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Kate McGarry, The Yellowjackets Headline Lawrence University's 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend
APPLETON, WIS. — Both ends of the jazz spectrum will be represented Nov. 8-9 when Lawrence University hosts its 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend. Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Kate McGarry, a four-time “Rising Star" honoree by Downbeat magazine, kicks off the weekend Friday while the legendary fusion quartet the Yellowjackets close the weekend Saturday evening. Both concerts begin ...
Vocalist Gretchen Parlato Closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series on May 3
Innovative vocalist Gretchen Parlato closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series Friday, May 10 with an 8 p.m. performance in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Hailed by jazz legend Herbie Hancock as “a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music” Parlato has been attracting fans and critics alike since winning the 2004 Thelonious Monk International ...
Jazz Trio The Bad Plus Performs At Lawrence University
APPLETON, WIS. — The convention-breaking jazz trio The Bad Plus makes its Lawrence University debut Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel as part of the college's 2012-13 Jazz Series. Tickets, at $15-22, are available through the Lawrence Box Office, 920-832-6749 or [email protected]. Featuring Wisconsin native Ethan Iverson, piano, and Minnesotans Reid ...
Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider Orchestra Highlight Lawrence University Jazz Celebration Weekend
APPLETON, WIS. — It is encore time for two multi-award winning artists who will make return appearances at Lawrence University for the college's 32nd annual Jazz Celebration Weekend. The Grammy Award-winning Kurt Elling Quartet opens the two-concert weekend Friday, Nov. 2 with the world-renowned Maria Schneider Orchestra closing the weekend Saturday, Nov. 3. Both concerts begin ...
Don't Look Back: Lawrence University Composer Pens Tribute To Baseball Legend Satchel Paige
APPLETON, WIS. — On the mound, pitching legend Leroy “Satchel" Paige could make a baseball “sing." Lawrence University's award-winning composer and baseball lover Fred Sturm has combined his two passions in a musical tribute to the Hall of Famer. The Baseball Music Project is releasing “Don't Look Back," a newly commissioned work written by Lawrence's director ...
Lawrence University Gives British Rockers Radiohead a Jazz Makeover
APPLETON, WIS.—The music of the inventive and popular English alternative rock band Radiohead gets a major makeover in Lawrence University's ambitious Radiohead Jazz Project. A dozen Radiohead songs, rearranged for large jazz ensemble format by an international array of composers, make their world premiere March 8-9 in a pair of performances by the Lawrence University Jazz ...
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