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NEC Presents Special In The Mix Concert Featuring Middle Eastern, Jewish Music And American Roots Ensembles At Pierce Hall

April 7, 2014

New England Conservatory presents a special evening of three concerts featuring top student musicians on Tuesday, April 22. Performing, as part of the conservatory’s In the Mix series, are the Middle Eastern, Jewish Music and American Roots ensembles. Performances take place at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at New England Conservatory’s Pierce Hall on the first ...

News: Award / Grant

Mwalim “Best Male Jazz” Nominee In The New England Urban Music Awards! Cast Your Vote!

April 4, 2014

The 8th Annual New England Urban Music Awards (NEUMA) are upon us, releasing this past Tuesday the list of official nominees. Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor is a nominee for the “Best Male Jazz Artist” category, for his latest album “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” (LMMGM/ Spirit Wind Records). Cast your vote for Mwalim and other nominees ...

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New England Conservatory Presents The NEC Gospel Ensemble And NEC Jazz Composers Ensemble On Thursday, April 10 At Brown Hall

April 4, 2014

Join two exceptional NEC student ensembles – the NEC Gospel Ensemble and the NEC Jazz Composer’s Ensemble – as they perform contemporary gospel music and student compositions, plus works by Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter on Thursday, April 10 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Brown Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The concert is free and ...

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New England Conservatory Presents György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages On Monday, April 28 In NEC’s Jordan Hall

April 4, 2014

Join NEC Contemporary Improvisation students and faculty, led by composer/pianist Anthony Coleman in György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages, a concert featuring performances and riffs on renowned Romanian-born composer Kurtág's music, sources, and notions. The concert takes place on Monday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The concert ...

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New England Conservatory Presents Student Honors Ensembles Great On Paper And Choro Bastardo

March 29, 2014

Tuesday, April 1 at Jordan Hall Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Program. Two of these ensembles — Great on Paper and Choro Bastardo perform on Tuesday, April 1 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, ...

Article: Book Review

Chet Baker: The Missing Years by Artt Frank

by C. Michael Bailey
March 24, 2014

Chet Baker: The Missing Years Artt Frank 234 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-9887687-4-1 BooksEndependent 2014 Baker attracts positive and negative criticism like a celebrity black hole--the artist as hero and antihero. When considering Baker, you consider no one else. From “On The Banks of the Jabbok with Chet ...

Article: Album Review

Club d'Elf: Fire in the Brain Live at Berklee

Read "Fire in the Brain Live at Berklee" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 11, 2014

"To thine own self be true" is a reliable expression, and few band biographies are more true to their subject than the official label writeup on the marvelously twisted Club d'Elf: “Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard (Morphine, Either-Orchestra, Guster, Boston Pops), D'Elf is a constellation of top musicians from the jazz, DJ, rock and world music ...

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Discover The Jazz Innovators Of Tomorrow With In The Mix

March 11, 2014

A Free Series of Concerts Showcasing New England Conservatory's Exceptional Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation Ensembles Music Ranges from Jazz to Middle Eastern, Jewish to American Roots, African Drumming to Electro Acoustic 35 One-Hour Concerts Over 12 Evenings at NEC's Pierce Hall Thursday, March 27 – Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Discover the jazz innovators of tomorrow with ...

Article: Book Review

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

by John Coltelli
March 9, 2014

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, ...

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New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Dave Holland On Thursday, March 13 At Brown Hall

March 3, 2014

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 ...