[Dixielandjazz] Little Thomas Wiggins / needs Trombone mentor

[Graham Martin]

Hi Marek,

Yep, she certainly is! Christine and I are TTF forum mates from way back
and, when she was in Australia at an insect conference here in Brisbane, I
was able to show her some of the local scenery and we got to play together
with my band at our jazz club. 

PM is a Personal Message, which is one of the one-on-one methods of
correspondence on The Trombone Forum (TTF).

Best,

Grah

 Graham Martin
 REDLAND BAY, Qld.
 AUSTRALIA


-----Original Message-----
From: Marek Boym [mailto:marekboym at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 12:51 AM
To: Graham Martin
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Little Thomas Wiggins / needs Trombone mentor

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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