WBGO JAM Live: New School Swingers

April 23, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Jazz Appreciation Month, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, Student Groups

The New School Swingers performed live in the WBGO studios today, the ninth and last in our series of student performances for Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). Listen to audio from this broadcast here. A full set list and links to hear our other JAM broadcasts are below.

The ensemble, which has members from South Africa and Sweden as well as the United States, performed "hot swing" classics from the 1930s, including Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues," Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" and Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose."

We hope you enjoy our Jazz Appreciation Month festival of student ensembles!

Members of the New School Swingers

Alto: Ross Harris
Trumpet: Lesedi Ntsane
Violin: Anna Fuerstenberg
Piano and bandleader: Dinos San Pedro
Bass: Ben Murphy

Drums: Alex Kirkpatrick
Guitar: Nelsen Hutchison

New School Swingers Set List

"C Jam Blues" - Duke Ellington

"Dinah" - Harry Ackst, Sam L. Lewis and Joe Young

"Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt

"Funeral March" - Ben Murphy

"Nuages" - Django Reinhardt

"You're The One" - Dinos San Pedro

"Honeysuckle Rose" - Fats Waller and Andy Razaf

"Everybody Loves My Baby" - Spencer Williams, Jack Palmer

"Thick And Thin" - Dinos San Pedro

"I'll Fly Away" - Albert Brumley

WBGO JAM Live Broadcasts 2012

Click to hear the New Jersey City University Art Blakey Combo

Click to hear the Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma Ensemble

Click to hear the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Quartet

Click to hear the NYU Wayne Shorter Ensemble

Click to hear the Berklee Global Jazz Institute

Click to hear the SUNY Purchase Ornette Coleman Ensemble

Click to hear the William Paterson Jazz Sextet

Click to hear the La Guardia High School Senior Jazz Band

Click to hear the New School Swingers

© 2012 WBGO

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WBGO JAM Live: New Jersey City University Art Blakey Combo

April 9, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.

Add new comment | Filed under: concerts, Jazz Appreciation Month, Live Music Blogging, Student Groups

New Jersey City University's Art Blakey Combo kicked off WBGO's annual celebration of student ensembles with a live performance in our studios in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. Listen to audio from this broadcast here. A set list and links to all of our JAM broadcasts are below.

The Art Blakey Combo, coached by Joel Weiskopf, consists of Barry Spatz on piano, Anthony Perez on bass, Darrell Smith on drums, Kris Cardella on tenor sax, Marcell Bellinger on trumpet and Danny Hall on trombone. This group's members performed their own arrangements of Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark," Freddie Hubbard's "The Core," and were interviewed by host Michael Bourne.

Thanks for joining our celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month!

New Jersey City University Art Blakey Combo Set List

1. "Caravan" ( Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)

-interview with Joel Weiskopf and Ed Joffe

2. "Shaky Jake" (Cedar Walton)

-interview with Barry Spatz (arranged and featured on "Shaky Jake")

3. "The Core" (Freddie Hubbard)

-interview with Anthony Perez (arranged "The Core")

4. "Hammer Head" (Wayne Shorter)

-interview with Darrell Smith (featured on Hammer Head)

5."Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)

-interview with Marcell Bellinger, who arranged "Skylark," and Kris Cardella, who arranged and is featured on "Free for All."

6."Free for All" (Wayne Shorter)

WBGO JAM Live Broadcasts 2012

Click to hear the New Jersey City University Art Blakey Combo

Click to hear the Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma Ensemble

Click to hear the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Quartet

Click to hear the NYU Wayne Shorter Ensemble

Click to hear the Berklee Global Jazz Institute

Click to hear the SUNY Purchase Ornette Coleman Ensemble

Click to hear the William Paterson Jazz Sextet

Click to hear the La Guardia High School Senior Jazz Band

Click to hear the New School Swingers

© 2012 WBGO

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