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Jazz it Up: New Webcast Debuts This Sunday June 26th
Source:
Chuck Koton
In spite of its hallowed historical role as America's only original art form, jazz has often been criticized for “living in the past." For many contemporary listeners, jazz has been “trapped in amber," content to recycle the popular musical forms of a half-century ago. While there may be an element of truth in this observation, often times the “fresher" music these critics embrace involves nothing more than a “rock" component. Hardly ground-breaking stuff! What is more relevant for the jazz ...
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WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Presents Big Band Jazz
Source:
Michael Ricci
Please join our audience for another musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 Featuring The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra Formed in 1981, The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra, a 19-piece big band, has performed for numerous corporate clients, municipalities and charitable organizations around the country. Made up of an all-star line-up, its members have performed with The Miami Sound Machine, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Count Basie Orchestras. Bobby conducts the orchestra and is featured as lead ...
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Jazz for Kids: Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez
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All About Jazz
Jazz luminaries Stix Hooper and Bobby Rodriguez, fronting an ensemble of professional instrumentalists, opened the ears and minds of Santa Ynez Valley students Sept. 25 at Solvang School. More than 800 kids from local schools filled the bleachers and floor of the school’s gym as Rodriguez, Hooper and the band took them through the various forms of jazz. The students represented 11 area schools, grades three through twelve. The jazz professionals were in Solvang for the second annual Jazz Festival, ...
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