Guest artists include pianist Gerald Clayton and his trio, vocalist Theo Bleckmann, saxophonist Archie Shepp with Amina Claudine Myers, and pianist Danilo Perez Faculty leading groups include Darcy James Argue, Jazz at Princeton head Rudresh Mahanthappa, Trineice Robinson-Martin and Jay Clayton Jazz at Princeton University, helmed by acclaimed saxophonist/composer Rudresh …
2017-2018 Season highlights include: • World premieres of new works by Darcy James Argue and Anthony Coleman • Monk’s Dream: Thelonious Monk at 100 with T.S. Monk • Manteca: Dizzy Gillespie and the Birth of Latin Jazz celebrating Gillespie’s centennial • Residency featuring Matana Roberts • Music of Jerry Bergonzi …
“Smith uses his magisterial instrumental voice, his inspirational leadership and his command of classical, jazz and blues forms to remind us of what has gone down and what’s still happening.” —Bill Meyer, DownBeat’s 80 Coolest Things in Jazz Today “A trumpeter and composer of penetrating insight.”– Nate Chinen, The New …
“I don’t think I have ever met an improviser who has more surprises in store…a true Genius.” – Gary Burton “More than just a strong pianist, he’s a composer who blends form and freedom in new ways.” – John Kelman, All About Jazz “Virtuosity coupled with passion and soul … …
Highlights include: • Annual Film Noir Concert Dave Holland performing in an NEC Jazz Orchestra Tribute to Kenny Wheeler Music of Ken Schaphorst with the NEC Jazz Orchestra Jason Moran Residency celebrating the music of Andrew Hill Faculty Recitals by Dominique Eade, Eden MacAdam-Somer and Bob …
Pianist Fujii Performs Solo and Duo Concert with Alister Spence January 13 in Glebe Two-trumpet ensemble Kaze unleashes storm of inventive sound with performances in Australia and Japan including Sydney, Melbourne, Kobe and Tokyo “…the rarely heard sound of two trumpets collaborating, interweaving and cross-talking is at …
Students ages 14 — 18 are invited to spend a week in the city eating and breathing jazz with some of the best musicians in the country and make friendships that will last a lifetime at New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab. It’s a one-week intensive program for students from throughout …
New England Conservatory celebrates the artistic vision of NEC’s founding Contemporary Improvisation Department Chair Ran Blake, and the evolution of his music in Realization of a Dream: An 80th Birthday Tribute to Ran Blake at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13. The concert takes place at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 …
New England Conservatory presents Too Marvelous for Words: Music of Frank Sinatra, a concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 15. The event, conducted by Jazz Studies Chair Ken Schaphorst, will feature the NEC Jazz Orchestra and student vocalists with the …
Jazz Pianist and Leader Ahmad Jamal, Soprano Jessye Norman, Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung, and Pianist Russell Sherman to Receive Degrees Sherman, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at NEC, to Give Commencement Address Annual Exercises to be Held May 17, 2015 in NEC’s Jordan Hall New England Conservatory will bestow honorary Doctor of Music (hon. …
