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Mountain Pass 7:430:00/7:43
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0:00/3:50
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Devil's Breath Part 2 10:460:00/10:46
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Home Away 6:000:00/6:00
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Sing to Save My Soul 4:480:00/4:48
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0:00/5:10
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0:00/4:25
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Grey And Green 4:010:00/4:01
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0:00/7:03
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0:00/6:12
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Music In Me 5:190:00/5:19
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0:00/7:12
The TOaG Jazz Clinics at Oakland High School
An immersive educational collaboration between
OHS Music Department head David Byrd
and The TOaG Quartet

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The TOaG Jazz Clinics return to Oakland High School for 2022!
We are so grateful to the steadfast support of our community partners, our teachers, and our students. With new special guests, new material, and a program uplifting the power and resilience of creative improvisational music, we are shining!
The Work
We are so honored to have been selected as the winner
of the 2021 Laurie Pitman Award!

2019 TOaG Jazz Clinic Final Project
Airship Laboratories, Richmond, CA
Our Mission
"To curate jazz clinics at Oakland High School in partnership with music department head David Byrd, bringing working jazz musicians from the community into the classroom to perform for, engage with, and instruct students in a side-by-side environment. Clinics are structured to provide a positive environment with hands on training in musicianship, theory, improvisation, professionalism, technique, and active listening; while also demonstrating the rewards of creative problem solving, self-organization, self-discipline, and respectful practices. The program culminates in the opportunity for the students to record a selection of curriculum repertoire at the one and only Airship Laboratories recording studio, allowing them to expand their portfolio for future educational and professional endeavors, as well as experience a moment of life as a working musician. Finally, this program seeks to establish a sustainable model to pay working artists a living wage for providing their services in the communities who need it most."

Student improvisors playing alongside the TOaG Quartet