Jazz wonder Saskia Laroo and her trademark trumpet created magic at a…
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- Health – Life & Style Home – theage.com.au
- Leroy Jenkins 74 Violinist Who Pushed Limits of Jazz Dies
- Estonia Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month
- Erich Kunzel guest conducts
- Rock Hall will honor music innovator Les Paul
Jazz wonder Saskia Laroo and her trademark trumpet created magic at a…
Expressindia.com – Feb 26, 2007
js’>But be it heavy-duty acoustic jazz numbers of standards and originals or peppy dance numbers Laroo doesn’t mind experimenting with her music. Her music is even laced with R & B and Latino flavours. “Even if we try and segregate jazz from other forms of music I think every type of music is connected in some way or the other and jazz invariably gets influenced by other forms of music” says Laroo. No wonder with a rapper from Suriname a Dutch bassist and the pianist and drummer from the US Laroo and company churn out true international jazz. “It’s a great thing to have artistes from different parts of the world as I like to learn about different cultures. This also helps us in improvising jazz music with different musical styles” she says. And Laroo happened to attend India Meets Mozart a musical programme held in Chennai a few days ago that showcased Western classical music performed with Indian classical music instruments and vocal artistes… No wonder with a rapper from Suriname a Dutch bassist and the pianist and drummer from the US Laroo and company churn out true international jazz. “It’s a great thing to have artistes from different parts of the world as I like to learn about different cultures. This also helps us in improvising jazz music with different musical styles” she says. And Laroo happened to attend India Meets Mozart a musical programme held in Chennai a few days ago that showcased Western classical music performed with Indian classical music instruments and vocal artistes. “It was very interesting. Something different. ” says Laroo who has plans to rope in Indian classical music artistes to perform with her.
Health – Life & Style Home – theage.com.au
The Age – Feb 26, 2007
After aweek’s work experience in year 10 reality finally struck and Iknew I’d be hopeless. He soon began to regard music as a career option and aftercompleting a bachelor of music at the Conservatorium he becameinvolved with a number of live bands. “I can play classical musicbut with my eyesight I have come to specialise in improvisationwhich of course is integral to jazz music. He has performed at several Sydney venues even as part of ajazz band on a cruise ship during a six-month tour. “I often wonder what would have happened if I had been bornwithout this condition – perhaps I would have carried on what myfamily had always done and worked as a farmer. But music hasbrought so much to my life – I have travelled around the world Ihave passed on my knowledge to others and my wife and I met at agig of mine. More informationThere are nearly 300 music therapists registered in Australiaabout 70 in NSW.
Leroy Jenkins 74 Violinist Who Pushed Limits of Jazz Dies
New York Times – Feb 26, 2007
He was 74 and lived in Brooklyn. Skip to next paragraph… He began to work in more explicitly classical situations often with old Chicago colleagues like the pianist Muhal Richard Abrams. And he wrote music performed by the.
Estonia Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month
eJazzNews – Feb 26, 2007
Performances will be given by well-known Estonian jazz musicians Siim Aimla Raivo Tafenau Reigo Ahven James Werts and others. From 26th to 30th of April a jazz historian and the author of the idea of JAM from the USA John Hasse will be in Estonia. There will be jazz history lectures in Tallinn for music students and teachers but everyone is welcome to join. There will be more jazz than usual in the program of Estonian Television. During a movie program ?Jazzikuu on ETV? jazz films are shown on Thursday nights. There will be films like ?Santo Domingo Blues? ?Bobby McFerrin. Beyond Words? ?Dee Dee Bridgewater? and ?Keith Jarrett.
Erich Kunzel guest conducts
CMU The Tartan nline – Feb 26, 2007
The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops has already performed his work and the Pittsburgh Symphony rchestra will play ?An American in Paris? in May. Gershwin?s music is often played by both Pops and classical orchestras because his music fits well into each world. Gershwin brought jazz music into the concert hall with his famous Rhapsody in Blue which pianist Kevin Cole performed masterfully in January with the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops. Erich Kunzel and the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic gave a very amusing performance of selections from Porgy and Bess. Kunzel?s skilled conducting guided some very fine playing from Carnegie Mellon?s orchestra. The performance also featured a couple of nice touches including a trio of saxophone players and Irvin Kauffman on banjo. Gershwin?s music is both tuneful and stylistically demanding.
Rock Hall will honor music innovator Les Paul
Boston Globe – Feb 26, 2007
not to mention his musical styling and his ability to play” Stewart said. “He’s become an idol and an icon to people in the rock world as well as people in jazz and popular music. “Paul began playing guitar as a child and by 13 was performing semiprofessionally as a country-music guitarist. He later made his mark as a jazz-pop musician recording hits like “How High the Moon” with his wife singer Colleen Summers better known as Mary Ford. They divorced in 1964. He built a solid-body electric guitar in 1941 — an invention born from his frustration that audiences were unable to hear him play. In 1952 Gibson introduced the Les Paul model which became the instrument of choice for musicians such as Duane Allman Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.