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New England Conservatory Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Groundbreaking Jazz Department
In recognition and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jazz Studies department and the Jazz Studies program, New England Conservatory is hosting Jazz50, a year-
long series of concerts and events. On stage will be the distinguished jazz alumni, faculty, students and special guests offering an incredible array of musical and
compositional talent. Performances are to ...
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Jazz Singer/Sommelier Kristen Lee Sergeant Returns To Boston
Celebrate Kristen Lee Sergeant’s return to the Boston stage with her new DownBeat Editor’s Pick album Smolder at Berklee’s Red Room
@ Club 939, Thursday, October 10, 7:00pm. Joining Sergeant will be special guest and Grammy winner Ted Nash, pianist Jeb Patton, and local heavy-hitters Robert Gullotti (drums) and Gregory Ryan (bass). Tickets are $20 general admission ...
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Pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogen Releases Highly Anticipated New Solo Album, Outstandards
In Outstandards, pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogen presents jazzy renditions of classical cornerstones such as “Für Elise" (Beethoven) and Mozart’s
"Piano Sonata in C major" alongside jazz classics such as “Tea for Two" (Youmans / Caesar) and “Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin). Katsenelenbogen also revisits Chick Corea’s “Armando’s Rhumba," which was released on his CD Solotude in 2005 and ...
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Walter Smith III Joins Berklee As Chair Of The Woodwind Department
Berklee has named saxophonist Walter Smith III as chair of the Woodwind Department. Smith, a Berklee alumnus who recently released his fifth
album as a
leader, is widely recognized as an accomplished performer and composer, and an inspired educator. Smith takes up the position on May 1.
“Bill Pierce has left a strong legacy of excellence ...
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Ron Carter Quartet At Regattabar
Ron Carter Quartet
Regattabar
Cambridge, MA
February 22, 2019
You are the “World's Greatest Jazz Bassist," as a sign used to say at The Knickerbocker Saloon in New York City, where you and Cedar Walton held forth for many years. You have been at the top of your ...
Rina Yamazaki: Conversations with a Rising Star
Born in Japan, up and coming pianist Rina Yamazaki has lived in in the USA since she was accepted at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship in 2015. Both before moving to the US and after Yamazaki has earned a number of well-deserved accolades for her high-level musicianship. From receiving the Jazz ...
read morePianist Romain Collin Releases Fourth Video In #Taurussesh Series
Romain Collin releases another new video in #TaurusSesh, a series of intimate videos in which he explores the vast musical possibilities offered by his unique combination
of acoustic
piano, vocal loops and textures, and the bass synthesizer Moog Taurus. The Collin original “Clockwork“ features Collin with producer Jeremy Loucas on drum programming.
Videos showcase spontaneous
collaborations with ...
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Award-Winning Drummer Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga Performs At Saloon In Davis Square With The Anthony Crescente Quartet
Multi-Instrumentalist and award-winning drummer Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga will be performing at
Saloon in Davis Square featuring the Anthony Crescente Quartet. They will perform on December
31, 2018, from 10:00 PM-2:00 AM at the Saloon, 255 Elm St, Somerville, MA.
The ensemble features Anthony Crescente on guitar, Tatsuya “Tat" Yoshinaga on drums, Alex
Peabody on saxophone, and ...
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Dexter Gordon: Portrait of a Sophisticated Giant
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
Maxine Gordon
261 Pages
ISBN: #9780520280649
University of California Press
2018
Maxine Gordon was the last of Dexter Gordon's several wives and she has written a biography of Gordon, a task with which he charged her before he died in ...
Sonny Rollins: Meditating on a Riff
Sonny Rollins--Meditating on a Riff
Hugh Wyatt
304 Pages
ISBN: #978-0-9981219-2-5
Kamama Books
2018
Author Hugh Wyatt doesn't hide his friendship with Sonny Rollins-Rollins is his daughter's godfather-he has written a spiritual biography of saxophone great Sonny Rollins which is perilously close to hagiography. He says in the ...
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