Jazz For Curious Listeners Who is Lester Young? 7:00 – 8:30pm Donation Suggested Note Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center The Varis Leichtman Studio Jazz At Lincoln Center 5th floor Time-Warner Building 60th and Broadway Celebrated as a main progenitor of the “cool” sensibility, saxophonist Lester Young introduced a new sound …
Sankofa Video Books and Cafe, 2714 Georgia Avenue, Washington, D.C., N.W., presents a book signing, September 11, 2014, (from 6:30pm—7:30 pm ), featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan. The book …
Sister’s Uptown Cultural Center, Inc., 1942 Amsterdam Avenue, at 156th Street, New York City, presents a book signing, September 13 (from 5pm-7pm) and September 14, 2014, (from 3 pm—5pm), featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, The …
We’ve only got a few openings – It’s going to be an exciting CcJazz this year! Based on small group improvisation; start your day with a little creative listening and discussion, then learn according to your level including repertory-specific theory and ear training. Experiment with composition, attend lunch-time concerts and master …
The 2014 SFJAZZ Center Gala on May 16, 2014 in San Francisco awarded Herbie Hancock the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award. With more than 600 guests, the Gala raised over $1.4 million for SFJAZZ artistic and education programs. Festivities included performances by Hancock with the star-studded SFJAZZ Collective, the award-winning SFJAZZ …
Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment Music: Les Nubians and Dizzy Gillespie. This 6-minute video outlines contents of the book Black Passports and weaves together visuals of African American world travelers with locations they visited. http://www.professorevans.net/videos.html (Formats: YouTube, Vimeo, & Download) BOOK DESCRIPTION (SUNY, 2014) Black …
HISTORY OF JAZZ BY LARRY RENI THOMAS 1620—1865—SLAVE AMERICAN—GOSPEL MUSIC 1865—1900—FREED AMERICAN—BLUES MUSIC 1900—1945—NEGRO AMERICAN—JAZZ 1945—PRESENT–BLACK AMERICAN–MODERN JAZZ The history of jazz is an easy one because it traces the phases that the captured Afrikan has gone through since living in the United States of America. From 1620 to 1865, …
Brazilian Music Workshops presents PHRASING IN BRAZILIAN MUSIC, with Antonio Adolfo THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17th at 12 noon Duration: 120 minutes Price: $30 at Michiko Studios 149, W 46th Street – New York 10038 Master Class description The master class will focus on different Brazilian music styles, with their characteristics, …
Vancouver’s Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko to attend Berklee this fall Canadian enrollment at Berklee has almost tripled since 2005 July 8, 2013 – Vancouver musicians Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko have been awarded the prestigious Slaight Family Scholarship, established by Gary Slaight, for study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Both of this year’s scholars …
July 10, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Van Taylor Phone: 716-855-1754 Email: taylorvan@juno.com Taylor Made Jazz is coming to the Queen City Jazz Festival July 27,2013 at 5pm presented by the Colored Musicians Club Located at 145 Broadway in Buffalo New York 14203 This group brings a unique blend of …
