Nearby Events/Jazz Clubs/Jazz links :
Frostburg State University Cultural Events Series,
http://www.frostburg.edu/sci/ces/shows-and-tickets/on-the-edge/troker/
presents: Troker
Energetic. Funky. Innovative. Raucous.
Six musicians from different parts of Mexico create a fusion of rhythm.
Funk meets hip-hop meets mariachi meets metal.
Thursday, October 6
Also, that day, a musician’s workshop/jam session with the band at 5:30PM in Lane University Center Room 113 on the same date. This workshop is described as: “Join Troker percussionist Frankie Mares to experience the band’s distinctive music style through the use of collective composition and improvisation techniques.”
Bring your instrument and participate in and/or observe this workshop. The workshop is free of charge; however, space is limited to 20 actual participants so reservations are required. Contact Mary Jane Plummer at 301.687.7495
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Jazz at Dante's
returns Friday, October 7
Bill Green Quartet
playing
The Funky Side of Jazz
6:00-8:00
Dinner and Jazz
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From Ted Nash's bio http://www.tednash.com/bio.html
One of Nash's most important associations is with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. A recent commission by the JLCO, "Portrait in Seven Shades," was recorded by the Orchestra released in February, 2010, followed by a month-long tour. This recording, a first-ever JLCO release devoted to original music by a band member other than Wynton Marsalis, has been credited by Ted Panken in Downbeat Magazine as marking a new direction for the Orchestra. For this work Nash received his first Grammy nomination as best arranger. Writing in The New York Times critic Nate Chinin noted that "Mr. Nash came to the band with a wellspring of jazz experience," but that it "took a while to adjust," given his modern leanings. "It didn't take long for Mr. Nash to lay claim to what Mr. Marsalis calls 'the wildcard chair' in the band." Chinin would then quote Marsalis: "He plays, on a virtuosic level, all of the reed instruments. He plays them all perfectly in tune, and has a personality on each one that's different. And he can read music unbelievable well."
2016 MACJO - Dizzy's Club Coca Cola-January Performance/Downtown Cumberland-April 8 & 9.
Click on JAM! above for all of the April Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month events.
For more info on MACJO - visit www.macjo.org