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J@MS Jazz Camp
Ages: 10 - 18
Session Length: 1 Week
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner and Above
Polish your music skills and discover the rich tradition of Jazz music in this summer offering of our popular school year program, Jazz at The Music Settlement (J@MS).
Campers will perform in an ensemble while learning Jazz styles, techniques, improvisation, and musicianship. There will be a wrap up performance on the last day of camp.
Skill Level: advanced beginner and above. Ability to play major scales and blues scales in the keys of C, F, Bb & Eb.
- Wind Players: Exhibit knowledge of fingerings and slide positions
- Drummers: Ability to play swing, rock, funk and basic Latin beats
- Bassists and Guitarists: Ability to read music
- Pianists: Ability to read music and knowledge of chords
If you are in doubt about the skill level requirements, please send in a video audition demonstrating your skills to Music@TheMusicSettlement.org
Faculty
Ken LeeGrand
J@MS Department Head; Instructor, Saxophone, Clarinet; Ensemble Director, J@MS
Director, Clinician, Performer, Session Player. These are just some of the many hats worn by Ken LeeGrand. Known for his inspirational Saxophone Solos and articulate horn section work it amazes listeners when he plays classical music on his clarinet. Ken has performed with, Freda Payne, Jean Carn... Expand
Director, Clinician, Performer, Session Player. These are just some of the many hats worn by Ken LeeGrand. Known for his inspirational Saxophone Solos and articulate horn section work it amazes listeners when he plays classical music on his clarinet. Ken has performed with, Freda Payne, Jean Carne, Petula Clark, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, The Miracles, Michael McDonald, The Funk Brothers, and Aretha Franklin to name a few. In the 70’s with his group “TOJAM”, Ken had the privilege of being the opening act for, the late Dexter Gordon, with his sidemen, Eddie Gladden, George Cables and Rufus Reid. Later with his group “Horns and Things”, LeeGrand opened for, El DeBarge, Jimmy Heath, Freddie Hubbard, Ronnie Laws, Phillip Bailey, Joe Sample, Average White Band, Najee, and En Vogue to name a few. With “Horns and Things” Ken has released 4 CD’s. Ken has also done pit work for numerous plays at the famed Karamu Theater, The Cleveland Playhouse and in Playhouse Square. Ken has also had numerous performances at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jacobs Field, Gund Arena and Blossom Music Center. As a traveling musician, LeeGrand has performed extensively throughout The United States and Europe.
Ken appeared in and assisted Music Director, Sam Andrews of Big Brother & the Holding Company with the selection of musicians in the first Cleveland performance of Love Janis.
As a session player, LeeGrand has played on numerous jingles and amusement park soundtracks. Ken has played on nationally released products by Kelly Chapman, Cliff Habian’s Manhattan Bridge and had major impact on “GENERATIONS” the critically acclaimed CD by Bill Ransom.
As an educator Ken always has between thirty and forty private students, and annually holds his own Saxophone Retreat that averages twenty students. For the last 30 years, Ken has been the resident artist for the Grammy Signature School Shaker Heights School District Band Department that has 1000 plus students in bands from grade 5 through 12. As an educator Ken has former students at various universities such as The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, Ohio State, Ithaca College, The Cincinnati Conservatory, Oberlin College, New School of the Contemporary Arts and Berklee School of Music to name a few.
For the last ten years LeeGrand has been the Program Director of J@MS. (Jazz at the Music Settlement) a nationally acclaimed program that is a partner of the Berklee City Music Network. For the last twenty six years Ken has also been the saxophonist at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church.
Most recently Ken LeeGrand was given a 2025 Cleveland Jazz Legend Award for Jazz Education and Performance by Tri-C JazzFest!
Ken still maintains a very busy schedule be it directing and assisting several bands in Shaker Schools, recording his fourth CD as co-founder of his own group, “Horns & Things”, performing in the Gospel Genre, directing his program “J@MS", giving a private lesson or doing a Residency at a University.