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Take Five With Ali Jackson Jr.
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ali Jackson Jr.: Ali Jackson Jr. is best known for his association with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. You can find Ali performing with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, his Ali Jackson Quartet, or the phenom ensemble Horns in the Hood.Ali has performed and recorded extensively with some of the ...
Harry Connick Jr. Performs for Students at White House
Harry Connick Jr. told students Sunday that music can get people through the darkest times even a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his hometown, New Orleans, in 2005. The Grammy-winning composer and singer was welcomed to the White House by first lady Michelle Obama, who invited him to perform for members of a Washington elementary ...
Matt Cusson: Going Along
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
When Matt Cusson was barely three years old something was already starting to unfold within the little corners of his young heart. Genius usually visits early in life, and never leaves those who have been pampered by its delicate spell. It watches them grow. It teaches them how to walk, and laugh and create pure magic ...
Take Five With Marcus Goldhaber
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marcus Goldhaber: Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Marcus developed a passion for Jazz alongside a 1928 Ivers & Pond upright piano, on which his mother casually played countless standards. Inspired by his upbringing, along with a clear inheritance of the musical gene, Marcus graduated later with a BFA in Musical Theatre from ...
Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets + 2: Echoes of Ethnicity
by Woodrow Wilkins
Big band music is alive and well, even if presented by a not-so-big band. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets is a six-piece ensemble, supported by four additional players for Echoes of Ethnicity. The basic lineup consists of Gardner on trumpet and flugelhorn, brother Vincent on trombone, tenor saxophonist Rob Dixon, pianist Rick Roe, ...
Take Five With Ken Watters
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ken Watters:Atlanta-based trumpeter Ken Watters has performed, toured, or recorded with Frank Sinatra, Marc Anthony, Natalie Cole, Mingus Big Band, Kelis, Gregg Allman, Bonnie Bramlett, Chris Potter, Harry Connick Jr., Reuben Studdard, Eartha Kitt, The Fifth Dimension, Angela & Zack Hacker, Petula Clarke, Tabou Combo, Steel Pulse, Marilyn McCoo, Phyllis Diller, Dave Holland, ...
Harry Connick Jr. Among Those Honored at Tulane
Musician and actor Harry Connick Jr., HIV co-discoverer Franoise Barr- Sinoussi, health care advocate Jessie Gruman and architect William McDonough will receive honorary degrees at Tulane University's 2009 Commencement, May 16 at 9 a.m. in the Louisiana Superdome. The commencement marks the departure of Tulane's “Katrina Class," those students who were Tulane freshmen for only a ...
Peter Cincotti: Revelations Abound
by Doug Collette
Don't think for one minute Peter Cincotti is just another handsome face combined with a captivating voice. Or merely the latest in a string of mellifluous musicians reaching for a fusion of soul, pop and jazz (though he did attract the attention of Harry Connick Jr. early in his career--forestalling the competition perhaps?).
Harry Connick Jr. to Perform at the Fox Theatre on December 7
Singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr. (pictured) is returning to St. Louis with his big band for a holiday-themed concert on Sunday, December 7 at the Fox Theatre.Tickets for the show are priced from $48 to $73, and will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. next Friday, October 10 via MetroTix and the Fox ...
Harry Connick Jr.: Chanson du Vieux Carre
by Franz A. Matzner
Simply because it was produced prior to Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact, Harry Connick Jr.'s New Orleans-themed album, Chanson du Veux Carré, has a different texture and tone than many of the impressive tribute albums the jazz world has delivered since that tragic event transpired. While many have sounded themes of lament, nostalgia, defiance, outrage and hope, ...
