How to Play Jazz Violin, Part One
Jazz violin virtuoso Sara Caswell joins pianist Eli Yamin to discuss how string players can incorporate improvisation into their practice routines. In this three-part series, Sara will start with easy approaches string players can use immediately, and will build up more complex routines. Learn more by visiting the Jazz Academy at http://academy.jazz.org Sara Caswell - Violin Eli Yamin - Piano Eric Suquet - Director Bill Thomas - Director of Photography Richard Emery - Sound Engineer Seton Hawkins - Producer Recorded May 24, 2013
About Jazz violin
Jazz violin is the use of the violin or electric violin to improvise solo lines. Early jazz violinists included: Eddie South, who played violin with Jimmy Wade's Dixielanders in Chicago; Stuff Smith; and Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Joe Venuti was popular for his work with guitarist Eddie Lang during the 1920s. Improvising violinists include Stéphane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty.
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