{"id":5754,"date":"2014-04-04T08:44:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T07:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2014-04-04T08:44:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T07:44:55","slug":"speake-the-truth-workshop-with-british-jazz-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/04\/04\/speake-the-truth-workshop-with-british-jazz-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Speake the Truth: workshop with British jazz giant"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a mesmerising lunchtime concert from the Martin Speake Trio on Wednesday, some of the University students had the opportunity to work with the musicians in the workshop that followed.<\/p>\n

Led by saxophonist Martin Speake, the students shared insights into aspects of jazz and improvisation with guitarist Mike Outram and drummer Jeff Williams, exploring in particular Secret Woods<\/em>, one of the pieces the trio had played in the lunchtime concert. The musicians examined what working together as a group involves, the role of different instruments and aspects of space and silence in music; as Mike Outram put it, “I think of space [in music] as active, rather than passive. You’re actively putting it out there.”<\/p>\n