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Drake invites world-famous Grammy winner and jazz composer to perform…
Times-Delphic – Jan 29, 2007
she is a major composer – period. After studying at the University of Minnesota and Eastman School of Music Schneider moved to New York City in 1985 and started her career working with legendary musician Gil Evans. Evans a seminal figure in big band jazz music in the United States allowed Schneider to work with him in the late ’80s as he collaborated with Sting and The Police. For five years Schneider performed every week in New York’s Greenwich Village after the Maria Schneider rchestra formed in 1993. During her time in New York Schneider also worked with Evans on the film “The Color of Money” with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Mauch who took a jazz class in the spring of 2006 performed one of Schneider’s songs “Dance You Monster to My Soft Song. ” “I fell in love with her music” Mauch said… Schneider has performed commissioned work at Norbotten Big Band in Sweden rchestra National de Jazz in France Carnegie Hall Jazz rchestra and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Recently Schneider and her orchestra performed at the Kennedy Center during the American Dance festival. Music students at Drake may open “Essential Jazz: First 100 years” by Henry Martin and Keith Waters. Schneider is included in the chapter “Jazz Since the 1980s” that said “ne of the most visible of current big bands is led by composer Maria Schneider. ” The authors continue to say that Schneider demonstrates “a sophisticated composition palette derived from jazz and western concert music (Schneider) crafts an excellent balance between composition and improvisation. Schneider’s appearance is sponsored by a gift from a Drake alumnus the late Edwin Earle Ferguson. Tickets for the 8 p.
Nickelodeon Nick Jr. and NGGIN Celebrate Black History Month in…
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 29, 2007
Nickelodeon has produced four new spots in celebration of Black History Month that feature and are narrated by African American kids sharing their thoughts and stories on subject matter ranging from: the Juneteenth Celebration the state holiday in Texas that commemorates the day slavery was abolished in. CPYRIGHT 2007 PR Newswire Association LLC.
Revealing look into life of jazz
Toronto Star – Jan 29, 2007
native told the Star. "I thought `What are my daughters going to say? What are my friends going to think? What are the people in my building going to say to me?’" Boy did she ever put aside her reservations. The newly released Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and ut of Jazz Time which traces Gordon’s evolution from teen jazz fan to grande dame of the most famous jazz club in the world delivers expected tales about being on jazz’s front lines but also includes titillating intimacies: about losing her virginity to a radio DJ being introduced to marijuana by a legendary musician and finding solace in extramarital affairs. "That’s what I was afraid of I’m a talker" sighed Gordon seated in the empty Greenwich Village nightclub one recent afternoon. At 84 Gordon is still as striking as the stylish figure in the timeworn photographs scattered throughout the book. Regal and authoritative imbued with a reckless laugh she’s a no-nonsense New Yorker who dismissed the hapless worker bee who interrupted our interview to show her awning samples: "I want to deal with the top guy you tell your boss to come see me. " "Grumpy-but-lovable" is how one writer described the caretaker of jazz’s most constant thing… They just want to see it. What they expect I don’t know. Some say `Is this all there is?’ I say `Wait until the music starts you’ll see its more than just the trappings. ‘"Many nights Gordon takes in the show from a seat near the entrance. In her absence flattering comments and song dedications are still cast her way from the bandstand ? and the sentiments are mutual. "I’ve always had great empathy for musicians. Their life has been tough their music is fabulous and they give me so much enjoyment.