Event News

A Celebration of Ron Hudson at Jazz Alley

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
April 5, 2011

The life of longtime Seattle resident and internationally known jazz photographer Ron Hudson will be celebrated with a night of music and photography at Jazz Alley on Monday, April 11. Musical guests will include the Roosevelt Jazz Band and many members of the Seattle jazz community. The program begins at 7:30pm.

Monday, April 11—Jazz Alley 2033 6th Avenue, Seattle Time: 7:00pm (Program starts at 7:30pm)

From such legends as Count Basie to Woody Herman, Miles Davis, ...

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The Vanguard's Japan Relief Plan

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 4, 2011

In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan, artists and arts organizations around the world are helping with relief for the Japanese jazz community. One of the biggest efforts is taking place in New York City. If you live in or near Manhattan or will find yourself there this Monday evening, April 4, please consider joining the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard. The band and the venerable club are joining forces in the fund-raising ...

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Improvisation and Phantasmal Media - D. Fox Harrell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in conversation with Alondra Nelson, Columbia University

Source: Yulanda Denoon
April 3, 2011

According to D. Fox Harrell, who coined the term, the notion of phantasmal media is about “artful uses of computational systems. Phantasmal media works both create mental imagery and challenge and provoke users' idealized cognitive models by enabling active participation imbued with culture and critical awareness...computing to enable new imaginative possibilities and attempting to understand the cognitive origins of these possibilities are the central concerns." D. Fox Harrell is Associate Professor of Digital Media, joint in the Program in Writing ...

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The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Presents: The Creative Music Studio: A Symposium with Karl Berger, moderator

Source: Yulanda Denoon
April 3, 2011

The Creative Music Studio: A Symposium with Karl Berger, moderator During the 1970s and 1980s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was widely considered as the premier center for the study of contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world, providing participants with the rare opportunity to ...

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Jazz Appreciation Day Taking Place in Salem, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 2

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
April 2, 2011

The Salem Jazz & Soul Festival in Salem, Massachusetts is putting on a Jazz Appreciation Day concert at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Salem Five Community Room, 210 Essex Street in Salem. The free event features the SJSF All Stars, starring Henley Douglas, Jr. on sax, Garret Savluk on trumpet, Squantch on trombone, Dave Walker on bass and John Iltis on drums. The event also features an art competition by local students in grades three to ...

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Jazz Arts Group of Columbus Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month

Source: Scott Vezdos
March 31, 2011

The sweet sounds of jazz will fill the spring air throughout the month of April. The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) will help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month locally with a host of activities all month long. Each April, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) shines the spotlight on the extraordinary history of jazz and its importance in American culture. Through concerts, lectures, films, and other programs, JAM encourages people of all ages to attend concerts, listen to ...

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Marcus Goldhaber to present "Jazz on The Seaport" series: Thursday Evenings in April @ The Algonquin Seaport Theater

Source: AMP3 Public Relations
March 31, 2011

NEW YORK, NY—On Thursday evenings for the entire month of April, Marcus Goldhaber and The Jon Davis Trio will be performing two sets, introducing a brand new weekly Jazz series at The Algonquin Seaport Theater on Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan. The Algonquin, a newcomer in the downtown landscape, is aimed at bringing Jazz and the arts to a neighborhood that is currently lacking just that. Ticket sales for the “Jazz on The Seaport" series will benefit the theater in ...

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Smithsonian Institute's Jazz Appreciation Month Highlights Women Musicians

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
March 30, 2011

The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC is celebrating its 10th annual Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2011. The annual celebration pays tribute to jazz both as an historic and living art form, and encourages educators, jazz societies, musicians and the general public throughout the country to take part. The 2011 JAM celebration honors the legacy of women jazz performers “who helped transform race, gender and social relations in the U.S. in the quest to build a more just and equitable ...

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