Algonquin music director dies in Greece as student trip ends
The News Review:
- Algonquin music director dies in Greece as student trip ends
- Q&A / RAMSEY LEWIS musician: Doing his part to keep jazz vital
- Second Cup Cafe: Peter Cincotti
- Library alive with jazz music this Sunday
- ‘Music from the Heart’ to benefit Food Pantry
- Pop Music’s Perpetual ld Man Now 74 Is Back on the Road
- Grand Lake / Live Music: Take a ‘voyage through jazz’
Algonquin music director dies in Greece as student trip ends
Worcester Telegram MA -
This group has been created to help give back to the music department of Algonquin Regional High School and remember Mr. n the “Students Giving Back” page a video from 2001 of Mr. Wrenn talking about jazz music has been posted. Also on the school band’s Web site.
Q&A / RAMSEY LEWIS musician: Doing his part to keep jazz vital
Atlanta Journal Constitution USA -
The 73-year-old jazz great has seen music evolve since Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker were household names. Lewis once performed on the same bill as Ella Fitzgerald and has collaborated with Nancy Wilson and Earth Wind & Fire. Although jazz music gets less airplay these days the Chicago native has helped to keep the genre alive and relevant through two syndicated radio shows “Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis” and “The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show. ”And he’s still writing music. Tonight’s show includes music written for the Joffrey Ballet. The Ramsey Lewis Trio which includes drummer Leon Joyce and bassist Larry Gray will play audience favorites “Wade in the Water” and “The In Crowd. ”Lewis recently talked about the state of jazz music.
Second Cup Cafe: Peter Cincotti
CBS News NY -
Loyal to the East Coast Cincotti describes the seduction and lure of Los Angeles in his song “Angel Town. ” In “Goodbye Philadelphia” there is a sense of loss and despair as well as love and loneliness in the urban jungle of New York City in “Cinderella Beautiful. “Cincotti broke into the jazz music scene when he was just 19 years old. His talent for creating impressive jazz standards helped him rise above the rest thus making him the youngest musician to top Billboard’s Jazz chart. Cincotti started playing piano at the age of three and started writing music at nine. He was inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire” describing Lewis to CNN as the “first piano player that really got under my skin. He also cites music legends Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel as inspirations.
Library alive with jazz music this Sunday
Greenwich Post CT -
Fortune has accompanied a pantheon of jazz greats including Miles Davis Buddy Rich Dizzy Gillespie and George Benson. He embodies all of the finest qualities of those late great musicians: hard work dedication to his art and exceptional musical talent. Fortune credits John Coltrane as his primary influence. Born in Philadelphia on May 19 1939 Mr.
‘Music from the Heart’ to benefit Food Pantry
Village News Network CA -
a benefit concert entitled “Music from the Heart” will be presented as a fundraiser for the Fallbrook Food Pantry at Fallbrook United Methodist Church. At a reception following the concert guests can greet the artists and enjoy refreshments. The Fallbrook Food Pantry serves the regions of Fallbrook Bonsall Rainbow and De Luz providing emergency and weekly food clothing comprehensive referrals for medical and other basic assistance along with care and encouragement to more than 70000 adults and children each year. The majority of recipients are children.
Pop Music’s Perpetual ld Man Now 74 Is Back on the Road
New York Times United States -
Cohen’s backing ensemble led by the bassist Roscoe Beck matched these songs to a warm gauzy glow muting all textures. If anything the band was too polished evoking smooth jazz and the more homogenized strains of world music. (It should be noted that the flamenco-tinged flourishes by Javier Mas on bandurria and laúd were more palatable than the ardently cloying solos by Dino Soldo on saxophones. ) When most of the group dropped out for an austere “Suzanne” with Mr. Cohen on acoustic guitar the effect was salutary: suddenly there was flow in the music a feeling of breath and fluctuation.
Grand Lake / Live Music: Take a ‘voyage through jazz’
Sky Hi Daily News C -
“Most of what I hear is recreative copied uninspired. I’m not sure what to call it but I’m certain of what not to call it. You can’t call it jazz. “The greatest social change associated with music he said perhaps is happening all around us. “If music hath charms to soothe the savage beast it also has the power to reinforce a subculture of gangland drugs and lack of respect for life itself” he said. His generation he said “may indeed be the last who can claim.
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