Marion Cowings - Jazz Academy - How to lead a fresh band

Jazz At Lincon Center Presents, Jazz Academy. Marion Cowings teaches singers how to lead a fresh band.

[@DarkadiaMaster]

The drummer might be the happiest man I've ever seen.

[@bobbachelor5930]

How is it I've been listening to jazz music devoutly for over 40 years and i never heard of this wonderful singer until just now ???? He's also an excellent instructor.

[@jefsut]

This has been up for two years and I missed it? Marion Cowings is a national treasure! Spread the word.

[@stampdealer]

I'm 49 years old and just now discovering Marion Cowings. I feel like I've lived my whole life incorrectly.

[@k.p.bolden7329]

Greg Lamatrice I’m so with you, Brother! I’m 45 and just checked him out today. I’m transitioning from being a Metal Vocalist to a Jazz Singer. He’s an awesome voice and Coach. 🤘🏿✊🏿👊🏿💯

[@MarionCowings]

Thank you,

[@TimKGrimes]

Better than being 63 and 1st discovering his high artistry, young man! lol

[@stampdealer]

@@k.p.bolden7329 How's that going?

[@k.p.bolden7329]

@@MarionCowings No, thank you! I just wrote a song titled 'Let It Rain' and posted a video of me singing on my channel. I would love your feedback on it! Thank again for your awesome coaching.

[@jbmarkham7107]

I wish every jam night had a band like that....and a saxophonist and a guitarist that stay quiet whilst you sing, the first time I've ever seen that!!! :)

[@RivieraByBuick]

+JB Markham go to righ places

[@Herehear49]

Haha, so true. Why is it so? Sax players seem to think they need to fill in the spaces with a vocalist while the piano, guitar, bass and drums are already doing all the filling in. Sometimes just holding your horn and allowing the other players to do their thing is the best thing we horn players can do in the moment. I jam with two sax players who probably never didn't play a head. It might be too late to break the news to them that the piano player and guitarist wouldn't mind playing the head without them once in a while.

[@julast6658]

I'm 54 years old and just now discovering Marion Cowings. im trying to catch up for those 54 years by binge watching this guy

[@tgr5811]

Mr. Cowings sung his vocal solo in his own lyrics which delivers an atmosphere of the street in the Swing Era. What a storytelling skill he has ! PLS check his 'Freddie Freeloader' too. Such a fun !

[@levinton1]

A true great of jazz. My fellow classmate from Herman Ridder JHS in the Bronx. You are still great!

[@mrbrainnyc258]

Marion Cowings has been an American musical treasure for half a century. Incredibly, he continues to improve with age. Man, that's a lot of rich experience in that voice. So just lay back and dig the treat..................

[@uwejohn6626]

I visited his Vocal workshop in Octobre 2017 in Smalls, NYC. It was awesome. What a great artist!!!

[@TimKGrimes]

Thank you, Mr. Cowings for sharing these great & critical combo techniques. Mastery. What an inspiration.

[@samsmall808]

I've such respect for this man. I took just a few classes w Marion back in the 1980's and he instilled in me such confidence to be a vocalist, a vocal performer. What a gift he gave me. Thank you, Marion Thinking of you warms my heart.

[@SpecterSensorial]

18 years and im glad to know this magnificent singer

[@stephanieskyes5777]

So awesome Jazz singer from Kansas City I did a jazz set this past weekend dealing only with the classics and had no rehearsal but was able to apply some of this very knowledge thankyou i will post a snippet of that show for you to see.

[@robertfieldsjr.5919]

You are an incredible musician and wonderful person to have this up on the KZbin. I came across your name from the smalls jazz club My nephew mike migliore was playing there today with a jazz band, and sent us a link to watch it ,and I saw your name .You are doing a great service to help singers and music in general. I can tell you have a wealth of experience thank you for sharing this and letting people know. Keep up the great work. ROBERT

[@jackiewildau4214]

You are one cool dude Marion. This is perfection itself. Masterful and thank you for sharing so much of yourself.

[@vazaruspaytonas7017]

Your daughter must be so proud. True legend.

[@MarionCowings]

A"Tag" is the popular term for a Coda. . In this case the tag is 1"Until you will how still my heart, 2.How Still, 3.How Still my Heart How High The Moon"

[@marybethmorrison]

I was about to ask about the three fingers counting down, but I found this reply. This is a huge help, thank you!

[@katewrightsings]

Thank you Marion! What does one measure upfront mean though? I can't find it anywhere on Google.

[@tonimena1121]

​@@katewrightsings It means how many bars you're counting before the music starts. As he says, one for slower tempos and 2 for faster ones.

[@katewrightsings]

@@tonimena1121 ohhhhh gotcha. Thank you for that really appreciate it!

[@stephenroth8132]

Can't tell you HOW MUCH I love this!!!! I've been doing it forever, but i had a REALLY hard time describing what we were aiming for!

[@michaelnordstrom3668]

Great vid! I wish that the other players were credited in the description, though.

[@leocomerford]

May as well list them here so. Going by the other Jazz Academy videos, it's Todd Williams on saxophone, Eli Yamin on piano, Alvin Atkinson on drums, Tom Dempsey on guitar and Noriko Ueda on bass.

[@Blue_diamond011]

I looooooove this. So cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@saxman3336]

Just what I needed.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

great singer . me too just now discovered him

[@CyrusGQ]

I saw Emily King's IG post today and thought, "I bet she look just like her daddy." So I look up who her dad is and discover Marion who I'd never heard of until right now...and like, as a jazz fan, how have I never heard of this guy?

[@ArthurKaletzky]

Great stuff, very useful, many thanks. Loved the hitch hiking, never seen that before.

[@wholeshebang1]

Same, here. I'm going to "surprise" my Berklee-trained bassist, who taught me a few hand cues when I started with him, but not this one.

[@sheldonharvey8306]

Thank you for the video. Question How does that ". . . I'll give you. . ." direction work? Keep up the good work!

[@dubinlives]

Nice job keeping your eyes open. :)

[@beeshor1]

Right on!

[@laurahattonweb]

Muy bueno!!!!!

[@LuLuSantos-]

THANK YOU! with Love

[@liabp6]

What does tagging mean ? You mentioned IT with the '3 fingers'? Thank U so much :)

[@tuhmater2985]

Take a look at the drummer’s face. Think. Be like that drummer.

[@PhilipQuintas]

I enjoyed the heck out of this. My only question is how did the band know to play the "Ornithology" head. Do both tunes share the same set of chord changes?

[@hotice8885]

That is exactly right: Charlie Parker wrote most of his melodies over the chord changes to some of the favorite tunes of the era.

[@PhilipQuintas]

@@hotice8885 Many years ago I took a couple of lessons with a guy who said that one of those Yardbird melodies was written over the changes to "There Will Never Be Another You". That was over thirty years ago and I still haven't figured out which tune he was talking about. Do you, by any chance, know which Charlie Parker recording is based on the chord progression of "Another You"?

[@hotice8885]

@@PhilipQuintas --Wow. Never heard that Parker used that progression. Sorry I cannot help!

[@sxeeverardo]

👏👏👏👏

[@chillack7762]

There got to be fusion bands that one of the members be the vocalist.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

his daughter is a famous singer

[@wholeshebang1]

Yes, Emily King.

[@webstercat]

I love it that the bass player didn’t stop the band for being sexist when singer used the term “chick”.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

what about if you are a great singer , phenomenal ear, and can’t read or understand music ? i only feel music can’t understand

[@keithowens2554]

What do you mean by "two up front"?

[@tnjazzgal]

2 bar count off

[@eliseumanassesjazzcontanti8536]

sim

[@jeanmedar]

need those ornithology lyrics

[@MarionCowings]

Thank you ...Marion

[@susic1819]

I didn’t know that jazz conductor doesn’t always use a baton or something.

[@mequu3971]

thanks samuel l jackson

[@reesischess8054]

0:50 I have a lot of respect for Marion Cowings, but this is not how it's done. He says the song and key all at the same time without really waiting for confirmation from the other musicians. Confirm the song, then the key. Repeat until people agree.

[@wholeshebang1]

He did that in another Jazz Academy video on leading a band.

[@shakazulu365]

Bad @zz band!

[@LevoPoena]

There is nothing at all that has anything to do with leading a band in this segment!...SINGERS, should know there keys, and musicians should know it...regardless (Fake book or not.....transpose if need be)….Band leaders and sidemen need to know this is not the real deal...…..kind of lame!