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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band

by John Coltelli
One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band Alan Paul 436 Pages ISBN: #978-1-250-04049-7 St. Martin's Press 2014 Apparently the calling to go out and capture the American spirit on canvas came to Norman Rockwell at an early age. Picking up the mantel, and paintbrush, ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Dave Holland On Thursday, March 13 At Brown Hall

Join visiting artist-in-residence, renowned jazz bassist Dave Holland as he leads New England Conservatory jazz students in a performance of his music at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 at NEC’s Brown Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 617-585-1122. A master of tone ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Student Andrew Schiller And Alumni Jeff Schneider And Christopher Zuar

Receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards New England Conservatory Jazz Studies student Andrew Schiller and alumni Jeff Schneider and Christopher Zuar have been selected to receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Schiller is a jazz bassist and composer working toward his Master of Music degree at NEC. Schneider is a composer and ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents Jazz And The Struggle For Freedom & Equality

Performed by the NEC Jazz Orchestra on Thursday, February 27 at Jordan Hall WGBH Jazz Host Eric Jackson to Narrate Mingus’ “Freedom” Ken Schaphorst, New England Conservatory's chair of jazz studies, leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom & Equality featuring some of the landmark compositions associated with the battle against ...
NEC Presents Third Stream Headwaters Thursday, February 13 At NEC’s Jordan Hall

NEC’s Charles Peltz Conducts Program Including World Premiere Performances of Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There commissioned by NEC and Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition in its original orchestration Join Charles Peltz, Director of New England Conservatory’s Wind Ensemble activities, as he conducts Third Stream Headwaters, a program in which he traces the history of NEC's unique ...
NEC Presents A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Tuesday, February 18 At NEC’s Jordan Hall

Original Works and Recompositions Offering a Kaleidoscopic Perspective on Protest Music and Social Change Throughout History NEC Faculty Eden MacAdam-Somer, Anthony Coleman Tanya Kalmanovitch plus student pieces include Soldiers Joy which explores the dual reality of soldiers lives in the field and when they come home; a reflection on the Persian Gulf War; a piece inspired ...
Internationally-Acclaimed Improvisers Debut Quartet With Two Violas Sunday, February 2 At NEC's Jordan Hall

Following performances in New York, New England Conservatory faculty member Tanya Kalmanovitch debuts her new two-viola quartetfeaturing fellow violist Mat Maneri, an NEC student, Welsh pianist Huw Warren and Austrian bassist Peter Herbertin concert on Sunday, February 2 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. The concert is free and open to the public. For ...
Berklee Student To Perform With Carole King At MusiCares Person Of The Year Ceremony In King’s Honor
When multi-GRAMMY winner Carole King takes the stage at the MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony in her honor, she will be accompanied on one song by Berklee College of Music student Ahmad El Haggar from Egypt. They will perform a Middle Eastern-style version of the music legend’s song “Home Again.” The new arrangement was written ...
Mwalim Daphunkee Professor Signs With Spirit Wind Records. Set To Release NDN Jazz Album In New Year

From the 2013 Native American Music Awards, Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, a soul- funk- jazz musical artist and member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe took home two Top Nominee medals and an offer from Donald Blackfox to join the Spirit Wind Records family of traditional and contemporary Native American recording artists. Mwalim, a veteran songwriter, producer, session ...
Kenny Barron/Gerry Gibbs/Ron Carter: Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio

by Dan Bilawsky
When drummer Gerry The Thrasher" Gibbs was a youngster, growing up in California in the '70s, he idolized bassist Ron Carter and pianist Kenny Barron. Of course, neither man played his instrument of choice, but he recognized the greatness that emanated from both players and he viewed them as exemplars of what's right and good in ...