Kplu School of Jazz
For Immediate Release April 8, 2005 Contact: Brenda Goldstein-Young, Promotions Director (206) 922-1027 [email protected]
KPLU School of Jazz Will Soon Be in Session
Local students show their musical chops on new CD available April 26
(Seattle-Tacoma, WA) Some of the Puget Sound area’s finest school bands and jazz professionals are showcased on a new CD - KPLU School of Jazz.
As part of its continuing support of music education in the schools, KPLU developed a mentoring program involving bands from 10 high schools and one middle school, and the participation of 11 local jazz professionals. The fruits of this partnership yielded KPLU School of Jazz, ripe with songs from such composers as Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Duke Ellington, and Horace Silver.
The CD is made possible through a grant from the Boeing Company. High schools featured on the recording include Ballard, Edmonds Woodway, Garfield, Kent-Meridian, Mountlake Terrace, Newport, Roosevelt, Shorewood, and Stadium. Also heard on the recording is Washington Middle School. (Franklin High School and jazz saxophonist Mark Taylor participated in the mentoring program but did not record any songs for the CD.)
Guest soloists include jazz artists Ernestine Anderson, Darren Motamedy, Doug Miller, Michael Brockman, Thomas Marriott, Steve Korn, Jay Thomas, Vern Sielert, Tracy Knoop, and Bill Anthony.
KPLU School of Jazz will be available April 26 at Sonic Boom Records, Silver Platters, Rubato Records, Easy Street Records, Bud’s Jazz Records, Mills Music, and other retail outlets. The cost is $12.00. All proceeds go toward local music education programs.
A project overview KPLU School of Jazz can be found at http://www.kplu.org/schoolofjazz.html. Copies of the CD will be available for review by press. Contact Brenda Goldstein-Young, KPLU Promotions Director.
### 88.5 KPLU, a community service of Pacific Lutheran University, is listener-supported and provides National Public Radio news, and jazz and blues to western Washington and British Columbia. 89.3 KPLU (KVIX) serves Port Angeles, Victoria, B.C. and surrounding areas on Vancouver Island. Ranked as one of the most popular public radio stations in the nation, 88.5 KPLU is also available in High-Definition Radio, and streams its exclusive, award-winning mix of jazz and blues 24 hours a day at www.kplu.org.
KPLU School of Jazz Will Soon Be in Session
Local students show their musical chops on new CD available April 26
(Seattle-Tacoma, WA) Some of the Puget Sound area’s finest school bands and jazz professionals are showcased on a new CD - KPLU School of Jazz.
As part of its continuing support of music education in the schools, KPLU developed a mentoring program involving bands from 10 high schools and one middle school, and the participation of 11 local jazz professionals. The fruits of this partnership yielded KPLU School of Jazz, ripe with songs from such composers as Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Duke Ellington, and Horace Silver.
The CD is made possible through a grant from the Boeing Company. High schools featured on the recording include Ballard, Edmonds Woodway, Garfield, Kent-Meridian, Mountlake Terrace, Newport, Roosevelt, Shorewood, and Stadium. Also heard on the recording is Washington Middle School. (Franklin High School and jazz saxophonist Mark Taylor participated in the mentoring program but did not record any songs for the CD.)
Guest soloists include jazz artists Ernestine Anderson, Darren Motamedy, Doug Miller, Michael Brockman, Thomas Marriott, Steve Korn, Jay Thomas, Vern Sielert, Tracy Knoop, and Bill Anthony.
KPLU School of Jazz will be available April 26 at Sonic Boom Records, Silver Platters, Rubato Records, Easy Street Records, Bud’s Jazz Records, Mills Music, and other retail outlets. The cost is $12.00. All proceeds go toward local music education programs.
A project overview KPLU School of Jazz can be found at http://www.kplu.org/schoolofjazz.html. Copies of the CD will be available for review by press. Contact Brenda Goldstein-Young, KPLU Promotions Director.
### 88.5 KPLU, a community service of Pacific Lutheran University, is listener-supported and provides National Public Radio news, and jazz and blues to western Washington and British Columbia. 89.3 KPLU (KVIX) serves Port Angeles, Victoria, B.C. and surrounding areas on Vancouver Island. Ranked as one of the most popular public radio stations in the nation, 88.5 KPLU is also available in High-Definition Radio, and streams its exclusive, award-winning mix of jazz and blues 24 hours a day at www.kplu.org.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
