PRIVATE LESSONS
Hal gives private lessons to intermediate and advanced
level students and ensemble groups seriously interested
in improving their musicianship. Most students enrolled
are college age, or are already professional musicians.
Musical subjects taught include: jazz improvisation,
music theory, harmony, transcription and analysis, counterpoint,
composition, arranging, ear training, repertoire, ensemble
performance, sight-reading, instrumental technique, and
how to practice.
Lessons are offered on all musical instruments and voice
and are given at Hal's studio--equipped with keyboard,
amps, drums and recording devices--which is located in
Attleboro, MA, directly across the street from the commuter
rail station (approximately 45 minutes south of Boston,
or 15 minutes north of Providence).
Private and group lessons are scheduled at three different
times during the year: September (for fall
and winter), January (for winter and spring),
and May (for spring and summer), and also when
openings are available.
Lessons are scheduled on a once-a-week basis, or once
every two weeks. However, lessons may sometimes
be scheduled to occur once every three weeks or once a
month. Students may also schedule longer lessons
if desired.
PRIVATE LESSON APPROACH
Hal's approach to teaching performance related subjects
(such as improvisation) in a private lesson is to begin
the lesson by playing familiar music with the student
while recording the performance. (Hal comps while
the student solos.)
The results are then examined and
critiqued, and weaknesses in the student's playing are
identified.
A topic is then selected for study
and exercises are designed that target the student's weaknesses
relative to the selected topic.
The exercises are then demonstrated
while the student observes.
Finally, the student demonstrates
the exercises while playing with accompaniment.
Subsequent lessons focus either on the current topic and
lesson material or on a different topic and material,
as needed and desired by the student.
Click here to contact Hal
Crook for lessons.
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STUDENTS
Following are some of the notable students Hal has
coached over the years, in one musical subject or another,
and to whom some modicum of success may have come because
of--or in spite of--his help.
Saxophone
Chris Cheek, Eli Deglibri,
Antonio Hart, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Miguel Xenon, Jaleel
Shaw, Walter Smith III, Patrick Cornelius, Mark Small, Dana
Stevens, Sam Newsome, Teodross Avery, Jesus Santandreu,
Mike Sims, Bill Vint, Jamie Oehlers, Dan Pratt, Chris Ward,
Gilad Ronen, Jaques Schwartzbart, Oscar Feldman, Tim Green,
Dan Moretti, Sam Thomas, Bob Reynolds, Anat Cohen, Libert
Fortuny, John Tornatore, Brian Breach, Aaron Henry, Dylan
Heany, Godwin Louis, Pat Carroll, J.J. Byars, Aki Nishiguchi,
Mike Tucker, Matan Chapnizka, Alex Terrier, Logan Richardson,
Nathan Cepelinski, Ben Van Gelder, Brian Crutchfield, Frank Silva, Dave Negrete, Joe Albano,
Mark Weissman, Phillipe Crettien, Joe Santamaria, Gary Lindsay, Jesse Scheinin, Kyle Nasser, Oleg Ostapchuk, Simone LaMaida, Adrien Sanchez, Davindar Singh
Trumpet
Roy Hargrove, Ingrid Jensen,
Avishai Cohen, Christian Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ingmar
Thomas, Dontae Winslow, Eric Bloom, Dave Ballou, Lars Lindvall,
Diego Urcola, David Boato, Tony D'Aveni, Trent Austin, Mike
Shobe, Voro Garcia, Greg Diaz, John Allmark, Gordon Au, Mark Greel, Jeremy Sinclair, Billy Buss
Trombone
Jeff Galindo, Nick Vagenas,
Elliot Mason, Delfeo Marsalis, Brian Drye, Evan Dobbins,
Al Cron, Andre Haywood, Rene Mosele, Jeff Adams, Chris Dempsey,
Chris Gagne, Bruce Paulson, Heinz Czadek, John Pierce, Bob
Pilkington, Jeff Hoyer, Dave Pannecki, Jason Camelio, Nick Sweet, Ryan Dragon
Piano
Danilo Perez, Frank Carlberg,
Renato Chicco, Seung Young Cho, Toru Dodo, Leo Genovese,
George Dulin, Arpad Olah, Milton Fletcher, Romain Collin,
Ruslan Sirota, Scot Kinsey, Guillermo Klein, Ernesto Vodos
Posse, Steve "Lionel" Hamilton, Pete Rende, Alexandra
Samsonova, Vladamir Nesterenko, Assen Doyken, Daniela Schacter,
Michael Shteinberg, Roy Ben-Sira, Milan Milanovic, Niles
Juliarso, Josh Gallagher, Plamen Karodonev, Roy Assaf, Aruan
Ortiz, Lawrence Fields, Michel Reis, Victor Gould, Michael
Palma, Andrew Toombs, Julian Shore, Chihiro Yamanaka, Suzanne
Davis, David Azarian, Danny Grissett, Suzanna Sifter, Gilson
Schacknik, Max Lubarsky, Rebecca Cline, Leo Blanco, Vardan
Ovsepian, Casimir Liberski, Evgeny Lebedev, Alberto Palau, Cedric Hanriot, Jordon Seigel, Takeshi Obayashi
Guitar
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Lionel Loueki, Lage Lund, Frank Mobus, Kevin
Barry, Hilmar Jensson, Marek Dykta, Stefan Hiller, Gil Monteiro,
Roman Pilan, David Douruska, Paul Vinton, Jeff Gittleman,
Julian Lage, Matt Stevens, Brian Baker, Nir Felder, Brad Barr, Adam Agati,
Ryan Seaward, Marco Buena Ventura, Kazu Mitsushita, Garrison
Fewell, Roland Gephardt, Andre Matos, Sal DiFusco, Giovanni
Moltoni, Alex Wintz, Jeff Miles, Randy Runyon, Sam Dickey, Ilan Bar-Lavi, Roy Guzman, Jeff Miles
Bass
Matt Garison, Ben Street, Marco Panascia, Marty Ballou, Paul Del Nero, Dwayne Burno, George
Donchev, Janek Gwizdala, Skuli Sverrisson,
Yasushi Nakamura, Massimo Biocalti,
Peter Slavov, Luques Curtis, Alan Hampton, Garth Stevenson,
Demian Cabaud, Evan Gregor, Jeff Densen, Brain Ladd, Mike
Oien, Hogyu Hwang, Esperanza Spalding, Joe Sanders, Dave
Zinno, Mike Janisch, Josh Davis, Ben Zwerin, Christian Bausch, Justin
Purtill, Michael Hicks, Lello Molinari, Katie Thiroux, DJ Foster, Frank
Abrahams, Fernando Huergo, Tino D'Agastino, Yoshi Waki,
Florian Feuser, Peter Kontrimas, Jeremy McDonald, Dan Carpel, Shin Sakaino, Max Moran
Drums
Take Toriyama, Jim Black,
Antonio Sanchez, Kendrick Scott, Jorge Rossi, Frank Nemeth,
Mark Miralta, Jose "Pepe" Taveira, Mathias Kunzli,
Sebastian De Krom, James Williams, Deon Hairston, Ziv Ravitz,
Lyndon Rochelle, Jordan Pearlson, Dennis Frehse, Brian McGlaughlin,
James Alsanders, Sam Duesler, Mike Prowaznik, Nick Faulk,
Lee Fish, Toshio Tanaka, Jeff Fajardo, Matt Brady, Eric
Doob, Hamir Atwal, Jody Giachello, Alex Deutsch, Dave Weigert,
Ralph Rosen, Bertram Lehmann, Masa Osaka, David Cowan, Dan Platzman, Zach Mangan, John Chapman, Ryo Shibata, Ryo Noritake, Dan Pugach, Wen Ming Soh, Jonathan Bailey, Mark Whitfield
Vibes
James Westfall, Chris Dingman,
Jeff Davis, Matthias Lupri
Flute
Jim Connors, Fernando Brandao, Anders Bostrom
Violin
Mads Tolling
Voice
Chiara Civello, Gretchen
Parlato, Rita Martins
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