Home » Jazz Musicians » Temple University
Temple University
Temple University Jazz Ensemble: Room 323
by Edward Blanco
Performing regularly in the Philadelphia area, the Temple University Jazz Ensemble, led by Terell Stafford, has just come out with its first album of six standards and two student-penned original charts. Not your typical college orchestra, the TUJE is a small seven-piece ensemble that plays with the energy of a full-size big band and the tightness of a small combo. The album derives its name from Stafford's studio number at the university's Boyer College of Music and Dance. The album's ...
read moreTemple University Jazz Band: Mean What You Say
by Jim Santella
Under the direction of Terrell Stafford, the Temple University Jazz Band has flourished. Their cohesive sound maintains a perfect balance and the orchestration allows each of the key sections to revel in their unique voices. Deep-throated trombones and baritone saxophone provide the kind of foundation that a tango dancer lives for. Shining trumpets and alto saxophones float melodies and powerful punctuation across the top of the studio. The harmonic mixture of guitar, piano and saxophones casually colors specific phrases with ...
read moreTemple University’s Boyer College Of Music And Dance Presents A One-Night Only Classical-Jazz Concert April 16 At Jazz At Lincoln Center With Orchestral Premieres By Billy Childs And Bill Cunliffe
Source:
AMT Public Relations
Featuring Performances by 100+ Student and Faculty Artists including Temple University’s Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, and Faculty Jazz Sextet: Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, and Justin Faulkner. In Celebration of TU’s Faculty Jazz Sextet’s Album Release Fly With the Wind The award-winning Temple University Jazz Band (TUJB) today announced its return to Jazz at Lincoln Center in a one-night only concert April 16th at 8:00 p.m. Hailed as one of today’s leading jazz student ensembles, ...
read more
A Family Feeling: Temple University Jazz Faculty Record New Music By Bruce Barth
Source:
All About Jazz
In June, six members of Temple University’s noted jazz faculty gathered in Bunker Hill Studio in Brooklyn to record eight tracks of new music composed by Bruce Barth. Terell Stafford, director of Jazz Studies at Temple, lead the charge and the result, Family Feeling, is a reflection on the warm camaraderie between Terell Stafford (trumpet); Dick Oatts (also/soprano saxophone); Bruce Barth (piano); Tim Warfield, Jr., (tenor/soprano saxophone); David Wong (bass); and, Byron Landham (drums) that has been forged over many ...
read more
John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University, A Long-Awaited Recording Of An Historic 1966 Performance
Source:
Fully Altered Media
Features Coltrane In Rare Form, Exhorting Through The Saxophone & Vocal Chants Trane with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, Sonny Johnson & Percussion In High-Fidelity Audio Taken From Recently Discovered Tapes To Be Released September 23, 2014, Coltrane’s 88th Birthday via Impulse!/Resonance Records Resonance Records and UME are proud to present Offering: Live At Temple University, documenting a legendary concert by John Coltrane at Temple University in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 1966, six weeks ...
read more
Mellon Jazz Scholarship Available at Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance
Source:
All About Jazz
Welcome Home McCoy Tyner Festival May 19-20, 2006 at Temple University
Source:
All About Jazz
LIVING JAZZ LEGEND McCOY TYNER COMES HOME TO PHILLY AT THE WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAY 19-20, 2006 Philadelphia, PA. - April 17, 2006 - MUSICOPIA (formerly Strings for Schools), in collaboration with LIFELINE MUSIC COALITION, INC. brings the WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL to Temple University on May 19th & 20th, 2006. On Friday, May 19th at 8 pm, living jazz legend and Philly native McCoy Tyner will perform at Temple University's Tomlinson Theatre, 1301 ...
read more
Alaadeen played on WRTI, Temple University Public Radio
Source:
All About Jazz
Thanks to WRTI radio station and Jazz Programmer, Jeff Duperon for adding Alaadeen's selection Time's Up" from the brand new CD, New Africa Suite" to his 7-9 pm Straight Ahead" radio program. See Jeff's playlist: http://www.wrti.org/programming/playlist/searchindex/jul_05/pljul1605_jazz.html Jeff Duperon hosts a hard-driving, two-hour romp through the jazz we have come to know and love as mainstream. The last Saturday of every month, Bob Perkins and Harrison Ridley, Jr., host Jump Street Jazz, the new spot for local jazz luminaries. WRTI, Temple ...
read more
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson