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- Lars Jansson with the New Vintage Jazz Quintet at the American …
- Harrison Ridley Jr. authority on jazz
- Pianist Hiromi is passionate about her unique style
- Music Review Horns Add Heft for a Strutting Piano Vamp
- Mind of music
- Entertainment in Review
- Jake Hertzog Releases Jazz Fusion Instrumental Album “Chromatosphere”

Lars Jansson with the New Vintage Jazz Quintet at the American …
Jazz Police MN -
Jansson’s large jazz ensemble music has been exclusively featured on three professional recordings “Temenos” “ne Poem ne Painting” and “The Blue Pearl” by the Bohuslan Big Band one of Europe’s leading jazz orchestras. Jansson has also recorded for ECM Verve Imogena Phono Suecia and Blue Note recording labels. Says Jansson “Jazz music is one of the few human activities that succeeds in combining responsibility for the collective with individual freedom. The great challenge for every musician is to find his personal sound to express his true self and at the same time find his role in the group. In our search for self-knowledge finding meaning in our lives and to fulfill our destiny jazz music is a fantastic art form to help us on that path. ” Lars Jansson is the featured guest artist at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Jazz Festival February 27–28. He will be featured in performances and clinics with the UWRF Jazz Ensemble and Faculty Jazz Group.

Harrison Ridley Jr. authority on jazz
Philadelphia Daily News PA -
com 215-854-5573 HARRISN Ridley Jr. was perhaps the city’s leading authority on jazz. But he never used the term. He would say "this music referred to as jazz" or simply "the positive music. "But if anyone knew more about this kind of music whatever you want to call it they haven’t stepped forward. As the 32-year host of "The Historical Approach to the Positive Music" program Sundays from 8 p.

Pianist Hiromi is passionate about her unique style
StarNewsnline.com NC -
Trained in classical music she was playing in public with world-class orchestras by the time she was a teenager Hiromi who turns 30 this year began to push her sound in a jazzier direction at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. She’s often billed as a jazz player and just released an album “Duet” with legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea. But “I have never chosen to concentrate on jazz” Hiromi wrote in an e-mail. “I just play music. I do love jazz music as well as I love others (but) I don’t listen or play music with genre. I just go with my heart. “Hiromi’s heart must be a wild wonderful place judging by the music she plays.

Music Review Horns Add Heft for a Strutting Piano Vamp
New York Times United States -
Starting with “Bolivia” one of his best-known songs he led an octet with cornet trombone and three saxophones. He seemed instantly inspired by the pleasure of hearing his music in that format with so much heft and hue. (The concert was presented by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music part of a series run by Earl McIntyre who directs the jazz program there. McIntyre was also the gig’s trombonist. ) Clarity has always been the core principle of Mr. Walton’s music.

Mind of music
UWEC Spectator WI -
Music and wordsKeniston said there are definite similarities between language and music. Some psychologists suggest the same areas of the brain are stimulated during both and both follow rules. Language has diction and pronunciation rules while there are definite characteristics that make jazz music – without question ­- jazz music. “There’s even a suggestion that intensive musical experience before the age of 12 enhances languagability and the ability to remember things that are expressed in language” Keniston said. Language also has the same predictability and variety that music does. Keniston said there must be predictability in language or we wouldn’t be able to understand each other but there is also variety because new thoughts and ideas are conceived every day. “We can convey ideas emotions and insights that nobody ever had before so to some extent you can do that in music too” Keniston said.

Entertainment in Review
ASU The Appalachian nline NC -
So takesome advice from track three and “in every breath you’re breathing andevery little thought that you’re thinking I hope that you can finallyfree time for yourself” to check out this new album. The charts they played were all famous recordings from the label’s history. As expected every tune played was played with remarkable technical skill. DrummerLewis Nash was a particular crowd pleaser whose extensive solosdazzled the audience. Alto sax player Steve Wilson’s awesome wailingsalso stunned the crowd.

Jake Hertzog Releases Jazz Fusion Instrumental Album “Chromatosphere”
All About Jazz PA -
Hertzog has been seen performing on nationally renowned programs and with top acts such as The Naked Brothers Band and has performed with them on national television shows such as Good Morning America and ABC’s The View Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and NBC’s TDAY show and CW11 Morning Show and Fox Morning Show. The project Chromatosphere was recorded and produced by Grammy winner Joshua Paul Thompson and features some of the best musicians on the New York scene including Victor Jones Harvie S and special guest Michael Wolff. Hertzog’s music was also featured on the Berklee student jazz record label Jazz Revelation on their 2007 compilation The New ld School and their 2006 compilation Ars Nova. Although Jake played in rock bands early on he soon turned his interests to jazz. While still in high school he began studying with Chip McNeill and performed regularly with University of Illinois jazz ensembles to hone his chops. After graduating Hertzog began his studies at the world famous Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a 17 year old scholarship student Jake started off his stay at the school with some of the most distinguished teachers on the globe including Mick Goodrick Rick Peckham Hal Crook and Ritchie Hart.
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