[Dixielandjazz] Little Thomas Wiggins / needs Trombone mentor

[Marek Boym]

Hello Martin,
Since most listmates (including myself) are NOT from the UK, perhaps
you should have mentioned that Ms. Woodcock is a wonderful trombone
player herself!
Cheers
P.S.
What is PM?
>
> Also send a PM to Christine Woodcock (RedHotMama) who is the Forum
> Administrator: User Relations and lives in Luton in the UK. Or send her an
> email at:
>
> christine.woodcock at gmail.com
>
> I am sure she can point you in the right direction for a good trombone
> mentor in England.  Tell her I sent you.
>
> Best,
>
> Grah
>
> Graham Martin
> REDLAND BAY, Qld.
> AUSTRALIA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dixiejazzdata [mailto:dixiejazzdata at aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 17 June 2012 4:30 AM
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Little Thomas Wiggins / needs Trombone mentor
>
> Steve just posted Why Teach Music.
>
> Last week I posted some youtube links of a kid named Thomas Wiggins, who is
> already playing Jazz trombone far beyond his 8 years of age capability.
> His mother has approached several Excellent Trombonist in Germany and the UK
> and they refuse to take him for private lessons simply because he does not
> read notes very well yet.
>
> Now that I find to be totally atrocious and certainly an elitist attitude if
> I have ever seen one.  He will eventually get better at reading, but to hold
> him back at this age with his natural talent and love for Jazz is just
> sinful.
>
> How many of our Legendary Jazz  heros did not read music ????
>
> I have siad it many times before and gotten flack from some on this list
> about the Academic Musicians and our Schools of music.    Those who Can Play
> do and those who can't Teach others how to do what they can't or never did.
> This kids own father is a Music Teacher, but he does not play jazz and does
> not understand how to teach the kid probably because he was brainwashed into
> just playing the charts in front of him his entire life as a musician and
> can't swing, and has no Feeling for Jazz.
>
> One of those youtubes shows the kid to be a very quick learner as he learns
> and improvises a song live on stage with Trombone Shorty in New Orleans,
> and he played well with another group at the Mint as well.
>
> There are alternative ways to learning to play an instrument and many of the
> most successful ones in Jazz and other genres of music have proven so.
>
> This kid currently live in Germany but goes back to London frequently where
> his grandparents Live, Any of you Trombone players living in Europe that
> would be interested in helping coach this kid let me know and I will pass it
> on to his mum.   I say he should not be forced to read at this age but
> coached slowly into developing it as he already has other skills that many
> sight reading players will never have.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Wiggins
> Who was also self taught and wishes somebody would have taken the time to
> help me learn to read music.  It has never stopped me from making a good
> living and traveling around the world to play the same Jazz Festivals
> successfully with the biggest names in Jazz, many with PHDs in Music.
>
>
>
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