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Oscar Peterson: A Grand Goodbye to a Jazz Giant

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2008

They began to gather in the quiet hours before dawn, fans ready to swell with praise once more in a dulcet adieu to the late, great Oscar Peterson Derek Giles considers himself to be Oscar Peterson's biggest fan. He surely demonstrated that yesterday, showing up in the dark hours before dawn to be the first person in line to attend the memorial concert held in the jazz giant's memory at Roy Thomson Hall. “I've been an Oscar Peterson fan since ...

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IAJE 35th Annual Conference Schedule: Saturday, January 12, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2008

Today's Schedule: 9:00 AM Conference Registration, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (until 4:00 PM) Clinic: Channeling the Melody in Jazz Improvisation. Using compositions by Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and others as models, this clinic will demonstrate exercises that can help jazz students better incorporate the melody into their improvisations, ultimately resulting in a more integrated and unique jazz solo performance. Featuring Ken Walker, Bass; and Dana Landry, Piano. Clinician: Peter Sommer. Presiding Chair: Michele Weir, IAJE Resource Team. Location: ...

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IAJE 35th Annual Conference Schedule: Friday, January 11, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 11, 2008

Today's Schedule: 8:00 AM Conference Registration, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (until 6:00 PM) 9:00 AM Clinic: Walking Bass Lines - Functionality and Artistry. This interactive clinic outlines specific concepts and techniques to practice in order to improvise functional, supportive and beautiful walking bass lines. Clinician: Mike Downes. Presiding Chair: Alex Parker, Texas Chapter Officer. Location: Ontario Room-Fairmont Royal York. Clinic: The Percussionist in a Jazz Context. This clinic will help percussionists achieve better interplay within a ...

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IAJE 35th Annual Conference Schedule: Thursday, January 10, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2008

Today's Schedule: 8:00 AM Conference Registration, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (until 8:00 PM) Meeting: IAJE Canada Board. Location: Simcoe-Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel. 9:00 AM Clinic: Bringing it Home: Why Jazz Education Matters in School. In the face of a narrowing curriculum, new strategies are needed to keep and bring jazz education into schools. Experienced music advocates will offer evidence of jazz's impact on student growth and achievement and help you to build your case. Come be ...

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Jazz Score Announced at New York's Museum of Modern Art, April 15-September 15, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2008

This film retrospective, live concert series, and gallery exhibition will celebrate the best original jazz scores for film from the 1950s to the present, and the rich and largely unexplored history of collaboration among postwar filmmakers and jazz composers, arrangers, and musicians.

The Academy-Award-nominated film score by Alex North for Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) is credited with opening up jazz scoring to a new generation of composers, including Elmer Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Quincy ...

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IAJE 35th Annual Conference Schedule: Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2008

Today's Schedule: 10:00 AM Conference Registration, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (until 10:00 PM) 12:30 PM Special Focus Session: New Visions for New Times will share, through the eyes of current IAJE leaders in their field, how the future of JAZZ may affect all of us. Our dynamic speakers will give their vision of the future of the music and challenge you to get the most out of the conference. You will have a chance to participate ...

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Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet with Guest Vocalist Eva Ayllon at Joe's Pub in NY Jan. 20

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
January 8, 2008

Who: Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet w/ special guest vocalist Eva Ayllon What: Showcase of CD Nuevo Mundo / Ms. Aylln's debut in a jazz context When: Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 9:30 pm Where: Joe's Pub / 425 Lafayette Street / NYC 10003 Cost: $20 / General Admission Info: 212.967.7555 Trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegra has developed a unique form of World Jazz that combines his distinctive approach to the jazz trumpet with the rich heritage of Afro-Peruvian music. Alegria ...

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51st Annual Performing Arts Presenters Conference Set for January 11-15 2008 in New York

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2008

January 11-15, 2008 the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (Arts Presenters) will gather over 4,000 performing arts professionals from around the world for its 51st Annual Members Conference - the only event of its kind on the globe. This year's Conference, “Presenting America: New Ground" will be held at the Hilton New York in New York City. If you cover the arts, this is the news gathering event for you! Develop new performing arts contacts, see emerging artist works, and ...

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