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3rd Annual Great Basin Jazz Camp Moves to Twin Falls, Idaho
SUMMER MUSIC CAMP TO BE HELD IN TWIN FALLS (Twin Falls, ID) - - The Directors of the Great Basin Jazz Camp have announced the 3rd Annual Camp will be held July 27 through July 31st 2009 on the campus of the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. According to Mike Allen, Executive Director of ...
University Jazz and More Tonight
A quick look at the RVAjazz calendar will reveal week after week of uneventful Monday nights. With the exception of Alan Parker's occasional aP Connect 4 gig at The Camel, the chance to see live jazz on Mondays seems to be rare in this city. aP Connect 4, University of Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University will ...
Innovative Music Educator Tom Davis
Tom Davis is an innovative high school band director/composer who takes music education to the next level by utilizing the power of the internet. Through his ArtistShare Scores and Parts project he offers compositions from his latest album Lake Songs along with full multimedia support including performance and rehearsal guidance for band directors, downloadable solo transcriptions, ...
AAJ's Martin Gladu to Present at Concordia University
All About Jazz Section Editor and contributor Martin Gladu will be presenting at Montreal's Concordia University's Faculty Of Music. As a one-day, guest lecturer he will offer insight on diverse topics including: Web promotion ideas Digital distribution Review of current outlets available for selling and promoting music online Music social ...
Japan's Jazz Coffeeshops
Michael Molasky, jazz pianist and history professor at the University of Minnesota, spent a year traveling up and down the islands of Japan seeking out the proprietors of jazz coffeeshops. He recounted his discoveries to a UCLA audience at a colloquium sponsored by the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center on October 27 2008. Japan's first ...
New on JazzPianoOnline.com: Chordscale Theory-Modes of the Major Scale
Chordscale Theory-Modes of the Major Scale Dorian, mixolydian, ionian, locrian. You've no doubt heard these terms tossed around in improv books and by teachers but what do they mean and what are they used for? Find out answers to these questions and more in this second lesson in the Chordscale Theory series where the tune Mack ...
Marvin Stamm and the Russians
Trumpeter and flugelhornist Marvin Stamm just spent a few days at the Brubeck Institute in Stockton, California. While he was there, he worked with jazz musicians visiting the institute from Russia. Rifftides reader Paul Conley of radio station KXJZ in Sacramento (pictured) also visited, He aired a story about the encounter on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. ...
Chicago Jazz Ensemble Names New Music and Education Directors
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE), under the artistic direction of Jon Faddis, has named Dana Hall as its music director and Darius Hampton as education director. The news was announced by CJE Executive Director J. Richard Dunscomb. In addition to their new roles, Hall will maintain his seat as drummer for the CJE and Hampton will ...
Scenic Anemia Investigates: Jazz Music's Tragic "72" Club
Most everyone familiar with classic rock is familiar with the notorious “27″ club, the ever growing group of famous (or famous-ish, in some cases) musicians who met an untimely death at the age of 27. Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson. The list reads like a who’s-who of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. ...
Ten American Bands Chosen to Tour the World
Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs have announced the names of 10 ensembles that will tour with The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program in 2009. American music groups from throughout the United States specializing in jazz, urban/hip hop and other American roots music including blues, bluegrass, ...
