JazzYYC Summer Festival headliner Mike Stern — one of the most influential electric guitarists in modern jazz — is hosting a free guitar clinic at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre.
Mike Stern has spent 40 years shaping jazz fusion through collaborations with icons such as Blood, Sweat & Tears, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, the Brecker Brothers, and Joe Henderson, while releasing 18 albums, six of them GRAMMY-nominated.
Registration is required. Please visit JazzYYC's website to register.
This guitar clinic is moderated by Aaron Shorr and presented in partnership with A. Pratte Guitars & Strings.
Please note: this is a clinic, not a performance.
About JazzYYC
JazzYYC is Calgary’s jazz collaborative, supporting jazz year around. Whether you’re a jazz musician, a die hard jazz fan or a jazz dabbler, we have something for you. Calgary’s jazz scene is exciting and plentiful where you can find jazz in clubs, restaurants, coffee shops and theatres. If you’re looking for the ultimate music education, jazz is your best bet. Jazz combines the best of book smarts and street smarts and is one of the most requested music choices for Calgary’s corporate and special events. Jazz has many colours ranging from elegant to energized to entertaining. JazzYYC offers an annual concert series (Illuminate), two jazz festivals, International Jazz Days concerts culminating on April 30th, and co-presents concerts totaling a remarkable 175+ shows each year. Our website encourages jazz musicians to get a gig, post a gig and then we support and promote about them through our weekly newsletter and social media channels. JazzYYC encourages community partnership and education programs for young jazz musicians throughout the city with our Youth Lab Band.