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New Sunnyside Records CD Release Features Corea, Byron And Klein

Source: Clarise Snyder
April 18, 2015

This new and musically diverse CD Infinite Winds features three long form compositions by three innovative and highly regarded composers: Guillermo Klein, Chick Corea and Don Byron. Dedicated to the late great jazz trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, who taught at MIT for 22 years (and founded the FJE in 1963), Infinite Winds features world première recordings by both Corea—an iconic keyboardist, composer, and bandleader who has won 22 Grammy Awards—and Byron, a critically acclaimed clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer as well as ...

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MIT Jazz Program Celebrates 50 Years With A Corea Premiere

Source: Clarise Snyder
February 1, 2013

MIT Music and Theater Arts is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its jazz program. From the 1920s up until 1963, student-led jazz groups and student-produced concerts abounded on the MIT Campus. Over the years, the jazz groups included the MIT Dance Orchestra, the MIT Techtonians, and the MIT Jazz Society. On campus performances were presented by MIT student ensembles as well as by professional artists such as Stan Getz and John Coltrane. The one thing these efforts lacked was the ...

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Golden Anniversary Of Jazz At MIT To Feature New Work By Chick Corea

Source: Clarise Snyder
August 24, 2012

2012-2013 50th Anniversary Season to Celebrate Pomeroy, Corea and others The 2012-2013 season marks the 50th anniversary of formal jazz performance and study at MIT, where jazz has thrived since 1963. This academic year’s special performances and events celebrating MIT’s jazz golden anniversary will culminate on April 27, 2013 with a Gala Concert in Kresge Auditorium featuring the world premiere of an original piece by Chick Corea, specially composed for this performance by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. The NEA ...

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