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Ellen Rowe

Ellen Rowe, jazz pianist and composer, is currently Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Rayburn Wright and Bill Dobbins. Prior to her appointment in Michigan, she served as Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Connecticut. Winner of the Hartford, CT Advocate Readers’ Poll for Best Acoustic Jazz, Ms. Rowe has performed at jazz clubs and on concert series throughout the U.S., as well as touring in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, South Africa and Australia

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opens Registration For The Annual Geri Allen Jazz Summer Camp Led By Regina Carter

June 17, 2022

Four workshops take place July 11 & 14 and August 18 & 22 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. EST. How: Via Zoom (link provided upon registration) Students ages 14-26 who identify as female or non-binary Register: $200 per workshop or $600 for all four workshops. Registration is required and financial aid is available. Registration closes July 11. For ...

New Releases From Emily Takahashi and Bill Charlap Plus Notable Debuts By Jocelyn Barth and Lady Blackbird

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 22, 2021

This broadcast presents new releases from vocalists Jocelyn Barth and Lady Blackbird, pianists Emily Takahashi and Bill Charlap, with birthday shoutouts to LaVern Baker, Ernestine Anderson, Blue Lu Barker (Don't You Feel My Leg), Ellen Rowe, Cynthia Hilts, Patricia Barber, Dara Tucker, Sarah Jerrom and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...

Even More Christmas Songs for Jazz Lovers

By Paul Keller

Label: PKO Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Joy To the World; 2. SIlver Bells; 3. The Twelve Days of Christmas; 4. It's A Christmas Song; 5. Caroling, Caroling; 6. Blue Christmas; 7. Blitzen; 8. Do You Hear What I Hear?; 9. Winter Largo; 10. There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays; 11. The Holly And The Ivy; 12. In The Bleak Midwinter; 13. Snow; 14. Winter's Song; 15. White Christmas; 16. 3/4 Christmas Medley; 17. Hallelujah Chorus

Women's History Month Begins and A Broad Spectrum Celebrates Four Years!

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 9, 2020

Happy fourth birthday to A Broad Spectrum! We hope to be on the air for many years to come. The first broadcast of Women's History Month includes new releases from vocalists Sinne Eeg, Aubrey Johnson, Judy Niemack and Gina Saputo, pianists Lara Driscoll, Jen Allen, saxophonist Jimmy Greene and ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro, with birthday shout ...

Momentum

By Ellen Rowe

Label: Smokin' Sleddog
Released: 2019
Track listing: Ain't I A Woman; R.F.P. (Relentless Forward Progress); The Soul Keepers; Anthem; The First Lady (No, Not You, Melania); The Guardians; Game, Set and Match; Song of the Meadowlark.

Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion

By Ellen Rowe

Label: Smokin' Sleddog Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Ain’t I A Woman?; R.F.P (Relentless Forward Progress); The Soul Keepers; Anthem; The First Lady (No, Not You, Melania); The Guardians; Game, Set And Match; Song of the Meadowlark.

Just You, the Secret Service and Me - Celebrating Johnny Mercer

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 9, 2019

Besides a celebration of songs by Johnny Mercer, the broadcast includes new releases from pianist Andrea Petrity, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, vocalists Margaret Whiting, Karrin Allyson, Sonia Johnson, and the latest project from drummer Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science plus more birthday shout outs to bassist Jen Hodge, vocalists Janet Lawson, Holli Ross, LaVern Baker, Ernestine Anderson, ...

Why Should There Be Stars

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 4, 2019

Besides a cursory review of some of the preliminary Grammy ballot submissions, this broadcast included new releases from trumpeter Wallace Roney, vocalists Lili Anel, Lynn Cardona and Heather Bambrick, guitarist Bill Frisell, pianists Hiromi, Lauren Lee and Brenda Earle Stokes, with birthday shout outs to vocalists Ann Richards (pictured) Lauren White, Melissa Stylianou plus pianists Abelita ...

Salutes to Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 4, 2019

Winding up Jazz Appreciation Month with special birthday shout outs to the Mother of the Blues Ma Rainey, pianist Dorothy Donegan, vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Barbara Streisand and Blossom Dearie, among others, with new concept recordings from Nancy Kelly (a tribute to Mark Murphy) , Christina Morrison (duets with five other women vocalists) and Ellynne Rey (a ...