Results for "University of Michigan"

University of Michigan

Godfrey Lubuulwa

Born: March 12, 1976

Godfrey was born in Masaka, Uganda,East Africa. His music involves fusion of sounds form Ugandan traditional music instruments with the western featuring cultural dialogue between styles of Uganda with the diverse styles spanning the globe. He use such instruments as the Ugandan Lyre, xylophone, thumb piano, percussions the accordion and guitars. The music is characteristically Ugandan at its roots, but its leaves and branches constantly grow and expand into new territories featuring a cultural dialogue between styles of Uganda with the diverse styles spanning the globe. He is a co-founder and pioneer of the first Jazz bands in Uganda (1997-2004) He is the music director of St

Andy Milne

Born: January 29, 1967

For over 30 years, two-time Juno Award winning pianist/composer Andy Milne has demonstrated boundless versatility, collaborating with dancers, filmmakers, visual artists, poets and musicians spanning multiple genres. He has released 12 recordings, composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles, film and TV, and is a former student of Oscar Peterson. A respected voice at the heart of New York’s creative jazz scene, Milne has recorded and toured globally with Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Carla Cook and Steve Coleman. He has collaborated with a range of artists including Andrew Cyrille, Sekou Sundiata, Avery Brooks, Cassandra Wilson and Jen Shyu.

Patrick Booth

Low-Down

By University of Michigan

Label: BOPO Records
Released: 2000

The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble: Low-Down

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2000

Every so often a new undergraduate Jazz Studies program steps forward to make its voice heard loudly and clearly as it establishes itself among the front ranks of college Jazz ensembles. The latest to do this is the University of Michigan, and here we have the Low–Down to prove it. The UM big band has come ...