Grace
A DC Waltz
Perigee
One for Two Blues
G's Bop