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Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra: Sketches of Spain Live

Read "Sketches of Spain Live" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The celebrated Miles Davis/Gil Evans partnership, which produced three classic albums more than forty years ago, is undergoing a mini-renaissance that started with the recent interpretation of Porgy & Bess by trumpeter Clark Terry and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and gave rise as well to this meticulous reprise of Sketches of Spain featuring David Liebman with the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra.

Unlike Porgy, on which Terry's approach would quite naturally be compared to Davis's, Liebman plays soprano and ...

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Bobby Sanabria, and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Bobby Sanabria, and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Source: Two for the Show Media

Multi-Grammy nominated Jazz and Latin music artist, bandleader and educator, Bobby Sanabria, and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, have nominated for a Latin Grammy (LARAS) for Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!, in the Latin Jazz category. Under Professor Sanabria's direction, it's the second time the 21-member orchestra has been nominated for this prestigious award. Two years ago, the ensemble was nominated for a Latin Grammy for the Kenya Revisited Live!!! 2009 recording, making it the first orchestra comprised ...

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90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra

90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a 90th Birthday Celebration honoring Candido Camero, NEA Jazz Master and the “father of modern conga drumming" on Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. The evening will feature Candido, who officially turns 90 on April 22nd, as guest artist. Showcased will be music spanning the living legend's career beginning with music from his Cuban childhood, followed by music from his ...

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Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

Source: Michael Ricci

Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009. Joe Wilder, Capt. Kenneth Force, Elliot Goldenthal, and Laquita Mitchell will be recognized for their significant career accomplishments as well as for service to Manhattan School of Music. The Distinguished Alumni Awards Presentation, held in the School's Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Performance Space, is part of the 2009 All-Alumni Reunion. Following the reception, there will be a performance by ...

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Manhattan School of Music Jazz Celebrates "Jazz Appreciation Month"

Manhattan School of Music Jazz Celebrates "Jazz Appreciation Month"

Source: All About Jazz

BOBBY SANABRIA, Multiple Grammy-nominated drummer & percussionist and the MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009 at 7:30 and 9:30 pm CONCERT WILL ALSO COMMEMORATE TITO PUENTE’S BIRTHDAY (b. April 20, 1923) NEA JAZZ MASTER, CANDIDO CAMERO'S BIRTHDAY (b. April 22, 1921) and the RELEASE OF KENYA REVISITED LIVE!!! on the Jazzheads Records Label The critically acclaimed Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Bobby ...

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Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic in Concert

Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic in Concert

Source: All About Jazz

Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Justin Dicioccio director With special guest artists Jeremy Fletcher and Bob Mintzer JEREMY FLETCHER Circadian Cadence Jeremy Fletcher, Conductor JIM MCNEELY Extra Credit BOB MINTZER One Music Gather The Spirit All is Quiet Prayer for Piece On the Bright Side Bob Mintzer, Tenor Saxophone Friday, April 3 at 7:30 PM ...

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Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz

The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by Bobby Sanabria, presents “FOR HORACE, MANNY and MARIO” a tribute to Horace Silver, Manny Albam and Mario Bauz, on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 pm in the School’s John C. Borden Auditorium.

The program will include: Cubauz, by Michael Philip Mossman Dedicated to Mario Bauz, the father of Afro-Cuban jazz, based on Dizzy Gillespie’s ground breaking 1940’s masterpiece Things to Come A Song for ...

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3-Day Charles Mingus Tribute at Manhattan School of Music, February 20-22

3-Day Charles Mingus Tribute at Manhattan School of Music, February 20-22

Source: All About Jazz

A 3-day tribute to Charles Mingus will take place at Manhattan School of Music, Feb. 20 - 22. It begins on Friday, Feb. 20, with a keynote address to be given by Gunther Schuller, followed by a panel discussion on Mingus and his music--panelists moderated by Justin DiCioccio, will include musicians who performed with Mingus, as well as Gunther Schuller and Sue Mingus; and on Saturday and Sunday performances by Manhattan School jazz ensembles as well as the Mingus Dynasty ...

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Charles Mingus Summit at Manhattan School of Music including 1st Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition

Charles Mingus Summit at Manhattan School of Music including 1st Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition

Source: All About Jazz

3-DAY TRIBUTE, February 20 - 22, 2009 SUE MINGUS and JUSTIN DICIOCCIO, Producers Friday, February 20 at 7:30 pm in Greenfield Hall GUNTHER SCHULLER, Keynote Speaker Panel Discussion with Justin DiCioccio, Moderator; Vincent Herring, Conrad Herwig, Andy McKee, Sue Mingus and Gunther Schuller Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 pm in John C. Borden Auditorium MSM MINGUS JAZZ COMBO, Steve Slagle, Guest Soloist Remy Le Boeuf, alto saxophone; Samuel Ryder, tenor saxophone; Jonathan Barnes, trumpet; Craig Davis, piano; Robert ...

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Meridian Arts Ensemble to Play Concert at Manhattan School of Music

Meridian Arts Ensemble to Play Concert at Manhattan School of Music

Source: Teresa Conboy PR

The Meridian Arts Ensemble will celebrate the release of its Timbrando CD with a special concert at the Manhattan School of Music, Friday, September 12th, 7:30 p.m. Timbrando (Portuguese for making a tone or sounding, related to the word timbre) is a cross cultural travelogue of music the group collected while on tour in Latin and South America and the U.S. The concert is a performance of the pieces on Timbrando including: the traditional Caballito Nicollano, (The Cowboy from Nicolla), ...

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