Legendary jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath is interviewed as part of The Juilliard School's Conversations in Jazz lecture series on Monday, December 2 at 7 PM in the School's Paul Hall. Mr. Heath was recipient of an Honorary Doctorate degree from The Juilliard School last May, and was a guest teacher for the Institute for Jazz Studies' jazz improvisation class last year. Conversations in Jazz, a collaboration of the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies and Jazz at Lincoln Center, is a series of collegial conversations on topics ranging from technique and repertoire to jazz education and career advice for musicians. The final 2002-2003 entry in the Conversations in Jazz series takes place on Monday, February 3 at 7 PM, with Juilliard Jazz percussion faculty member Carl Allen interviewing legendary jazz drummer Max Roach. Juilliard's “Conversations in Jazz" are FREE, and no tickets are required. Seating takes place on a first-come, first-served basis. All Conversations in Jazz take place in Juilliard's Morse Recital Hall, located at 155 W. 65th Street. All lectures take place at 7 PM; doors open one half-hour prior. For additional information call the Juilliard Box Office Monday through Friday, 11 AM to 6 PM at (212) 769-7406. Check our website at www.juilliard.edu.
On Monday, December 9 at 8 PM Juilliard Jazz Ensembles present Afro-Cuban/Brazilian Music, featuring works by late Juilliard attendee Tito Puente, and Papo V
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