Jazz trio tries to revive San Jose music scene
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- Jazz trio tries to revive San Jose music scene
- Music has always been in the air for devotee
- SF Jazz Announces the Artist Line-up for the 10th Anniversary SF …
- Homemade jam
- Bernstein at 90 meets Carter at 100
- ErÅahin’s sounds from Istanbul to Manhattan
- Duke Ellington Jazz Fest 2008: The Evolution of a Jazz Festival
Jazz trio tries to revive San Jose music scene
San Jose Mercury News USA
“We served beer and wine and the musicians came in. It took off really well but we were a little ahead of our time” he says adding that his dream is to open another jazz club down the line. Chang-Laurent was amenable to the idea of presenting jazz but admits music is not her forte. “I’m good with wine and beer but I don’t know how to manage a music program; it’s a different industry and field” she says. When she told Aleeson that he pointed out that she already had the clientele and he could recommend someone who could help her with the music side. For the co-founder and executive director of LifeForceJazz booking jazz acts meshes with Muhammad’s passion for the music and all things connected with it.
Music has always been in the air for devotee
Indianapolis Star United States
Since my father had a music store (Anderson Music Center aka Music Today) I also took guitar and drum lessons. I ended up playing a drum set through middle school and high school and played in my father’s big band. Q: Why did you decide to dedicate your life to jazz music?A: It was just a part of my soul. Jazz is a big part of my life but I also have a love for Latin pop and meditation music. I have written many original songs and seem to vary my style from whom I am writing with or for. Q: You have performed with some of the biggest names in jazz music. What was your most memorable performance?A: I really have a lot of great moments but the one that I would consider very special was when I played with legend jazz drummer Ed Thigpen.
SF Jazz Announces the Artist Line-up for the 10th Anniversary SF …
All About Jazz PA
Our aim is to reflect the tighter more culturally close-knit nature of today’s world and the positively open-minded ‘multi-culti’ city that we call home—San Francisco. ”SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON HIGHLIGHTS & THEMES“We are committed to diverse ‘thematic’ programming across several genres beyond jazz” exclaims Kline. This includes an immense range of artists from jazz to world music instrumental to vocal and traditional to cutting-edge contemporary. GLOBAL VILLAGEThis collection of groups from Benin to the Balkans bring spirited and virtuosic sounds that bend borders.
Homemade jam
South China Morning Post (subscription) Hong Kong
<P>Lo has worked with jazz greats including Herbie Hancock and Noel Pointer and says practice is key. <P>"It is very important for musicians – be they in jazz rock or pop – to play with a band in the beginning" he says. "These jam sessions are very helpful to newcomers who have little access to live jazz music or a venue to perform with friends. "<P>Shaun Liu Wai-kit 27 a saxophonist who returned to Hong Kong last year after studying music in Australia is making the most of the opportunity. <P>"Fresco welcomes novice musicians even those who are technically less accomplished" he says. "If you look around the place you can see all the big players in the field. Initially I was afraid to perform because everyone was a star.
Bernstein at 90 meets Carter at 100
Los Angeles Times CA
But Benny Goodman did in 1955 and it immediately caught on. Both of these works happened to be on the first half of the Saturday evening program fluidly played by the Philadelphia Orchestra?s principal clarinetist Ricardo Morales. And Carter in the late ’40s was also taking a few cues from jazz as to how to give concert music new rhythmic life. Still the men’s latest and last thoughts the songs illuminate their similarities best. The Zukofsky poems Carter selected ?- ?Finally a Valentine? ?O Sleep? ?Daisy? and ?You Who Were Made for This Music? ?- are deep. In Zukofsky?s texts life?s meaning is captured through flickering quotidian imagery. Bernstein wrote most of his own texts for ?Arias and Barcarolles? although he also used a bedtime story he had learned from his mother and a Yiddish text about a klezmer musician.
ErÅahin’s sounds from Istanbul to Manhattan
Hürriyet Turkey
Once there he received another scholarship to study for a semester in the jazz department at the “New School” where he had the chance to meet many important musicians. One of the turning points in his life was a job at Sweet Basil the famous jazz bar in New York at that time. He did not play music there but worked as busboy bartender and doorman however it enabled him to meet many important names in American jazz music. “My mind was full of jazz those days. I used to practice for 10 hours before I went to work at Sweet Basil and once there I used to listen to these jazz legends throughout the night” said Er?n. After a while Er?n started to play in small cafes and restaurants with different bands. Like many young musicians in New York he also played in subway stations and in Central Park to earn money.
Duke Ellington Jazz Fest 2008: The Evolution of a Jazz Festival
All About Jazz PA
It makes perfect sense” echoed local musician Janelle Gill as she watched her children bounce to the Conrad Herwig Latin Side Project one of the diverse acts to present at the festival’s annual free concert on the National Mall. “This is Duke Ellington’s home town. I think it’s the perfect opportunity for my children to be exposed to great music while not having to sit down in the Kennedy Center really quiet. They can hear music and meet great musicians. While the concert on the Mall has always anchored the festival with its high profile performers like this year’s roster of McCoy Tyner the Christian McBride Quartet Taj Mahal and Dee Dee Bridewater the festival also has made a point of venturing into the city’s ever growing number of clubs restaurants museums and theaters. This not only allows the festival to present a wider variety of music but also reinforces its role as a community focused multi-cultural event. Three examples of these smaller events illustrate how the festival grew in 2008.
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