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Kudos to NEC's Jazz Studies Program at 40
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Congratulations to New England Conservatory, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jazz Studies program during the 2009-2010 academic year. Founded by composer, author, conductor, and former NEC President Gunther Schuller, the NEC program is the first-in-the-nation fully accredited jazz studies curriculum. Starting Oct. 18, the Conservatory is doing it up big with a week of events in and around the city, many of which are free. Highlights of "Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC," include a "Summit" concert on Friday, Oct. 23, at Jordan Hall featuring Schuller, Ran Blake, Cecil McBee, Bob Brookmeyer, Don Byron, Roger Kellaway, Fred Hersch, Dominique Eade, Rachel Price, and the NEC Jazz Orchestra. That will be followed on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Jordan Hall by the Wayne Shorter Quartet with NEC's Philharmonia.
Other highlights include jam sessions at Wally's Cafe (Oct. 18), a double bill of The Fringe and Quartet of Happiness at the Lily Pad (Oct. 19), and a "Generations of Jazz" series of concerts at the Western Front (Oct. 20), Scullers (Oct. 21), and the Regattabar (Oct. 22). Also scheduled are a number of seminars and workshops that are free and open to the public, including a panel discussion moderated by WGBH's Eric Jackson with Schuller and others titled "Breaking the Mold: Introducing Jazz Into a Classical Conservatory," and a master class with Hersch. Both take place in the afternoon on Oct. 23.
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A Great Day at Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival...and at JazzBoston Tent
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The recent Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Columbus Ave., Boston, drew an estimated 80,000 people, many of whom stopped by the busy JazzBoston tent staffed by volunteers. At JazzBoston's "Meet Boston's Musicians" table, visitors connected with the nearly 20 artists who talked about their music and signed CDs. Among the musicians were (photo left, at table front to back) Elan Trotman, Patrice Williamson, and Hiro Honshuku. Other visitors stepped into the mini TV studio to answer the question, "What's your jazz?", while still others were taped throughout the festival grounds by a roving cameraman accompanied by radio personality Jeff Turton. See the JazzBoston website for a gallery of photos of the action at the JazzBoston tent. Video clips of the interviews coming soon.
If you missed BeanTown, you can still be part of JazzBoston's ongoing "What's your jazz?" multimedia campaign by emailing videos of yourself or your friends to myjazz@jazzboston.org for posting on JazzBoston's website and Facebook page. Just begin with the words, "My jazz" or "My jazz is" and keep the length to 20 seconds or less. For more info about the campaign, click here.
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| Members Connection: Free Tix to Wayne Shorter, NEC Summit Concert, Dianne Reeves, Scullers Shows |
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New England Conservatory is offering two pairs of free tickets to JazzBoston members for each of the two performances at Jordan Hall celebrating the 40th anniversary of NEC's Jazz Studies program. Tickets for the "Summit" concert on Friday, Oct. 23, or Wayne Shorter (photo left) and his quartet with NEC's Philharmonia on Saturday, Oct. 24, will go to the first four JazzBoston members who write to newsletter@jazzboston.org. Be sure to note your preference when emailing.
World Music is offering each of the first two JazzBoston members who write to newsletter@jazzboston.org a pair of free tickets to hear four-time Grammy-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves (photo left) on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. at Berklee Performance Center. Reeves will be joined by "Strings Attached" featuring Russell Malone and Romero Lubambo. The date is Reeve's birthday, so something special may be in store.
Scullers Jazz Club is offering JazzBoston members free tickets to several upcoming shows. The club is offering two pairs of tickets to hear guitarist Earl Klugh on Friday, Oct. 16, at 10 p.m., and three pairs of tickets to hear the Artie Shaw Orchestra on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. If you are a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to claim these tickets and please note which show you're interested in.
JazzBoston members receive discounts at the Regattabar, Scullers, The Beehive, Ryles, The Redline Restaurant, The Stork Club, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), the Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center, Restaurant Laura's "Thursday Night Jazz To Dine By" series, the Vernissage Restaurant's "Jazz Thursdays at Vernissage," and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Thursday evening jazz series, "Jazz at the Gardner." For discounts at all these venues, just show your JazzBoston card at the door, or when calling for reservations, give your name and member number.
Not sure if you're a JazzBoston member? Do you have a black and white JazzBoston membership card with our logo on the front and a member number, expiration date, and signature line on the back? If not, we hope you'll consider joining. For just $20, you can join at the Friend level and take advantage of all JazzBoston's member benefits while helping to support our city's jazz community. Click here to join now.
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| Freebie Sampler |
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The annual HONK! Festival (photo left) which takes place on Columbus Day weekend, kicks off on Friday, Oct. 9, with visiting street activist bands from the U.S., Canada, and Italy playing alongside local community bands in East Somerville, East Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, and Chinatown, and at the Boston Common. It continues with a day-long outdoor party on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Davis Square, Somerville, featuring nearly 30 bands, and on Sunday features a parade starting at noon from Davis Square down Mass Ave. to Harvard Square. View the weekend's full schedule of events.
Besides the many free events presented by New England Conservatory during their "Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC" celebration, Berklee College of Music is offering free clinics with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel on Friday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. at Berklee Performance Center, and with Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and Thursday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. at Cafe 939, 939 Boylston St., Boston. Also, multi-instrumentalist Ned Rothenberg leads a clinic on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 1:15 p.m. in Berklee's Recital Hall 1W, and saxophonist Greg Abate discusses and demonstrates the art of improvisation from a compositional point of view on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 1:15 p.m. in Berklee's Recital Hall 1W. Read Berklee's full calendar of events.
Jazz will be in the air in various locations around the city on Monday, Oct. 12, when colleges and cultural organizations that are members of the Fenway Alliance band together to present a wide range of events as part of the annual arts extravanganza, "Opening Our Doors 2009."
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