Archie Shepp: The riginal Fire Music
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- Archie Shepp: The riginal Fire Music
- Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Trumpet Competition – Herbie…
- Doch front-man sparks up new band Miguel
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- San Francisco State’s International Center for the Arts Debuts…
- Jazz musicians bent on originality and change
Archie Shepp: The riginal Fire Music
NPR – Oct 31, 2007
Shepp showed up in a three-piece suit and felt hat and proceeded to talk to us for an hour and a half telling us his story and answering every question we asked with seriousness humor and complete candor. Related NPR Storiesct.
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Trumpet Competition – Herbie…
New York Times – Oct 31, 2007
Jones the venerable pop producer erstwhile jazz trumpeter and yet another judge on the heavyweight panel along with Clark Terry Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela this pronouncement felt consequential. It also seemed to indicate one of the unspoken criteria for the competition which has favored a spirit of progressivism in recent years. The notion of forward motion in jazz has been about as durable as the notion of steadfast tradition; both principles logically inform the music. And given the deterioration of jazz’s foothold in mainstream culture Mr. Hancock embodies a potent ideal: the rare commercial operator who has kept his credibility intact. Before he walked out to accept his distinction on Sunday Mr. Hancock took a box seat and enjoyed (or endured) a tour through his pop catalog as performed by a band led by Rickey Minor the producer best known (in this town anyway) as the musical director for “American Idol.
Doch front-man sparks up new band Miguel
NEWS.com.au – Oct 31, 2007
article-tools –> ctober 30 2007 11:00pm DCH front-man Michael Rogers is returning to the Powerhouse to front another band Miguel as part Brisbane Jazz Festival’s Live Spark program. The eight-piece band are sauntering into the Brisbane Powerhouse on Sunday November 4 with their mixture of latin swing and 50′s style jazz music. "I love the fifties and I love that big band good-time dance music. It’s amazing playing with these guys" Mr Rogers says. He says the type of music the band plays is very accessible. "The audience is made up of a huge mix of people " he says.
Wednesday ‘” ctober 31
NEWS.com.au – Oct 31, 2007
35 Leading the Way. 11 Mid-Week Jazz and Swing. 30pm National Radio News… 11 The Chamber Music Hour. Noon Jazz on the Terrace. 30 Launch Pad (new broadcasters).
San Francisco State’s International Center for the Arts Debuts…
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РOct 31, 2007
Collaborating with Generations mentors in a variety of venueswill contribute in a significant way to the artistic and professionaldevelopment of each individual musician and ensemble. “We are creating an environment where young musicians will go beyond thewalls of the classroom and learn through hands-on mentoring groupcollaboration and professional advice” said Andrew Speight Generations’artistic director and mentor. “We hope to bring growing artists a greaterawareness of possibilities for spontaneous expression when working in agroup and nowhere are the tenets of real-time group creativity betterexhibited than in jazz music. The timeline for the Generations International Competition follows:– Mid-November 2007: Guidelines and applications available to combos whose members are less than 30 years old as of May 1 2007 and whose personnel has been stable for at least twelve months. — March 14 2008: Final date for receipt of applications. — April 4 2008: Finalist combos announced — Week of May 12: Finalist combos in San Francisco for mini-residency with Generations’ mentors. — Saturday May 17: Finalist combos perform; fellowship combo announced.
Jazz musicians bent on originality and change
Tonight – Oct 31, 2007
It’s a process a way of being a way of thinking. That’s why I’ll resist to my dying day any efforts to turn jazz into a form of music in the same way you refer to Baroque as a style. Jazz is music and demands change. ne can only imagine what this incredible trio can offer. Folk-jazz mixed with contemporary sounds? Straight-ahead jazz mixed with free forms? New Age soft Latin rhythms or low-down rock-funk? ne thing for sure is that the music will be interesting and out of the box. The tour itinerary: Friday Nov 23: The Big Top Arena Carnival City Casino East Rand; Sunday Nov 25: The International Convention Centre Durban; Tuesday Nov 27: The Grand Arena at Grandwest Casino Cape Town. Book through Computicket.