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Music Education Monday: A rhythm section workshop with bassist Rufus Reid
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today for Music Education Monday, you can watch the veteran bassist Rufus Reid as he leads a workshop in jazz rhythm section performance with students at Loyola University New Orleans. A California native, the 71-year-old Reid (pictured) studied music at Northwestern University and began his professional career in Chicago before moving in 1976 to New York City. He's recorded 17 albums as a leader, and worked with well-known musicians including Eddie Harris, Stan Getz, Art Farmer, J.J. Johnson, Dexter Gordon, ...
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Jazz This Week: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oikos Ensemble, Craig Pomranz, St. Louis Rivermen, Andy Coco's Rhythm Section Road Show, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you feel like combining jazz and Christmas this weekend, you're in luck, as there are several holiday themed performances by local and touring musicians coming up over the next few days around the St. Louis area. And if you're not quite ready to go the full-on holiday music route just yet, you can also find funky soul-jazz, traditional New Orleans and swing music, cabaret, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Washington University's student jazz ensembles will perform ...
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Peter Erskine Releases Bargain Playalong App for Entire Rhythm Section.
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Two for the Show Media
The album “Joy Luck," featuring my New Trio with Vardan Ovsepian on keyboards and Damian Erskine (my nephew) on electric bass, gets its title inspiration from Amy Tan's epochal novel “Joy Luck Club." This play-along “Joy Luck" compilation gets its inspiration from there being a need for a modern jazz-based trio “music minus one" offering that was 1. not dated-sounding 2. not overly-complicated 3. not “Fusion"-based ... or loud 4. not too pricey Plus good music that's relevant to the ...
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Ray Brown Defined the Modern Jazz Rhythm Section
Source:
All About Jazz
Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist.
His unique dynamic and innate sense of swing graced performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and countless others.
Raymond Matthews Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA -- birthplace to many jazz greats. His musical education began with piano lessons, but when he discovered how many pianists there were in his ...
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Bassist Christian McBride to Conduct a Bass/Rhythm Section Workshop
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JazzStage Productions
