Jam ses­sions, work­shops and a fund-rais­ing con­cert are on the agen­da of the Eth­nic Jazz Club for the next three months. "Talk, Play, Lis­ten, is the ti­tle for the work­shops in which knowl­edge­able, prac­tic­ing mu­si­cians ex­plain and demon­strate per­for­mance and im­pro­vi­sa­tion tech­niques," the or­gan­i­sa­tion said in a press re­lease. "Par­tic­i­pants are in­vit­ed to bring their in­stru­ments so that they ac­tu­al­ly get to prac­tice the tech­niques. Mu­si­cians are then able to bring this in­for­ma­tion to the jam ses­sions which are open to mu­si­cians of all lev­els and lis­ten­ers as well."

Start­ing Oc­to­ber 1, with a jam ses­sion at James Place, 51 Cor­ne­lio Street, Wood­brook, the events will cli­max with in con­cert on No­vem­ber 24 at the Lit­tle Carib The­atre fea­tur­ing Ly­di­an Singer Ja­nine Charles-Faray, pan­nists Keisha Co­dring­ton and Natasha Joseph, and Chan­tal Es­delle and Moyenne. "The con­cert is a fund-rais­er for Ship, the Stu­dent Health In­ter­ven­tion Pro­gramme," the re­lease said. "The pro­gramme as­sists young stu­dents in need at Bish­op Anstey High School and is ad­min­is­tered by past stu­dents of the school." The last event on the 2012 Eth­nic Jazz Club cal­en­dar is an End of Year Jam Ses­sion in ear­ly De­cem­ber.

The Eth­nic Jazz Club is head­ed by Es­delle, whose band plays Caribbean jazz. The con­cert, called Women in Jazz, is the fourth of its kind, the se­ries hav­ing be­gun in 2003 with a show fea­tur­ing Cuban group Bel­li­ta y Jaz­z­tum­bata and Es­delle and Moyenne. Sun­day's Jazz Jam Ses­sion runs from 4-6.30 pm. Par­tic­i­pa­tion is free but RSVP is re­quired. To RSVP or re­quest in­for­ma­tion about tick­ets, work­shop con­tent and the jam ses­sion for­mat, call 486-7103 or email eth­nic­jaz­zclub@gmail.com