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  • Better Get It In Your Soul .. Mingus at St. Bart's

    February 15, 2010. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

    Add new comment | Filed under: Boris Kozlov, Charles Mingus, concerts, Gunther Schuller, Jazz Alive, Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Live Music, Mingus Orchestra, Sue Mingus

    s artworkThe low ceilings of several New York basements have put a lid on Mingus's music for a long time now. But this past Saturday night it was quite the opposite as the 11-piece Mingus Orchestra played music that stretched over a big footprint and soared into the domed cathedral of St. Bart's Church. As the concert progressed, it sounded better and better.

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  • NEA Jazz Masters live broadcast on WBGO

    January 7, 2010. Posted by Brandy Wood.

    Add new comment | Filed under: concerts, Great Live Moments, Jazz Alive, Jazz Community, Live Music

    NEA artwork 2010

    WBGO Jazz 88.3FM will broadcast the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert taking place on Tuesday, January 12 at 7:30PM in the Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center at Broadway at 60th Street.  The performance will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in a program dedicated to the 2010 honorees’ works.

    Joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will be many of the honorees themselves including Muhal Richard Abrams, Bill Holman (as guest conductor), Annie Ross, and Cedar Walton. Also featured will be 2010 Jazz Master Kenny Barron on solo piano and 2010 Jazz Master Yusef Lateef with percussionist Adam Pudolph. George Avakian will receive the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy.

    Twenty-six fellow NEA Jazz Masters will be in the audience, including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ornette Coleman, Paquito d’Rivera, Ramsey Lewis, and Dr. Billy Taylor.  The broadcast will be co-hosted by WBGO’s Gary Walker and Sirius/XM’s Mark Ruffin, and carried on both WBGO and Sirius/XM’s Real Jazz channel.

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  • Sat nite @ NJPAC - Branford & Maria

    December 6, 2009. Posted by Becca Pulliam.

    Add new comment | Filed under: branford marsalis, concerts, Jazz Alive, Live Music, maria schneider, njpac

    NJPAC outdid itself, presenting the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Maria Schneider Orchestra on Saturday night. Branford is the classicist and Maria the colorist, and the third star is the concert hall, Prudential Hall. Read more

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