(New York, NY - August 30, 2004)...New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program announces the guest artists for the “Jazz Presents" series for fall 2004. The series showcases the Jazz Program's stellar faculty while introducing audiences to the rising stars of jazz - students who currently study in the Jazz Program or recent alumni. Playing alongside these exciting artists are guest-performers invited by the faculty to complement the evening's ensemble.
The “Jazz Presents" fall 2004 series includes concerts with percussionist Chico Hamilton on Monday, September 20, 2004, 7:00 p.m.; percussionist Charli Persip on Friday, October 8, 2004, 7:00 p.m.; jazz pianist Lee Ann Ledgerwood on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 7:00 p.m.; and trumpeter, composer and arranger Ahmed Abdullah on Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 7:00 p.m. All concerts take place at New School University's Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC. (Directions: Take #1 or “F"train to 14th Street.)
Tickets are $10 per show or $30 for the four concert series and may be purchased at the New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, NYC. (Box office hours are Monday through Thursday, 1:00 * 8:00 p.m., Friday, 1:00 * 7:00 p.m.) Tickets may also be charged by call (212) 229-5488. Admission to any “Jazz Presents" performance is free for college students with valid ID, children and young adults, grades K-12.
Monday, September 20, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Chico Hamilton with Cary DeNigris (guitar), Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (tenor, Jazz Program alumnus), and Jon Gordon (horns).
Chico Hamilton is a 2004 recipient of the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts's Jazz Masters Fellowship for life achievement. He has been an active performer on the jazz scene for over fifty years, and over the years, has performed with such jazz legends as Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Gerry Mulligan, Ron Carter, among many others. He became known as an adventurous bandleader, creating groups with “chamber jazz" instrumentation since forming his Quintet in 1955. Since 1987, he has led an inter-generational band called “Euphoria." He is an original faculty member of New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.
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