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The Milt Hinton Institute For Studio Bass At NJPAC, In Residence At Montclair State University, Welcomes Young Musicians To A Summer Of Extraordinary Learning And Discovery

The Milt Hinton Institute For Studio Bass At NJPAC, In Residence At Montclair State University, Welcomes Young Musicians To A Summer Of Extraordinary Learning And Discovery

Source: AMT Public Relations

Student bassists invited to apply for July 2024 music and performance camp focused solely on their instrument The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will host the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass, an exceptional summer music education program for teens, in residence at Montclair State University, in July 2024. Unique among music camps, the Hinton Institute is designed to support intermediate and advanced bass players ages 14 through 18, for a week of expert classes, performances, ensemble work, studio ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today!

Lester “Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 1920s and Charlie Parker in the 1940s. From the beginning, he set out to be different: He had his own lingo; In the Forties, he grew his hair out. The other tenor players held their saxophones upright in front of them, so Young held his out ...

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Education

Jazz For Teens Education Program Celebrates 25 Years Of Impacting Thousands Of Young Musicians

Jazz For Teens Education Program Celebrates 25 Years Of Impacting Thousands Of Young Musicians

Source: AMT Public Relations

Spring semester January 21-May 13, 2023, every Saturday @ 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Special 25th anniversary performance May 13, 2023. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) ,the state’s anchor cultural institution, celebrates 25 years of offering thousands of high schoolers from Newark and beyond music lessons and performance experiences through its popular TD Jazz for Teensprogram. One of the first of many arts education institutions at NJPAC, it has grown into a nationally recognized and revered program producing stellar alumni ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young

Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Young's birthday today!

A true innovator on the Hammond B3, Young took a different musical path than any of the other organ masters of his time: Although he started out drawing his major influences from the work of Jimmy Smith and the gospel and blues elements that other players employed, but eventually turned to a more complex, modal approach to the organ with sophisticated harmonic and chordal structure Larry Young was born on October ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today!

Lester “Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 1920s and Charlie Parker in the 1940s. From the beginning, he set out to be different: He had his own lingo; In the Forties, he grew his hair out. The other tenor players held their saxophones upright in front of them, so Young held his out ...

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Performance / Tour

The Django Hosts Young, Emerging Artists As Part Of Its Inaugural 'Next Gen Series' In May

The Django Hosts Young, Emerging Artists As Part Of Its Inaugural 'Next Gen Series' In May

Source: AMT Public Relations

The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, celebrates the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series. Artists include recent graduates from William Patterson University, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY/Purchase, Juilliard, The New School, Berklee College of Music, and more. In addition, you can find regular guests on our stage during May: Ken Fowser Quintet (5/6, 5/13, 5/20 and ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young

Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Young's birthday today!

A true innovator on the Hammond B3, Young took a different musical path than any of the other organ masters of his time: Although he started out drawing his major influences from the work of Jimmy Smith and the gospel and blues elements that other players employed, but eventually turned to a more complex, modal approach to the organ with sophisticated harmonic and chordal structure Larry Young was born on October ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today!

Lester “Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 1920s and Charlie Parker in the 1940s. From the beginning, he set out to be different: He had his own lingo; In the Forties, he grew his hair out. The other tenor players held their saxophones upright in front of them, so Young held his out ...

TV / Film

Young Girls of Rochefort, 1967

Young Girls of Rochefort, 1967

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

What better way to start the new year than watching a pristine print of The Young Girls of Rochefort? Directed by Jacques Demy, the music was composed by Michel Legrand to Demy's lyrics, and the choreography was by Norman Maen. It was a followup to Demy and Legrand's Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). The film-musical takes place in Rochefort, an actual town along the west coast of France. During the summer of '66, a caravan of trucks arrives in the town ...

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Advocacy

F2F Music Foundation forms partnership with Gilbreath Communications to promote opportunities to aspiring young musicians

F2F Music Foundation forms partnership with Gilbreath Communications to promote opportunities to aspiring young musicians

Source: All About Jazz

Can improvisation be taught? According to F2F Music Foundation, the answer is a definite yes. F2F Music Foundation, a Houston area-based non-profit performing arts organization, is teaming up with Gilbreath Communications, Inc., to encourage young people to pursue their full potential musically and academically. Gilbreath will act as F2F’s public relations arm to inform young people and their parents about opportunities available through F2F. Founded by renowned contemporary jazz musician Vel Lewis, F2F works with local non-profit organizations and schools ...

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