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Three of a Perfect Pair
by Chris M. Slawecki
For the past decade or thereabouts, I've tried to organize “From the Inside Out" around one theme, to address in one column the different ways that different musicians perform on the same instrument, or in the same style or genre. But if there's one lesson that life seems intent on teaching, it's that music (like life) ...
Bombay Dub Orchestra: 3 Cities
by Chris M. Slawecki
In the 1950s, some of the first waves of a “third stream" music flowed through the works of Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, and others working to harmonize the traditions of American classical (jazz) and European classical music. Thanks to communication technology, the world has grown both bigger and smaller in the decades since passed. Today, visionary ...
3-Day Charles Mingus Tribute at Manhattan School of Music, February 20-22
A 3-day tribute to Charles Mingus will take place at Manhattan School of Music, Feb. 20 - 22. It begins on Friday, Feb. 20, with a keynote address to be given by Gunther Schuller, followed by a panel discussion on Mingus and his music--panelists moderated by Justin DiCioccio, will include musicians who performed with Mingus, as ...
Charles Mingus Summit at Manhattan School of Music including 1st Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition
3-DAY TRIBUTE, February 20 - 22, 2009 SUE MINGUS and JUSTIN DICIOCCIO, Producers Friday, February 20 at 7:30 pm in Greenfield Hall GUNTHER SCHULLER, Keynote Speaker Panel Discussion with Justin DiCioccio, Moderator; Vincent Herring, Conrad Herwig, Andy McKee, Sue Mingus and Gunther Schuller Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 pm in John C. Borden Auditorium ...
Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz
by Ted Gordon
What might seem the most innocuous music is often the most avant-garde, the most challenging, and the spark that forces the question as to what are the boundaries of jazz. Gunther Schuller's “Journey Into Jazz," composed in 1962, is just that. A children's narrative, it tells the story of one Eddie Jackson, “a boy who learned ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Gunther Schuller
All About Jazz is celebrating Gunther Schuller's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Gunther SchullerThe composer Gunther Schuller is, famously, a man of many musical pursuits. He began his professional life as a horn player in both the jazz and classical worlds, working as readily with Miles Davis ...
BMOP/Sound Releases Its Fourth Album: Gunther Schuller's Journey into Jazz
BMOP/sound, the nation's foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music recordings, announces the release of its fourth CD Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz. Representative of the “Third Stream" genre, a revolutionary style of music brought forth into the mainstream by Schuller in the 1950's, the three pieces on this album unite ...
Gunther Schuller: Heralding Charles Mingus
by Judith Insell
Gunther Schuller, one of jazz's foremost scholars, arrangers, composers and conductors, takes the stage with the Mingus Orchestra at New York's Merkin Hall this month. All About Jazz spoke with the octogenarian musical icon about his longstanding association with [bassist/composer] Charles Mingus and his travels through the jazz and classical music genres. All About ...
