Home » Jazz Musicians » University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble: Low-Down
by Jack Bowers
Every so often a new undergraduate Jazz Studies program steps forward to make its voice heard loudly and clearly as it establishes itself among the front ranks of college Jazz ensembles. The latest to do this is the University of Michigan, and here we have the Low–Down to prove it. The UM big band has come a long way in a brief time under talented composer / pianist / director Ellen Rowe, the proof of which is readily apparent throughout ...
read moreOrnette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Source:
Michael Ricci
Congratulations to Ornette Coleman! Ann Arbor, MI -- May 2010 -- Music legend Ornette Coleman received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance congratulates Mr. Coleman on this great honor, his 80th birthday, and for being one of the most important musicians and innovators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The event also included a commencement address by President ...
read more
The 2010 University of Michigan Jazz Festival "Charles Mingus Day" February 13th at the Power Center for the Performing Arts in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Source:
Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
The 2010 University Of Michigan Jazz Festival Charles Mingus Day" will take place February 13th at 7:30p.m. at the Power Center for the Performing Arts in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The festival announced today that Congressman John Conyers Jr. would receive the first, University of Michigan John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award". This award is named in his honor and serves as recognition of extraordinary achievement in the world of Jazz by an advocate or patron. In recognition of Black History ...
read more
Kenn Cox Named King, Chavez, Parks Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan - Dearborn
Source:
JazzStage Productions
Kenn Cox, internationally acclaimed jazz musician, composer and educator, has been awarded the King, Chavez, Parks (KCP) Visiting Professorship for 2008-2009 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Mr. Cox has been named to this post in recognition of his extraordinary brilliant and productive career as a jazz leader, pianist and composer of music in widely diverse genres. His fame began with the highly-esteemed Contemporary Jazz Quintet (CJQ), which he founded and developed during the 60's and 70's. Jazz historian and critic ...
read more
University of Michigan Jazz Showcase Concert
Source:
JazzStage Productions
The University of Michigan Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation will present its annual Jazz Showcase Concert on Sunday March 30th at 8pm in Stamps Auditorium at the Walgreen Center on North Campus. Featured performers on this concert will include Profs. Geri Allen and Dennis Wilson as well as the Creative Arts Orchestra, UM Jazz Trombone Ensemble, Woody Goss Trio, Angry Ape Quartet, selected student combos and the University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble. This will be the final performance for ...
read more
2008 University of Michigan Jazz Festival Featuring the John Clayton Quintet
Source:
JazzStage Productions
Ann Arbor, MI - The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the 2008 Jazz Festival Feature Concert in honor of Ray Brown Day, with guest artist The John Clayton Quintet on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Power Center in Ann Arbor at 8:00 p.m. The concert will also feature the University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Ellen Rowe. Highlights of the concert will include John Clayton conducting the Jazz Ensemble in his ...
read more
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson