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Kevin Hays NYC Workshop on Sunday, August 19th
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Damian Sim
Master pianist Kevin Hays will be conducting another in a series of workshops for pianists (and other instrumentalists interested in developing their harmony, line playing, improvisation, piano skills, etc.) on Sunday August 19th at the Church St School for Music & Art, NYC from 1-4:00pm. These are small, intimate classes (ten person max) with an opportunity to play, ask questions, problem solve at the piano and discuss whatever issues students wish to bring forward. Topics will include: Harmonic Development on ...
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First West Coast Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute At UCLA Held August 7-11; Culminates With Wild Up Concert On August 11
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Jensen Artists
The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) from August 7-11, 2012 for the first time on the West Coast at UCLA. JCOI brings together 38 jazz composers at various stages in their careers chosen from a national pool of applicants, to explore the challenges of writing ...
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Jazz Arts Group's Jazz In Schools Partners With A+ Children's Academy For Inaugural Music Festival
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – In partnership with the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz in Schools program, A+ Children’s Academy Community School (ACAC) is hosting the first annual A+ Community Music Festival on July 28, 2012 from 11 AM to 3 PM on the school grounds at 100 Obetz Road. Admission is free. The inaugural event for the A+ Children’s Academy will be a festive prelude to what is anticipated as the most innovative public elementary school program in central Ohio. The theme ...
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National Guitar Workshop Closes Its Doors; Litchfield Jazz Camp Offers Places At 50% Off.
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Lindsey Turner
Kent. CT: On Monday, July 9 Litchfield Jazz Camp learned of the impending bankruptcy of the National Guitar Workshop, a three-decades-old program that at the height of its activities served up to 6000 students annually, according to David Smolover, its owner and founder. Litchfield Jazz Camp’s artistic director, Don Braden, and its founder and executive director, Vita Muir, met with Smolover on Monday and offered their help so some of the 400+ students who found themselves out their tuition and ...
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Steve Bailey Named Chair of Berklee's Bass Department
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Chris M. Slawecki
Berklee College of Music announces that Steve Bailey has been named chair of the college's Bass Department. Bailey, six-string fretless bass pioneer, educator, and author, begins his tenure this summer. He succeeds Rich Appleman, who retired in May 2012 after holding the position for 40 years. A partial list of Bailey's extensive recording and performance credits include Paquito D'Rivera, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Lew Tabackin, Victor Wooten, Dave Liebman, Claudio Roditti, Hank Jones, Michel Camilo, The Rippingtons, David Benoit, Kilauea, ...
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Usdan Center's 8/1 Gala Features World Premiere By Ted Rosenthal
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Reva Cooper
8/1 Usdan Gala Features World Premiere Jazz Work Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp once again cited by TimeOutNY as a “Best Camp" for 2012, will present its annual Gala Concert on Wednesday August 1 at 7:00 PM at its 200-acre woodland campus center, the 1,000-seat McKinley Amphitheater. The 2012 Concert will feature the World Premiere of R ‘n B, a Usdan-commissioned jazz work by critically acclaimed pianist/composer Ted Rosenthal, performed by ...
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Saxquest Announces Four Free Master Classes for Summer, Fall
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxquest has announced the featured artists and dates for four more free master classes this summer and fall. First up is saxophonist and educator Chip McNeill, who will appear with his quartet at the south-side saxophone sales and repair shop at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 4. McNeill is known for his work in the bands of trumpeters Arturo Sandoval and Maynard Ferguson, and presently serves as associate professor and chair of jazz studies at the University of Illinois. Next ...
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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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