[Raymond Harvey, Music Director and Conductor, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra] The African American conductor Raymond Harvey is Music Director and Conductor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and graduated from the Yale School of Music with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Gershwin & Ellington SATURDAY,...
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Saturday, 1 to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., New York’s Latino communities are explored with “From the Motherlands to El Barrio: New York’s Latino Immigrant Experience.” Highlights include “Holding Up the Sky,” a Mayan creation story by the Coatlicue Theater Company; Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena music [...]
The history of Edelstein's Hub Ballroom is the focus of an exhibit that opens to the public Saturday at the Princeville Heritage Museum, 325 N. Ostrom Ave. The exhibit contains photographs, posters, artifacts and memorabilia from the well-known dance club's 71-year run as host to some of the biggest musical acts in the country and its fiery demise last summer. The exhibit runs through the end of June....
I was going around town today, and I spotted the marquee for the old Duke Theatre in suburban Detroit, shown here as a old bowling alley. A picture of the Duke in its heyday can be found here at the Wayne State Virtual Motor City Collection . Reading the profile page about the theatre on Cinema Treasures , the theatre was named for Duke Ellington, and opened in the late 1940s. It closed a few years...
Now it occurs to me that I haven't posted here before about my album of 'Tracks with vocals as such'. This is very remiss of me. Here's the track listing and, as always, the sounds are free for download or listening online (and everything, with the exception of Duke Ellington and Bob Dylan stuff, is under a Creative Commons licence 3.0 - no derivitives). Tracklist Track Duration 1 Solitude (Duke Ellington...
We always thought that Massachusetts was due some residual benefit from the fact that Governor Deval Patrick's dad was a jazz legend—other than the bragging rights we have over the 49 states that aren't governed by the son of a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra. But now, HubArts reports , Patrick will donate his father's entire jazz archive to the Berklee College of Music. The booty includes "scores,...
"Pat Patrick," the father of Governor Deval Patrick, "was best known for his 40-year association with band leader and composer Sun Ra, whom he accompanied on overseas tours and collaborated with on albums. Patrick also played with jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk."...
Things are looking up at the global-galactic HQ of LondonJazz. Or, to be more accurate, I am now looking up. Because the space next to me in the Musicbase at Kings Place, previously empty, is now occupied by a man who is 6' 5". He's the young manager of a dynamic orchestra of classical players in their twenties called the Aurora Orchestra . I've heard them, they do interesting programmes. One...
Bookending eleven of your own tunes with Duke Ellington 's "Echoes of Harlem" and John Coltrane 's "Central Park West" is a bold decision for any jazz musician to make--it's a confident statement and a risky one. On N_Y Project the decision pays off--saxophonist Raphael Imbert's compositions have their own strengths and innovations, ensuring that they stand such close comparison....
PLAN A: Past Lives, Heavy Hawaii, Nude Boy, Jungle Fever @ The Casbah. Post-punkers Past Lives is the other Blood Brothers offshoot. The good one. Sorry Jaguar Love. And I’m really digging the uppity lo-fi noise of local foursome Nude Boy (there’s a catchy tune under all that distortion if you listen carefully) as well [...]
We welcome this review, another Ionarts exclusive, from guest contributor Janet Peachey, who is a composer based here in Washington. Dr. Peachey also teaches music theory and composition at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.Flora and Fauna, the 21st Century Consort’s Saturday afternoon concert at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, was dedicated to author and New York Times science columnist...
Chris Barber celebrates his 80th birthday this year!! And March 18 he is performing with his band in the Martlets Hall. CHRIS BARBER leads his 11-piece band, with its 7-strong front line, playing a wide selection of his favourite music: from his roots in New Orleans style in "Bourbon Street Parade" (still his signature tune) to the early music of Duke Ellington ("Black & Tan Fantasy"...
Fight the Big Bull - All is Gladness in the Kingdom (CF 169) Ô que je suis emballé par ce disque! Fight the Big Bull est un ensemble – on pourrait le qualifier de big band – de Richmond en Virginie. Pour cet album, son leader, le guitariste Matt White, a invité le trompettiste Steven Bernstein à [...]
John Pizzarelli is a man of many talents. Singer, guitarist, bandleader and arranger, depending on the circumstances Pizzarelli can step into any or all of these roles and perform at the highest level. Coming from one of the most successful families in jazz, his brother [Martin Pizzarelli] being an accomplished bassist and father the legendary seven-string guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli , the New York-based...
Ruben U. HernandezRuben U. Hernandez, a server who turned fine dining into fond memories for patrons at the Firehouse restaurant, died March 6 of congestive heart failure. He was 82. Culinary service was a calling for Mr. Hernandez, who took pride in creating a pleasurable experience for customers. He made his career at many of Sacramento's finest restaurants, including Top of the Cosmo, the Del...
The Moody Blues are an English band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Jazz Festival volume 2 (DVDA) >>>> Download Jazz Festival volume 2 (DVDA) <<<< artist: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra album: Jazz Festival volume 2 (DVDA) Tracklist: 1 Take the A Train mp3 2 Satin Doll mp3 3 Blow by Blow mp3 4 Things Ain't What They Used to Be mp3 5 Vips Boogie-Jam with Sam mp3 6 Kinda Dukish mp3 7 Bennys Bugle mp3 8 Blues in G mp3 9 Seven Come Eleven...
Duke Ellington Festival Session >>>> Download Festival Session <<<< artist: Duke Ellington album: Festival Session Tracklist: 1 Perdido mp3 2 Copout Extension mp3 3 Part I mp3 4 Duael Fuel-part II mp3 5 Duael Fuel-part III mp3 6 Idiom 59-part I mp3 7 Idiom 59-part II mp3 8 Idiom 59-part III mp3 9 Things Ain't What They Used to Be mp3 10 Launching Pad mp3 11 Vips Boogie mp3 12 Jam with Sam mp3 >>>>...
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