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SUMMARY:Huntertones
DESCRIPTION:Huntertones are a rare exception – a true band that has been touring and recording together for over 10 years. The six members of the Huntertones met while studying jazz at Ohio State University. They formed a group outside of the curriculum with the objective of forming a house band for the parties they hosted at their apartment on Hunter Avenue (hence the name – Huntertones). The now legendary parties grew in fame\, as did their connection with each other. Their incessant touring has brought them to twenty-five countries including four state department-sponsored tours. Their tight frontline has also been recognized as a superlative horn section for others including Lake Street Dive\, Kurt Elling\, Ricky Martin\, and Louis Cato\, including an appearance as part of the house band on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Huntertone’s collective influences are wide-ranging\, their disparate influences include gospel\, hip-hop\, rock\, blues\, and soul – from Peter Gabriel to Sonny Rollins\, from David Bowie to Hiatus Coyote\, from James Cleveland to Frank Zappa. In an interview with an ABC affiliate in Rochester\, NY\, when asked to summarize their music they said\, “High energy\, horn-driven\, danceable\, up-tempo\, we want people to feel good.” Huntertone’s music is tailored to modern sensibilities. They are social media savvy and eager to play within the constructs of modern culture with some of their repertoire including mashups of arrangements by Queen\, Michael Jackson\, Snarky Puppy\, and Stevie Wonder. \n\n \nHuntertones are playful\, but they are very serious – their music is of the highest quality\, precise and tight. Lionel Louke\, guitarist with Herbie Hancock\, sums up their vibe well: “Soulful\, tasty and groovy. I dare you not to dance or be in a good mood during and after listening to this beautiful music.” 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/huntertones/
LOCATION:Vermont
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SUMMARY:Billy Childs Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Billy Childs is one of North America’s most lauded musicians. He has earned seventeen Grammy nominations and six Grammy awards. He is also the recipient of Chamber Music America’s Composer’s Grant\, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This year he continued his success by winning Best Instrumental Jazz Album for his album “The Winds of Change” (2024).  Several groups have commissioned Childs’s orchestral compositions\, including the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra\, the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, the Kronos Quartet\, and the American Brass Quintet. Jazz critic Don Heckman writes: “Words fail in an effort to describe the complexities and the subtleties of Childs’s musical imagination which is far-reaching…Childs’ works do not simply place genres side by side. Instead\, they find a common\, creative ground reminiscent of Rumi’s ‘community of spirit.’” \nChilds has released 16 albums as a leader. Each is unique\, presenting thematic material that focuses on meaningful concepts and illuminates his intelligent\, heartfelt approach. He has appeared on hundreds of recordings with such luminaries as J.J. Johnson\, Freddie Hubbard\, Joe Henderson\, Wynton Marsalis\, Renee Fleming\, Yo-Yo Ma\, Jack DeJohnette\, Dave Holland\, Ron Carter\, Gladys Knight\, Chris Botti\, Allan Holdsworth\, Dianne Reeves\, Grover Washington\, Dori Caymmi\, Lou Rawls\, the Headhunters and Eddie Daniels. His penultimate recording\, Map to the Treasure\, Reimagining Laura Nyro\, received two Grammy Awards and features Alison Krauss\, Renée Fleming\, Wayne Shorter\, and Diane Reeves. \nBilly Childs’ musical development as a youth included tours with hard-bop jazz legends concurrent with classical\, academic training. As a youth\, he was chosen to perform and record with jazz legends J.J. Johnson (with whom he recorded At Yokohama and Concepts in Blue) and Freddie Hubbard (Skagly\, Live at North Sea Jazz Festival). In the liner notes for his new album Rebirth\, Childs reflects on his experience playing in two of the most intense\, aggressive\, hard-bop ensembles when he was only in his early twenties\, “J.J. and Freddie are responsible for the jazz part of my pedigree… I learned about comping from Freddie… I learned to expand accompanying into creating environments for the soloists…You couldn’t listen to him and not know what to play.” Childs remained a member of Hubbard’s ensemble for six years. The influence of hard bop on Childs’ music is undeniable and is reflected in his penchant to deconstruct and re-harmonize jazz standards. Furthermore\, the thread of excitement in Childs’ work and his appreciation for muscular playing provides a perfect balance to his more introspective and delicate selections.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/billy-childs-quartet/
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SUMMARY:Brandee Younger Trio
DESCRIPTION:Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the harp\, an instrument most of us don’t often think of as part of jazz’s front line. Inspired by the work of harp-pioneers Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane\, Younger has developed a new vocabulary that is simultaneously fresh and connected to the instrument’s ancient sound (there are indications that the harp was used as far back as 3000 BC). Younger forges a deep connection with listeners of all genres\, her unique approach is simultaneously free and reverential\, informed by classical repertoire and the jazz tradition. Younger is being recognized across the genres. In 2022 she was nominated for two Grammy Awards (Best Instrumental Composition). She is the winner of a 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her album Brand New Life. Her expansive career includes recordings and touring opportunities with such cultural icons as Common\, Lauryn Hill\, John Legend\, Pharoah Sanders\, and Christian McBride. She was featured in the Netflix Concert Documentary\, Beyoncé: Homecoming\, and recognized for her original composition “Hortense\,” which was featured in Quincy Jones and Steve McQueens’ “Soundtrack of America.” Younger has made it a point to reach out to new audiences\, exposing a multigenerational cache of listeners to her compelling sound and concept. Younger is on the faculty at New York University\, Steinhardt School\, and The New School College of Performing Arts.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/brandee-younger-trio/
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Semester Student Showcase
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 7th from 11 AM to 5 PM\, the VJC will host its Fall 2024 semester student showcase during the Cotton Mill Holiday Open House. This student showcase will highlight the student successes from a semester’s worth of hard work and practice. During this open house celebration\, you can enjoy the offerings of small local businesses and some great local talent! This event is free. All donations will go directly to the student scholarship fund. \n\n\nDecember 7th Program\n\n11:00 AM   Guitar I — Led by Draa Hobbs: Benjamin Breton\, Guitar\, Weldon Hendricks\, Guitar\, John Janiszewski\, Guitar\, Michael McKinney\, Guitar\, Aaron Weinstein\, Piano\, Steve Frankel\, Bass\, Sam Lazzaro\, Drums\n\n  \n\n11:30 AM   Guitar II — Led by Draa Hobbs: Steve Bychowski\, Guitar\, Jesse Peters\, Guitar\, Doug Morton\, Bass\, Sam Lazzaro\, Drums\n\n \n  \n\n12:00 PM   Language of Improv — Led by John Clark: Ani Schaeffer\, Vocal\, Masako Yanagita\, Violin\, Dennis Avery\, Steel Guitar\, Rob Adams\, Guitar\, Julian Gerstin\, Percussion\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\n“Una Stanza in Milano” by John Clark\nAni Schaeffer: open improvisation\n“Blue Nile” by Alice Coltrane\nDennis Avery: open improvisation\n“Silver Rain” by John Clark\n\n\n\n  \n\n12:30 PM    VJC Sextet — Led by Rob Freeberg: Rob Freeberg\, Trumpet\, Bill Ballard\, Alto Saxophone\, Jim Heffron\, Tenor Saxophone\, Cathy Martin\, Piano\, Wim Auer\, Bass\, Steve Rice\, Drums\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\nPearls\, by David Hazeltine\nThe Soulful Mr. Timmons\, by James Williams\nCan’t Hide Love\, by Skip Scarborough\nIn Walked Horace\, by J. J. Johnson\nPools\, by Don Grolnick\, arr. by Bill Ballard\n\n\n\n  \n\n1:15 PM       Soubrette Choir and the Daybreak Trio — Led by Anna Patton: Marie Gorst\, Ruth Allard\, Susan Barduhn\, Elise Burrows\, Beth Kiendl\, Collin Leach\, Andi Matthews\, Ruth Sessions\, Terry Sylvester\, Carrie Walker\, Lani Wright\, Rebecca Mandel\, Louise Zak\, Laura Goldblatt\, Hadley Yakir\, Carlene Raper\, Deborah Nunn\n\nAccompanied by Owen Morrison on guitar\, with additional Guests: Hadley Yakir on violin and Julian Gerstin on percussion \nSet List – \n\n\n\nLi’l Darlin by Neal Hefti and Jon Hendricks\nNo More Blues by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Jon Hendricks\, featuring soloist Becca Mandel\nLet’s Walk by Madeleine Peyroux and Jon Herrington\nThat Oo oo oo by Miss Tess\n\n\n\n  \n\n2:00 PM     Sambaganza Brazilian Percussion Ensemble — Led by Julian Gerstin and Ron Kelley: Susan Rosano\, Bob Everingham\, Jenny Kilgore\, Erik Schickendanz\, Linda Simoneaux\, Peter Simoneaux\, Rick Stone\, Andree Zaleska\, Jay Cook\, Victoria Provost\n\n \n\n2:30 PM     Latin Jazz — Led by Julian Gerstin and Eugene Uman: Marsha Stern\, flute\, Mark Baker\, violin\, Anders Burrows\, trumpet\, Declan O’Donnell\, trumpet\, Michael Barnett\, sax\, Jim Heffron\, sax\, Bob Stabach\, sax\, Bill Pastuszek\, piano\, JJ Hartmann\, bass\, Jeanushka Fishelle\, percussion\, Henry Zacchini\, drums\, Joshua Green\, tumba/conga\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\nThe Egyptian – by Curtis Fuller\nCrazy Cat Calypso – by Eugene Uman\nCircle – by Eugene Uman\nUn Paso pa’ Aqui – by Julian Gerstin\n\n\n\n  \n\n3:15 PM     Youth Jazz — Led by Eugene Uman and Michael McKinney: Jacob Howe\, trumpet\, Jules Bowen\, trombone\, Ash Lyman\, alto sax\, Samadhi Mathes\, tenor sax\, River Olsson\, baritone sax\, Ben Antin\, piano\, Addison Sticklor\, guitar\, Lucas Majer\, drums\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\nSweet and Lovely – by Gus Arnheim\nQuizás\, Quizás\,Quizás – by Osvaldo Farres\nCheryl – by Charlie Parker\nSnowy Day Bossa – by Eugene Uman\n\n\n\n  \n\n4:00 PM    Blue Note I — Led by Claire Arenius: Jerry Carbone\, trumpet\, John Skorupski\, sax\, Clay Contee\, piano\, Andrew Cancellieri\, sax\, Steve Frankel\, bass\, Harly Isgur\, drums\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\nFive Spot After Dark — by Benny Golson\nSwingin’ Shepherd Blues — by Moe Koffman\nFungii Mama — by Blue Mitchell\nCome Sunday — by Duke Ellington\n\n\n\n  \n\n4:30 PM    Blue Note II — Led by Claire Arenius: Jeanushka Fischelle\, vocal/percussion\, Judith Williams\, piano\, Louise Ewing\, alto saxophone\, John McClellen\, bass\, Robert Ronnow\, Drew Kovach\, drums\n\nSet List – \n\n\n\nChan’s Song (Never Said) — by Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock\nAiregin — by Sonny Rollins\nNever Make Your Move Too Soon — by Will Jennings and Nesbert Hooper\nLittle Niles — by Randy Weston\nFor All We Know — by J.Fred Coots
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-fall-student-showcase/
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SUMMARY:VJC Big Band Celebrates its 20th Year w/ Vocalist Carmen Bradford
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS SOLD OUT — LIVESTREAM STILL AVAILABLE ON NIGHT OF SHOW\nThe 18-piece Vermont Jazz Center Big Band is excited to celebrate 20 years of music\, and what better way to celebrate than by honoring the legacy of Count Basie. For this year’s annual scholarship gala\, which takes place on Friday\, December 6th at 7:30 PM\, they will pull out all the stops with a swing-dance performance featuring Grammy-award-winning singer Carmen Bradford. \nCarmen Bradford is a third-generation vocalist who has ascended to jazz royalty through pedigree\, talent\, and hard work. For nine years she was the featured vocalist with Count Basie (1904 -1984) and continues to tour and record with the Count Basie (Legacy) Orchestra. She received a Grammy Award for her contributions to Basie Swings the Blues with the Count Basie Orchestra. She also appears on the Grammy-award-winning album organized by Kenny Rankin called The Benny Carter Songbook Project. Bradford has been nominated five times for a Grammy Award\, is the recipient of the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s Jazz Vocalist Award\, and was recently elected to the Austin Jazz Society’s Hall of Fame. \n\n \nMs. Bradford has performed and/or recorded with Patti Austin\, Tony Bennett\, George Benson\, Shelly Berg\, James Brown\, Benny Carter\, Dori Caymmi\, John Clayton\, Freddie Cole\, Lena Horne\, Kurt Elling\, Wynton Marsalis\, Jeremy Monteiro\, David Murray\, Willie Nelson\, James Newton\, Kenny Rankin\, Lou Rawls\, Doc Severinsen\, Frank Sinatra\, Byron Stripling\, Tierney Sutton\, Joe Williams\, Nancy Wilson\, Liz Wright\, and countless other artists from around the world. Bradford has also performed and/or recorded with the Dallas Symphony\, the Dani Felber Big Band\, the Detroit Symphony\, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra\, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra\, the National Symphony\, the Philadelphia Pops\, the Rochester Philharmonic\, the Vancouver Philharmonic\, and many other musical institutions. She continues to tour with the Count Basie Orchestra\, stating “When the Count Basie Orchestra calls me – I go.” In 2016\, Bradford was the voice on the album “Imagination Nation\,” a tribute to Nelson Mandela by South African trumpeter Darren English. This critically acclaimed album won the Pledge for Peace award from the Global Peace Song Awards. \nThe VJC Big Band is made up of area professional musicians who come together to enjoy the rewards of playing invigorating\, challenging and historically significant repertoire while raising money for the VJC’s Scholarship Fund. December’s Annual Gala is the primary fundraiser for the Fund which grants an annual average of $20\,000 worth of scholarships to students\, offsetting fees for ensembles\, private lessons\, and their world-renowned summer jazz workshop. By attending this event you will be contributing to the scholarship fund; all proceeds will be earmarked towards benefitting students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to pursue their musical objectives. \nThis year the VJC Big Band celebrates its 20th year thanks to the decade-long leadership of musical director Rob Freeberg\, and to the organizational persistence of baritone saxophonist\, Sherm Fox. Each year the VJC Big Band performs a dance concert on the first Friday of December that features a special guest artist. Past headliners have included Evan Arntzen\, Alexis Cole\, Amanda Carr\, Houston Person\, Dave Stryker\, Samirah Evans\, Rich Greenblatt\, Mark Anagnostopulos\, Rebecca (Bella) Holtz\, Kevin Mahogany\, Miles Griffith\, Peter Eldridge\, Wanda Houston\, and timbalero Eguie Castrillo. \nMembers of the VJC Big band include trumpeters Don Anderson\, Rick Anderson\, Haneef Nelson\, Bunny Saranita\, and Rob Freeberg; woodwind players Michael Zsoldos\, Sherm Fox\, Bruce Diehl\, Carl Clements\, and Donna Morse; trombonists John Wheeler\, Amaranth Cole\, Dave Sporny\, and Tim Atherton; and rhythm section members Eugene Uman (piano)\, Wes Brown (bass)\, and Steve Rice (drums). \nThis concert will be a hybrid event with both live stream and in-person components. Live streamers can create intimate dance parties in their homes or choose to come to the Jazz Center to dance in person to the sounds of an 18-piece big band. The live stream for home viewers can be accessed on the Vermont Jazz Center’s website (www.vtjazz.org) or via its Facebook Live page. Livestream viewers are encouraged to make an online donation to the Scholarship Fund in lieu of purchasing a ticket. \nThe VJC Big Band is fortunate to have trumpeter Rob Freeberg’s guidance as musical director. He is a seasoned trumpeter and big band conductor who leads the VJC’s large ensemble with finesse and skill\, drawing on his respect for the jazz legacy\, an unerring ear\, and decades of experience leading his own Big Band in the New York City region. Freeberg moved to Dummerston\, VT in 2012\, after retiring from his position as Director of Bands at New Rochelle High School\, NY\, where he taught for 30 years. He is also the musical director of the VJC Sextet and also performs with the Windham Orchestra\, its brass quintet\, the Bennington County Choral Society\, and the Keene Chorale. The VJC’s longevity is thanks in great part to band manager and baritone saxophonist Sherm Fox. His continued persistence and organizational efforts have provided the glue that has held the band together since 2004. The VJC Big Band was originally a project initiated by Fox and Howard Brofsky (a.k.a Dr. Bebop)\, the VJC’s mentor and former board president who passed away in 2013. \nThe VJC is especially grateful for sponsors Dianne and Steve Lieberman\, medical professionals from Amherst\, Massachusetts who have demonstrated their belief in the music and the VJC community by sponsoring this annual concert for many years. The VJC also appreciates the support of the Vermont Arts Council\, the Vermont Humanities Council\, the New England Foundation of the Arts\, and the National Endowment of the Arts. Thanks also to media support from The Commons and The Brattleboro Reformer.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/vjc-big-band-celebrates-its-20th-year/
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SUMMARY:DAY 2 Emerging Artist Festival feat. Ekep Nkwelle Quartet
DESCRIPTION:7:30 pm Concert with Ekep Nkwelle Quartet\nEkep Nkwelle\, a 24-year-old Cameroonian-American jazz vocalist\, has carved her musical path from the vibrant streets of Washington\, DC\, to the heart of New York City’s jazz scene—from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to Howard University\, to Julliard’s graduate program in jazz. Nkwelle has sung with numerous jazz luminaries including Russell Malone\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Peter Washington\, Emmet Cohen\, and Endea Owens. She has performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as a featured artist\, and sung for audiences in iconic venues nationwide\, including Radio City Music Hall\, the Library of Congress\, Blues Alley\, the Kennedy Center\, Lincoln Center\, and the Strathmore. She has sung for audiences at Newport\, Montclair\, Hudson\, and DC jazz festivals as well. In 2023 Nkwelle was nominated by Wynton Marsalis to receive the Juilliard Career Advancement Grant; this recognition was soon followed by her performance on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts.” Ms. Nkwelle was chosen by Dee Dee Bridgewater to participate in her exclusive\, all-women artistic residency\, The Woodshed Network. As one of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s newest rising stars\, Ekep Nkwelle is poised to shape the future of jazz.  \nSATURDAY SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW\n \nDay 2: Saturday\, November 2 @ Vermont Jazz Center\nStudent group performances\, Ekep Nkwelle clinic for student musicians & Concert with Ekep Nkwelle Quartet \n11:00 to 4:00 pm: Student group performances. Location: Vermont Jazz Center Main Stage (New!)\nOn Saturday the VJC\, in association with area high schools & universities\, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our main stage from 11:00 – 4:00 pm.  \n Line up:      \n    11:00  UMass Jazz Ensemble 1 \n     11:45  UMass Jazz Ensemble 2 \n     12:30  Northfield Mt. Hermon Jazz Trio \n     1:15  Amherst College – Hypatia Ensemble  \n     1:45  VJC Youth Jazz Ensemble \n     2:30  BUHS Madrigals (jazz vocal group) \n     3:15  BUHS Jazz Band \n     4:00 pm:  Ekep Nkwelle clinic for student musicians and the general public \n     7:30 pm:  Ekep Nkwelle Quartet Concert (ticketed)
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-2025-day-2-emerging-artist-festival-feat-ekep-nkwelle-quartet/
LOCATION:Vermont Jazz Center\, 72 Cotton Mill Hill\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
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SUMMARY:DAY 1 Emerging Artist Festival feat. Ekep Nkwelle Quartet
DESCRIPTION:7th Annual Emerging Artist Festival \nFriday evening: On November 1st the VJC\, in collaboration with 118 Elliot Gallery\, will present a selection of student groups as part of Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk hosted by Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. From 5:00 – 8:00 pm\, audiences will groove on hour-long sets of young musicians stretching out playing jazz tunes\, some bravely improvising for the first time in public. This year’s performers include the BUHS vocalists\, VJC’s Young Lions Trio\, Northfield Mt. Hermon Honors Ensemble\, PVPA Jazz\, Pop\, and R&B Ensemble.   \nSaturday daytime: On Saturday\, November 2nd\, the VJC\, in association with area high schools and universities\, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our archive stage from 11:00 – 4:00 pm. This year’s groups include performers from Amherst College/Hypatia Ensemble\, the University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensembles 1 & 2\, Northfield Mt. Hermon Jazz Trio\, BUHS Madrigals (Jazz Vocal Group)\, and BUHS Jazz Band (Instrumental). At 4:00 pm\, Emerging Artist Headliner Nkwelle and her quartet will offer a masterclass to these young\, striving musicians and to the general public (free of charge). \nSaturday evening: Headliner Concert Ekep Nkwelle Quartet \nEkep Nkwelle\, a 24-year-old Cameroonian-American jazz vocalist\, has carved her musical path from the vibrant streets of Washington\, DC\, to the heart of New York City’s jazz scene—from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts\, to Howard University\, to Julliard’s graduate program in jazz. Nkwelle has sung with numerous jazz luminaries including Russell Malone\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Peter Washington\, Emmet Cohen\, and Endea Owens. She has performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as a featured artist\, and sung for audiences in iconic venues nationwide\, including Radio City Music Hall\, the Library of Congress\, Blues Alley\, the Kennedy Center\, Lincoln Center\, and the Strathmore. She has sung for audiences at Newport\, Montclair\, Hudson\, and DC jazz festivals as well. In 2023 Nkwelle was nominated by Wynton Marsalis to receive the Juilliard Career Advancement Grant; this recognition was soon followed by her performance on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts.” Ms. Nkwelle was chosen by Dee Dee Bridgewater to participate in her exclusive\, all-women artistic residency\, The Woodshed Network. As one of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s newest rising stars\, Ekep Nkwelle is poised to shape the future of jazz. \nFULL SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW\n  \n \n\nDAY 1: Friday\, November 1 @ 118 Elliot St. Gallery\n5:00 – 8:00 pm: Youth musicians perform as part of Gallery Walk (no reservations required)\nOn Friday\, November 1st\, the VJC\, in collaboration with 118 Elliot Gallery\, will present a selection of student groups as part of Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk hosted by Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. From 5:00 – 8:00 pm\, audiences will groove on half-hour-hour sets of young musicians stretching out playing jazz tunes. \nLine up:\n     5:15  BUHS vocalists – Emily Matthew-Muller\, Miriam Diallo\, AJ Lalanne  \n     6:00  Northfield Mt. Hermon Honors Ensemble \n     6:45  VJC – Young Lions Trio (Hartmann/Parks/Lazzaro) \n     7:30  PVPA Jazz\, Pop + R&B Ensemble \nDay 2: Saturday\, November 2 @ Vermont Jazz Center\nStudent group performances\, Ekep Nkwelle clinic for student musicians & Concert with Ekep Nkwelle Quartet \n11:00 to 4:00 pm: Student group performances. Location: Vermont Jazz Center Main Stage (New!)\nOn Saturday the VJC\, in association with area high schools & universities\, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our main stage from 11:00 – 4:00 pm.  \n Line up:      \n \n    11:00  UMass Jazz Ensemble 1 \n     11:45  UMass Jazz Ensemble 2 \n     12:30  Northfield Mt. Hermon Jazz Trio \n     1:15  Amherst College – Hypatia Ensemble  \n     1:45  VJC Youth Jazz Ensemble \n     2:30  BUHS Madrigals (jazz vocal group) \n     3:15  BUHS Jazz Band \n     4:00 pm:  Ekep Nkwelle clinic for student musicians and the general public \n7:30 pm Concert with Ekep Nkwelle Quartet\nIn 2023 Nkwelle was nominated by Wynton Marsalis to receive the Juilliard Career Advancement Grant; this recognition was soon followed by her performance on NPR’s “Tiny Desk.” Ms. Nkwelle was chosen by Dee Dee Bridgewater to participate in her exclusive\, all-women artistic residency\, The Woodshed Network. As one of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s newest rising stars\, Ekep Nkwelle is poised to shape the future of jazz. \n 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/emerging-artist-festival-day-one/
LOCATION:118 Elliot Gallery\, 118 Elliot Street\, Brattleboro\, Vermont\, 05301
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Something Else: All-Star Tribute to Soul Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Something Else is a seven-piece Soul Jazz revue led by Vincent Herring. The all-star rotating lineup\, according to Herring\, features “music that is meant to be a celebration of life.” The band plays new arrangements of soul jazz classics\, originally recorded by composers like Donald Byrd\, Horace Silver\, Herbie Hancock and Eddie Harris. Soul jazz\, born in the early 1960s\, provided a pathway for the funky grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. Soul jazz helped form the soundtrack for that generation\, but\, as it turns out\, this music is multigenerational and has served as a springboard repertoire for up-and-coming young jazzers as well. It’s groove-oriented and fun to play—and to hear! Band organizer Herring states\, “When we get together and play\, we are having as good of a time as anybody else—we listen to each other and the music that we’re producing\, and enjoying every aspect of it. One thing that will never go out of fashion is good-feeling music\, and that’s what we provide!”
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/somethin-else-an-all-star-tribute-to-soul/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
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SUMMARY:Etienne Charles and Creole Soul
DESCRIPTION:This Trinidad-born trumpet star claims “jazz is Creole music.” His performances incorporate the songs and rituals of the Caribbean carnival that influenced him to pursue music: danceable\, percussive and with captivating melodic lines. Charles is a Guggenheim Fellow and a 2022 Creative Capital Awardee. He is a recipient of a Lincoln Center Millennial Swing Award\, a Caribbean Heritage Trailblazer Award and a CMA New Works Grant. Charles has released ten highly acclaimed albums as a leader; his most recent\, Creole Orchestra\, features vocalist René Marie. Charles has performed/recorded with luminaries including Wynton Marsalis\, Marcus Roberts\, Monty Alexander\, Maria Schneider\, the Count Basie Orchestra and Roberta Flack. He is a dedicated educator and professor at the Frost School of Music. In his compositions\, Charles investigates the real-life connections between music and ritual. In a promo video for his San Jose Suite\, he explains this naturally inspiring fusion: “We went to not only be with the people\, but to partake in their rituals; to learn about why the rituals happen so that we know why things are in the music… Then we can use that music with knowledge and respect to the ritual and the traditions\, and make the music lively.”  \n 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-etienne-charles/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240808T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240808T223000
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Faculty and Participant Concerts
DESCRIPTION:Location:\nThe Currier Center\nThe Putney School\n418 Houghton Brook Road\nPutney\, Vermont \nOn Thursday August 8th and Friday\, August 9th\, join us in celebrating jazz and enjoy the VJC’s summer workshop concerts held at the Putney School’s Michael S. Currier Center. \nOn Thursday evening\, August 8th the Vermont Jazz Center Faculty Concert will present vocalists Sheila Jordan and Amy London; Rob Freeberg\, Haneef Nelson (trumpet); Ben Barnett (trombone); Stacy Dillard\, Michael Zsoldos (saxophones); Anabel Gil Díaz (flute); Freddie Bryant (guitar); Harvey Diamond\, Ray Gallon\, Franz Robert\, Helen Sung\, Eugene Uman (piano); Cameron Brown\, David Picchi\, Malik McLaurine (bass); Brian Shankar Adler\, Claire Arenius (drums); Julian Gerstin\, percussion. \nOn Friday\, August 9th\, we will hear two sets of music performed by the participants of the Summer Jazz Workshop. \nAt 3:30 PM enjoy three faculty coached ensembles (each with one vocalist) and six piano trios with professional accompaniment. \nAt 7:30 PM enjoy three other faculty coached ensembles (each with one vocalist) and 14 vocalists\, each performing with professional rhythm sections.  \nWe look forward to seeing you at this special event!
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-summerworkshop/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240615T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240615T220000
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SUMMARY:2024 Convergence Project
DESCRIPTION:Eugene Uman is the director of the Vermont Jazz Center and performs as a pianist in numerous projects. His annual June concert is a representation of a year’s worth of composing and collaborating with various musicians and an opportunity for him to assemble a dream band that manifests his vision and unites his musical influences. Uman’s energetic playing and writing style is flavored with the Latin rhythms that he has absorbed during his tenure living in Colombia where he initiated the jazz studies programs at la Universidad de EAFIT and el Colegio de Música de Medellín. Several of his compositions employ forms and grooves adapted from Colombian music such as cumbia\, pasillo\, puya\, bambuco\, and currulao. They are also strongly influenced by his bebop mentors: Sheila Jordan\, Howard Brofsky\, Mike Longo and Jimmy Heath as well as by the sounds of his youth when he played in rock and blues bands. Uman’s compositions draw from a vocabulary of modern jazz\, hard bop\, rock\, soul\, Latin American rhythms and gospel; listeners can expect a “convergence” of the music he loves in a mash-up of styles where groove is king. \nThis presentation of the Convergence Project is the last show of the Vermont Jazz Center’s 2023-24 season. For this June 15th performance\, Uman will present a sextet with Haneef Nelson (trumpet)\, Jason Robinson (saxophone)\, Cameron Brown (acoustic bass)\, and Brian Shankar Adler (drums).   \nHaneef Nelson plays trumpet in the VJC big band. As a youth he developed his love for jazz at New York’s Jazzmobile Program where he played in ensembles taught by jazz luminaries such as Cecil Bridgewater\, Dr. Donald Byrd (his mentor)\, John Stubblefield\, Frank Foster\, Charles Davis and many others. He attended the African-American Music Department at the Hartt School where he studied under Jackie McLean and Nat Reeves. Nelson then went on to study Jazz Composition and Arranging at UMASS Amherst and is now finishing up his Ph.D. at Hartt. Nelson has performed with Yoron Israel\, Avery Sharpe\, Bill Saxton\, Paul Brown\, Feya Faku\, Joe Ford\, Charles Tolliver\, Wayne Escoffrey\, Bill Lowe\, Musiq Soulchild\, and numerous others.  \nSaxophonist Jason Robinson has released 18 albums as leader or co-leader and appeared on nearly 50 albums in total. He performs regularly as a soloist (acoustically and with electronics) with his group Janus Ensemble and in numerous collaborative contexts. He has performed at festivals and prominent venues through North\, Central\, and South America\, Europe\, and East Asia\, and performed with Peter Kowald\, George Lewis\, Anthony Davis\, Myra Melford\, Nicole Mitchell\, Amiri Baraka\, Howard Johnson\, Toots and the Maytals\, Groundation\, Rudresh Mahanthappa\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Mark Dresser\, Gerry Hemingway\, Kei Akagi\, Babatunde Lea\, Mel Martin\, Raphe Malik\, San Francisco Mime Troupe\, Makanda Project and many others. Robinson is Professor of Music at Amherst College and holds a Ph.D. in Music from the University of California\, San Diego. His work investigates the relationship between improvised and popular music\, experimentalism\, and cultural identity. His writing has been published in numerous journals and several edited volumes.  \nDetroit-born bassist Cameron Brown has been playing jazz and free music professionally since the mid-1960s when he toured Europe with the bands of George Russell\, Archie Shepp\, Don Cherry and Donald Byrd. Career highlights include a fifty-year musical relationship with National Endowment of the Arts jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan\, a tour of Japan with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\, and a long tenure with the legendary George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet. Brown’s discography includes six albums under his own leadership and over two hundred recordings as a sideman including appearances with Dannie Richmond\, Joe Lovano\, Connie Crothers\, George Russell\, Archie Shepp\, Lee Konitz\, Chet Baker\, Mal Waldron\, Grover Washington Jr.\, Charlie Persip\, Luicano Pavarotti\, Ed Blackwell\, Ronnie Cuber\, Ricky Ford\, Beaver Harris\, Grady Tate\, Mike Longo\, Sheila Jordan\, Jim McNeely\, Steve Grossman\, Betty Carter\, John Hicks\, Dewey Redman\, Houston Person\, Etta Jones\, Jane Ira Bloom\, and many others.  \nDrummer Brian Shankar Adler was once described by JazzTimes Magazine as “a polyrhythmic force… still somehow capable of evoking the delicacy of a summer breeze.” Adler has performed in caves\, forests and glacial ice fields as well as Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, Lincoln Center and other venues.  He appears on over 40 recordings\, including several as a leader. His music video\, Mantra\, won best music video at the Transcinema International Film Festival in Peru and was an official selection at the Quiet City Film Festival in Brooklyn. In 2013\, Adler was a guest soloist with La Bomba de Tiempo in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. He has traveled to Germany to perform with singer Sunny Kim and to Kuwait to perform with oudist Ahmed Alshaiba. He was composer-in-residence at Antenna Cloud Farm and was commissioned by Palaver Strings. Shankar Adler is a winner of the 2021 Lifetime Arts/National Guild Fellowship. He has worked professionally with Sheila Jordan\, Jay Clayton\, Guillermo Klein\, Michael Leonhart Orchestra\, Kate McGarry\, Ray Vega and many others. He currently teaches at Bates College\, Bowdoin College\, University of Maine and the Vermont Jazz Center.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-convergence-project/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240518T220000
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SUMMARY:Artemis
DESCRIPTION:Hold onto your hats – the music of the collective group Artemis can only be performed by the very best musicians who have come together in a perfect storm to present a challenging\, appealing repertoire filled with surprises and engaging grooves. Each member of the group is a noted composer\, interpreter of the jazz tradition\, and master of their given instrument. Their paths crossed as a result of a festival opportunity that was offered to their empathic organizer\, pianist Renee Rosnes. After realizing the solid chemistry and delight in playing music as a group\, they came up with a good name\, recorded a terrific album\, navigated Covid and then recorded yet another amazing disc with a few personnel changes. Artemis is distinctive not only for bringing together singular artists\, each renowned for their own remarkable solo careers\, but for its multi-generational and globe-spanning line-up. Despite its relatively brief existence\, Artemis has been featured in Vanity Fair and on NPR’s Jazz Night in America\, and has performed on some of the country’s most iconic stages\, from Carnegie Hall\, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, Tisch Center for the Arts to the Newport Jazz Festival.  Since each one of Artemis’ musicians is a busy leader\, it is difficult for them to carve out the time to perform as an ensemble. This concert provides a rare opportunity to hear this super-group comprised of jazz-leaders\, a “killer line-up of players” (NPR) who “move gracefully through various styles and moods to sound\, by turns\, authoritative and playful\, locked-in or loose-limbed” (Wall Street Journal).
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/artemis/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240419T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240420T220000
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SUMMARY:8th Annual Solo Jazz Piano Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:At this celebration of solo piano in the jazz tradition\, a collaborative spirit imbues the presentations of four distinguished headliners and two emerging artists. The Festival includes performances\, master-classes\, a Q+A session plus interviews with the artists. \n2024 headliners include Aaron Parks\, Alfredo Rodriguez\, Hey Rim Jeon\, and Jacky Terrasson. Emerging Artists are Yujin Han (Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice\, Global Jazz Institute) and Mathew Mueller (Amherst College). \nThe Solo Jazz Piano Festival is one of the cornerstones of the VJC’s annual programming. Now in its 8th year\, this festival has presented 48 pianists\, including some of the world’s top artists. Our objective is to illustrate how the piano is used as a vehicle to indicate the diversity of the jazz language\, the unique impact (emotionally and technically) of each performer\, and the instrument’s vast capabilities to demonstrate stylistic and historic breadth. \nHeadliner artists will each offer a 50-minute solo piano set and a masterclass\, open to pianists and music lovers alike (no experience required). Each emerging artist will offer a 25-minute set. All pianists will participate in a Q and A panel-session where questions will be accepted from the audience. \nThe VJC is grateful to Mike McKenzie for his gift of the VJC’s Steinway Concert Grand (D). This tremendous instrument was inaugurated by Fred Hersch in 2016 and was once owned by the classical concert pianist Lorin Hollander\, who in 1964 was called “the leading pianist of his generation” by the New York Times. It is maintained by Bill Ballard who donates his skillful mastery to the VJC. \nPast performers of the VJC Solo Jazz Piano Festival include NEA Jazz Masters Toshiko Akiyoshi and Joanne Brackeen; jazz legends Stanley Cowell\, Luis Perdomo\, Helen Sung\, Kirk Lightsey\, Benny Green\, Orrin Evans and George Cables; emerging artists have included Christian Sands\, Julius Rodriguez\, Myra Melford\, Sullivan Fortner\, Miro Sprague\, Franz Robert\, Kris Adams and Craig Taborn. Renowned piano-educators David Berkman and Kenny Werner have also been presented. \nThe solo jazz piano festival is for all music lovers\, not just pianists and other musicians. Anyone interested in both the practical and spiritual aspects of jazz and improvised music will be delighted by the offerings. \nSCHEDULE \nFriday\, April 19\, 2024\nHeadliner Concert\n\n7:30 PM – Hey Rim Jeon performance (50-minute set)\n8:30 PM – Aaron Parks performance (50-minute set)\n\n Saturday\, April 20\, 2024\nWorkshops\n\n10:00 AM – Hey Rim Jeon – Embodying your Inner-ensemble in Solo Piano Jazz\n11:00 AM – Aaron Parks – Awakening the Music Within\n12:00 PM – Alfredo Rodriguez – A Glimpse into Jazz Improvisation\n1:00 PM – Jacky Terrasson – Questions and Answers\n\nEmerging Artist Presentations:\n\n3:30 PM –Mathew Mueller\n4:00 PM – Yujin Han\n\nPanel Discussion\n\n4:45 PM – Panel discussion with all pianists (juried questions)\n\nHeadliner Concert\n\n7:30 PM – Alfredo Rodriguez performance (50-minute set)\n8:30 PM – Jacky Terrasson performance (50-minute set)\n\n 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2024-solo-jazz-piano-festival/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240316T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240316T220000
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SUMMARY:Mike Stern Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Mike Stern is a six-time Grammy nominee who received a “Certified Legend Award” from Guitar Player magazine and made Downbeat Magazine’s list of the 75 best guitarists of all time. A true guitar hero\, Stern has played with the best of the best. He started off\, fresh out of Berklee College\, by joining Blood\, Sweat & Tears at the age of 22. After a three-year stint with the band\, Stern moved on to play with Billy Cobham\, then joining Miles Davis with whom he recorded three albums; following this he toured and recorded with Jaco Pastorious before coming back to work with Davis. Stern has recorded over 25 albums as a leader and appeared on over 500 recordings as a sideman or guest artist with artists such as Billy Hart\, Victor Wooten\, the Yellowjackets\, Joe Henderson\, Makoto Ozone\, Michael Brecker\, Andy Narell\, Richard Bona\, Jaco Pastorious\, Jim Hall\, Arturo Sandoval\, Bob Berg\, Billy Cobham\, Kronos Quartet\, Tom Harrell\, Pat Martino\, Dave Matthews\, Jerry Bergonzi\, Eddie Palmieri\, Steps Ahead—a virtual whose-who of the top-level jazz players of his era. \nStern’s guitar sound is characterized by a full-bodied sustain when he plays long tones. He is also known for his blistering runs comprised of fully intentional rapid-fire sequences of notes that are both angular and melodic. Stern’s guitar sound has evolved into an often-copied aesthetic that serves as an important reference for geeky guitarists who have followed in his footsteps. But nobody can truly copy Mike Stern – he is the original\, a consummate musician who illuminates jazz fusion with dynamics\, energy\, and brilliance.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/mike-stern-quintet/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240218T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
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SUMMARY:Makaya McCraven
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY EVENT\, 4:00 pm \nSOLD OUT \nDrummer Makaya McCraven “has quietly become one of the best arguments for jazz’s vitality”  (New York Times).  His most recent album\, In These Times\, has been singled out as one of the best jazz albums by the New York Times\, Pitchfork\, Stereogum\, NPR and others. \nBorn in Paris and raised in the Amherst\, Massachusetts area\, McCraven grew up in a household where he was immersed in music. As a child he quickly took to drums\, the instrument of his father\, Stephen McCraven\, jazz drummer who was in the bands of Archie Shepp and Yusef Latif. He is also strongly influenced by the music of his mother\, a Hungarian singer and flutist\, who fused Eastern European folk melodies (many in odd meters) with the music that surrounded her in her new\, adopted homeland. In a recent documentary McCraven’s mother\, Agnes Zsigmondi\, is heard saying that one of the things that gave her the most joy in life was playing music with her (then) 13-year-old son and his friends. McCraven attended UMass Amherst as a music student and formed and recorded with a band called Cold Duck Complex. He later moved to Chicago\, where he joined Bobby Broom’s trio and became quickly recognized as a drummer capable of a performing at a high level in a wide variety of styles including jazz\, hip-hop\, folkloric music and rock. Now a mature musician\, McCraven has evolved into one of the most unique and influential voices of his generation. His records are grooving conceptual projects. For his first two albums he recorded\, sampled and remixed his own band\, much like what Teo Marcero and Miles Davis did on Bitches Brew\, creating organic soundscapes and rhythmical tapestries that defied previous conceptions. In 2020 he recreated the music of a famed release by Gil Scott Heron called I’m New Here respectfully combining Heron’s material with a twenty-first century sensibility. In 2021 he released a project for Blue Note Records called Deciphering the Message where he was given free-reign of their legendary catalogue to create beats. He used samples of masters like Cedar Walton and Art Blakey to seamlessly (and again respectfully) develop their material using his own creative directions.\n \nAt the Jazz Center\, McCraven will show up and surprise us with his magical-sounding offerings that combine acoustic jazz with electric beats\, straight-ahead tunes and spontaneous compositions. 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/mccraven/
LOCATION:Vermont Jazz Center\, 72 Cotton Mill Hill\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240120T220000
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SUMMARY:Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet
DESCRIPTION:According to the New York Times\, “you’re hard pressed to find rising talents more exciting than Camille Thurman.” Thurman is a vocalist\, tenor saxophonist and flutist who continues to garner the highest accolades for her original work and her inspiring interpretations of the jazz legacy. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with whom she wowed audiences as a featured soloist in their performance of John Coltrane’s immortal A Love Supreme and other “Coltrane works predicated upon concepts of freedom and liberation” (Jazz at Lincoln Center). An accomplished performer and composer in her own right\, Thurman has performed with notable jazz and R&B icons Dr. Billy Taylor\, Chaka Khan\, Benny Golson\, George Coleman\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Russell Malone\, Nicholas Payton\, George Benson\, Alicia Keys\, India Arie\, Ciara\, Missy Elliot and many others. Thurman has recorded four albums as a leader and performed as a side-woman on several others including Dianne Reeves’ Beautiful Life and two releases with the LCJO under the direction of Wynton Marsalis. She leads her own quartet which has performed at the Kennedy Center\, Lincoln Center\, the International Women in Jazz Festival\, the Super Jazz Ashdod Israel Festival\, The Jazz Gallery and many other prominent jazz venues as well as festivals around the world. \nDiscouraged from playing music full-time due to costs of entering Berklee School of Music\, Thurman graduated with a degree in Geological and Earth Sciences from Binghamton University. Her brilliance was recognized by a music instructor who brought in Tia Fuller as a mentor. Fuller asked Thurman “what are you doing here?” Thurman responded “I’m studying rocks and I’m going to be a scientist. I love dirt and trees and hug the earth all day.” Encouraged by Fuller to pursue music full time\, Thurman embraced the challenge and is now one of the leading players of her generation. \n  \n 
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/camille-thurman-quartet/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231202T180000
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SUMMARY:Fall 2023 Student Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Fall Semester Student Showcase\n\nCotton Mill Hill Open Studios\nOn Saturday\, December 2nd \, from noon to 6:00 PM\, the Vermont Jazz Center will present its end\nof semester showcase. For this concert\, nine ensembles will each perform half-hour-long sets\ndemonstrating the fruits of a semester’s worth of focusing on repertoire. Attendees will hear a\nmultigenerational array of musicians playing jazz standards\, Latin Jazz\, samba percussion\, jazz\nvocals\, guitar-based arrangements\, carefully scripted horn arrangements and swinging music\nfrom the blue note era. This event is part of the Cotton Mill Hill’s Open Studios\, and is free and open to the public. \nSuggested donations of $5 will go towards the VJC’s scholarship program\, \nSchedule\, Saturday\, December 2nd\n\n1:00 PM VJC Sextet\n\n1:30 PM VJC Young Artists Trio\n\n2:00 PM Individual Performances\n\n2:30 PM Sambaganza Percussion Ensemble\n\n3:00 PM Latin Jazz Ensemble\n\n3:30 PM VJC Youth Jazz Ensemble\n\n4:00 PM Blue Note I\n\n4:30 PM Blue Note II\n\n5:00 PM Guitar Ensemble I\n\n5:30 PM Guitar Ensemble II \n  \nThe December 2nd show will kick off with the VJC Sextet\, VJC’s flagship outreach group\npresenting the swinging arrangements the group also brings to area schools and assisted living\ncenters. This will be followed by a brand-new group featuring three top-notch young players\nwho have come through VJC’s educational programs and are now performing at a professional\nlevel: Archer Parks\, J.J. Hartmann and Sam Lazzaro. At 2:30 PM the VJC’s Samba ensemble\,\nSambaganza\, will shake the rafters with percussion arrangement of Brazilian rhythms. At 3:00\nthe Latin Jazz Ensemble\, a large group with violin\, brass\, woodwinds\, and four percussionists\,\nwill perform grooves from Brazil and Cuba. At 3:30 the VJC Youth Jazz Ensemble features\nyoung players from BUHS\, Leland and Gray and BFUHS playing a repertoire of funky\, fun\ntunes. At 4:00 PM\, Claire Arenius will lead two ensembles performing the soulful jazz sound\nmade famous by Blue Note Records. Wrapping up the afternoon Draa Hobbs will lead two guitar\nensembles featuring the compositions of Thelonious Monk. \nThe VJC is also pleased to support the Soubrette Choir\, another of our student ensembles. The\nSoubrettes will present two area performances\, on Dec. 9 th and 10 th . This fall the Soubrettes have\nworked up a special program of songs written by director Anna Patton and her brother Ben\nPatton. The Patton family shares a love of American swing era songs\, and this program is full of\nsurprising topics treated with poignancy and humor\, sung in close harmony style. The choir will\nbe accompanied by Ben Patton on guitar and Will Patton on bass. \nThe Soubrette Choir sings the songs of Ben Patton and Anna Patton\nDecember 9 th at 7:00 PM\n\nWest Village Meetinghouse\n29 South Street\nW. Brattleboro VT 05303 \nSuggested Donation $10-$20\nThere will be an additional Soubrettes performance in Greenfield MA on the afternoon of Dec\n10. For details contact annameryl@gmail.com
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/fall-2023-student-showcase/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231201T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231201T220000
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SUMMARY:VJC Big Band feat. Alexis Cole
DESCRIPTION:The VJC Big Band performs danceable tunes with New York-based vocalist Alexis Cole\, who\, according to Jazz Times magazine\, conveys “an easy sense of swing\, strongly reminiscent of Sarah Vaughan.”  The VJC Big Band\, under the leadership of musical director Rob Freeberg\, is made up of area professional musicians who come together to enjoy the rewards of playing invigorating\, challenging and historically significant repertoire while raising money for the VJC’s Scholarship Fund. \nThis year the band will feature vocalist Alexis Cole\, a singer who has performed at celebrated venues including The Carlyle\, Carnegie Hall\, Birdland\, Jazz at Lincoln Center\, and the Blue Note. She has also sung as a soloist with the Boston Pops and the Detroit Symphony. For six years\, Ms. Cole served in the US Army as the lead singer for the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights. She will be singing the arrangements that were prepared for her by Scott Arcangel\, the Knight’s pianist and arranger during her deployment. A few classics that Cole will be singing with the big band include swing tunes like “Our Love is Here to Stay\,” “You Make Me Feel So Young\,” “Beyond the Sea” and “Social Call” and Jobim bossa novas such as “Corcovado” and “Triste.” Alexis Cole has recorded a dozen albums as a leader with such luminaries as pianist Harry Pickens and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. \nPast headliners of this big band gala have included Evan Arntzen\, Amanda Carr\, Houston Person\, Dave Stryker\, Samirah Evans\, Rich Greenblatt\, Mark Anagnostopulos\, Rebecca Holtz\, Kevin Mahogany\, Miles Griffith\, Peter Eldridge\, Wanda Houston and timbalero Eguie Castrillo. \nThe members of the 2023 VJC Big Band include trumpeters Don Anderson\, Rick Anderson\, Haneef Nelson\, Joe Conti and Rob Freeberg; woodwind players Michael Zsoldos\, Sherm Fox\, Matt Steckler\, Carl Clements\, and Donna Morse; trombonists Tim Atherton\, Priyana Magavi\, Dave Sporny and Amaranth Cole; and rhythm section members Eugene Uman (piano)\, Wes Brown (bass)\, and Steve Rice (drums).
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/vjc-big-band-feat-alexis-cole/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231104T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231104T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
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SUMMARY:DAY 2 - Nov 4th-2023 Emerging Artist Festival: feat. Lakecia Benjamin
DESCRIPTION:DAY 2: Saturday\, November 4th @ Vermont Jazz Center\nStudent group performances\, Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians & Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet \n11:00 to 5:00pm: Student group performances\nLocation: Vermont Jazz Center Archive Stage\nOn Saturday the VJC\, in association with area high schools & universities\, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our archive stage from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. \n \n Line up:\n     11:00 -11:30   Amherst College Arches Ensemble \n     11:45 – 12:15  Amherst College – Mesa Verde \n     12:30 – 1:00  Vermont Jazz Center Youth Jazz Ensemble \n     1:15 – 1:45  NMH Honors Jazz Combo \n     1:45 – 2:15  NMH Jazz Ensemble \n     2:30 – 3:00  UMass Brazilian Jazz Ensemble \n     3:15 – 3:45  BUHS Jazz Ensemble \n     4:00 pm:  Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians and the general public\n \n7:30- 10:00 pm Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet\nLakecia Benjamin – alto sax/ Miki Hayama – piano & keyboard/ Ivan Taylor – bass (acoustic and electric)/ E.J. Strickland – drums \n2020 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin has graced stages around the world and has appeared on the covers of numerous jazz journals. She has toured and/or recorded with jazz artists Clark Terry\, Reggie Workman\, Gregory Porter and Christian McBride and performed with legendary pop artists including Prince\, Stevie Wonder\, Alicia Keys\, Missy Elliot\, and the Roots. Ms. Benjamin has served as Artistic Director of Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival and will be 2023’s artist in residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Benjamin’s music combines funky grooves with Coltrane-influenced\, post-bop language. Her presence is captivating\, she is a rising star.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2023-emerging-artist-festival/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231103T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231103T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
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SUMMARY:Nov 3 & 4 - Emerging Artist Festival 2023 feat. Lakecia Benjamin Quartet
DESCRIPTION:FULL SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW\nFriday evening: Youth musicians perform as part of Gallery Walk (no reservations required)\nSaturday daytime: Student group performances\, clinic\nSaturday evening: Lakecia Benjamin Quartet concert \nDAY 1: Friday\, November 3 @ 118 Elliot St. Gallery\n5:30 – 8:00 pm: Youth musicians perform as part of Gallery Walk (no reservations required)\nOn Friday\, November 3rd\, the VJC\, in collaboration with 118 Elliot Gallery\, will present a selection of student groups as part of Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk hosted by Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. From 5:30 – 8:00 pm audiences will groove on half-hour hour sets of young musicians stretching out playing jazz tunes. \nLine up:\n     5:30 – 6:00  Emily Matthew-Muller and Adam Acker Duo \n     6:15 – 6:45  Meena Elyea Quartet (Mt. Holyoke College\, NMH School) \n     6:45 – 7:15  Kevin Sonntag Trio (Keene State College) \n     7:30 – 8:00  Archer Parks and Friends (TBA) \n  \nSaturday\, November 4th @ Vermont Jazz Center\nStudent group performances\, Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians & Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet \n11:00 to 5:00pm: Student group performances\nLocation: Vermont Jazz Center Archive Stage\nOn Saturday the VJC\, in association with area high schools & universities\, will present student groups performing half-hour sets on our archive stage from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. \n \n Line up:\n     11:00 -11:30   Amherst College Arches Ensemble \n     11:45 – 12:15  Amherst College – Mesa Verde \n     12:30 – 1:00  Vermont Jazz Center Youth Jazz Ensemble \n     1:15 – 1:45  NMH Honors Jazz Combo \n     1:45 – 2:15  NMH Jazz Ensemble \n     2:30 – 3:00  UMass Brazilian Jazz Ensemble \n     3:15 – 3:45  BUHS Jazz Ensemble \n     4:00 pm:  Lakecia Benjamin clinic for student musicians and the general public\n \n7:30- 10:00 pm Concert with Lakecia Benjamin Quartet\nLakecia Benjamin – alto sax/ Miki Hayama – piano & keyboard/ Ivan Taylor – bass (acoustic and electric)/ E.J. Strickland – drums \n2020 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin has graced stages around the world and has appeared on the covers of numerous jazz journals. She has toured and/or recorded with jazz artists Clark Terry\, Reggie Workman\, Gregory Porter and Christian McBride and performed with legendary pop artists including Prince\, Stevie Wonder\, Alicia Keys\, Missy Elliot\, and the Roots. Ms. Benjamin has served as Artistic Director of Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival and will be 2023’s artist in residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Benjamin’s music combines funky grooves with Coltrane-influenced\, post-bop language. Her presence is captivating\, she is a rising star.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2023-emerging-artist-festival-youth-performances/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231014T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231014T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230821T200754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T184014Z
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SUMMARY:Cyrus Chestnut Trio
DESCRIPTION:From the church to the conservatory to jazz festivals worldwide\, Cyrus Chestnut is one of the most soul-satisfying pianists on the scene. He transmits transcendent joy to the audience at every opportunity. Perhaps this is because of his deep connection to spirit: “I believe the ability to play music is a gift from God and every time I play\, I’m thankful. Every time I sit down to play\, for me\, is worship and expression\,” he told DownBeat magazine. As a result his music is filled with both the fire and the peace of the Black church. In an interview with NPR he affirmed that recurring theme when asked about how the church affected his playing: “At any given time if you can hear a gospel riff\, it’s just who I am…it’s in my DNA. The church is in my DNA. I think now I have a much deeper passion to simply be able to play\, and so it’s all there. It’s all there – it’s always been there and will always be there.” The confidence and beauty that Chestnut projects has been recognized by myriad legends who have asked him to join their recording projects including Betty Carter\, Little Jimmy Scott\, Carl Allen\, Wynton Marsalis\, James Carter\, Freddie Cole\, Kevin Mahogany\, Dee Dee Bridgewater and many others. And the critics love him too – The Guardian claims his performance on his latest album is “like Oscar Peterson in his heyday.”
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/cyrus-chestnut-trio/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230916T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230916T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230821T181532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T184046Z
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SUMMARY:Dayramir González Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Pianist “Dayramir González can be added to the pantheon of distinctive Cuban jazz voices… setting the Latin jazz world on fire in America” (Carnegie Hall). This “stunningly gifted pianist” has been cited as one of the few Cuban jazz artists “rescuing the danzón and reinventing the genre on the basis of diverse constructions of identity” (Wall Street Journal). González’ music fuses urban Latin music while honoring traditional structures. He is a classically trained musician who studied initially with Chucho Valdes’s sister\, Mayra Caridad Valdés\, and then continued in the esteemed Centro Nacional de Escuelas de Arte de Cuba\, earning his “monster technique” by fortifying his given talent with hours of practice in classical studies. At the age of 16\, González joined former Irakere member\, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara\, and immersed himself in Timba music at the highest level. González has twice won first place in Havana’s JoJazz Festival and earned three Cubadisco Awards\, considered the Grammys of Cuba. He attended Berklee College of music as the first Cuban national “Presidential Scholar” and has joined the Carnegie Hall Stage with other Cuban legends like Chucho and Bebo Valdes as one of the representatives of the up-and-coming generation of Afro-Cuban jazz pianists.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/dayramir-gonzalez-quartet/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230812
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Student Concert
DESCRIPTION:$5 SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR (no reservations available). \nSet I:  3:30-5:30 pm\nSet II: 8:00-10:00 pm \nLocation: The Currier Center\nThe Putney School\n418 Houghton Brook Road\nPutney\, Vermont \nOn Friday evening\, August 11th\, the VJC Summer Workshop Student Concert will showcase faculty-coached student ensembles with numerous vocalists and several piano trios. This concert will be divided into two sections\, the first will start at 3:30 PM and the second show will resume after a dinner break at 8:00 PM.  Singers will be accompanied by a professional jazz trio and the piano trios will be assisted and perform with a faculty bassist.  Also performing will be five faculty-coached ensembles\, usually comprised of two or three horns\, piano\, bass and drums.  A $5.00 donation is suggested\, no reservations required.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2023-summer-student-concert-2/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230810T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230810T223000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230703T144514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T151935Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Faculty Concert
DESCRIPTION:Location:\nThe Currier Center\nThe Putney School\n418 Houghton Brook Road\nPutney\, Vermont \nPlease join us in celebrating jazz and enjoy the VJC’s summer workshop concerts held at the Putney School’s Michael S. Currier Center. On Thursday evening\, August 10th the Vermont Jazz Center Faculty Concert will present vocalists Sheila Jordan and Amy London; Rob Freeberg\, Haneef Nelson (trumpet); Ben Barnett (trombone); Stacy Dillard\, Michael Zsoldos (woodwinds); Harvey Diamond\, Ray Gallon\, Helen Sung\, Eugene Uman (piano); Cameron Brown\, David Picchi (bass); Francisco Mela\, Brian Shankar Adler\, Claire Arenius (drums); Julian Gerstin\, percussion.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2023-summer-faculty-concert/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230814
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230427T141431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T141757Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Jazz Workshop
DESCRIPTION:More Info\nLOCATION: THE PUTNEY SCHOOL IN PUTNEY\, VERMONT \nRegistration is now open. First-time applicants\, please send your audition recordings before registering. \nAudition Information (first time applicants)   Register Now \nGreetings! The Vermont Jazz Center’s 48th Summer Jazz Workshop will take place on the beautiful campus of The Putney School. \nCome join us and participate in a hands-on program heralded for giving participants ample playing time and direct access to caring\, high level\, professional instructors who are both working musicians and experienced educators. \nWe ask vocalists and instrumentalists interested in a focused week of creating music together to contact us as soon as possible to assure placement. \nGreetings! The Vermont Jazz Center’s 48th Summer Jazz Workshop will take place on the beautiful campus of The Putney School. \nCome join us and participate in a hands-on program heralded for giving participants ample playing time and direct access to caring\, high level\, professional instructors who are both working musicians and experienced educators. \nThe VJC Summer Workshop creates a community through music that includes improvisation. For 48 years we have brought people together using jazz as the catalyst. Jazz is an ensemble-oriented artform that relies on listening and relationships; it pays homage to the wisdom of the masters who have developed an improvisational language propelled by innovations in rhythm. Our program is dedicated to creating playing situations that honor the historical context but embrace forward-thinking concepts through jam sessions\, ensembles and listening opportunities. At the Vermont Jazz Center we believe in hands-on learning\, so theoretical information is fused with playing opportunities (including late night jam sessions) that create a seamless bridge of information and application. \nRegister Now  More Info
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2023-summer-jazz-workshop/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230722T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230619T152350Z
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SUMMARY:VJC Big Band
DESCRIPTION:Music Under the Stars\nPresented by BMC and Retreat Farm\n  \nThe Vermont Jazz Center’s Big Band will play Saturday\, July 22nd at 6:30 PM; rain date will be July 23rd at 6:30. This year the band will feature vocalist Mark Anagnostopulos in a tribute to one of America’s most important composers\, Duke Edward Kennedy Ellington. \n \nDuke Ellington’s music is widely loved; a small portion of his immense catalog are jazz standards\, performed by jazz bands around the world. But Ellington’s imprint goes way deeper –his impact on the history of modern music cannot be overemphasized. According to music historian Gunther Schuller Ellington was “the most significant composer of his genre.” Some of Ellington’s more familiar compositions include “Satin Doll\,” “Do Nothing ‘till You Hear From Me\,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing\, if it Ain’t Got that Swing\,” and “Mood Indigo.” He also composed major symphonic works\, movie soundtracks\, music for ballet and opera\, and three sacred concerts. \nThe VJC Big Band is a group of area music-professionals that has was formed in 2005 by the late Howard Brofsky and band manager Sherm Fox. Trumpeter Rob Freeberg has been the band’s music director since 2013. Members of the VJC Big band performing at this concert will be guest vocalist\, Mark Anagnostopulos; trumpeters Don Anderson\, Rick Anderson\, Haneef Nelson and Rob Freeberg; woodwind players Michael Zsoldos\, Sherm Fox\, Matt Steckler\, Carl Clements\, and Donna Morse; trombonists Tim Atherton\, Dave Sporny and Amaranth Cole; and rhythm section members Eugene Uman (piano)\, Wes Brown (bass)\, and Steve Rice (drums).
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/vjc-big-band/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230610T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230610T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20220825T143547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T185017Z
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SUMMARY:Convergence Project 2023
DESCRIPTION:In-person and livestreamed event \nEugene Uman is the director of the Vermont Jazz Center and performs as a pianist in numerous projects. His annual June concert is a representation of a year’s worth of composing and collaborating with various musicians and an opportunity for him to assemble a dream band that manifests his vision and unites his musical influences. Uman’s energetic playing and writing style is flavored with the Latin rhythms that he has absorbed during his tenure living in Colombia where he initiated the jazz studies programs at la Universidad de EAFIT and el Colegio de Música de Medellín. Several of his compositions employ forms and grooves adapted from Colombian music such as cumbia\, pasillo\, puya\, bambuco\, and currulao. They are also strongly influenced by his bebop mentors: Sheila Jordan\, Howard Brofsky\, Mike Longo and Jimmy Heath as well as by the sounds of his youth when he played in rock and blues bands. Uman’s compositions draw from a vocabulary of modern jazz\, hard bop\, rock\, soul\, Latin American rhythms and gospel; listeners can expect a “convergence” of the music he loves in a mash-up of styles where groove is king. \nMasks optional\, light refreshment available. \nDonate to the Livestream
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/convergence-project-2023/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230528T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230522T143133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T144809Z
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SUMMARY:VJC Outreach: VJC Sextet Performance
DESCRIPTION:As part of VJC’s community outreach program\, the VJC Jazz Center Sextet will perform a free outdoor concert as part of the Twilight on the Tavern Lawn concert series. The concert will be held on the lawn in front of The Gleanery restaurant\, at the corner of Main Street and Kimball Hill in Putney\, VT. Audience members are invited to bring a picnic and chairs or a blanket. The show will be held rain or shine\, rain location TBD.\n\n\nThe VJC Sextet is made up of community members Rob Freeberg\, trumpet; Bill Ballard\, alto saxophone; Ron Kelley\, tenor saxophone; Cathy Martin\, piano; Wim Auer\, bass; and Steve Rice\, drums.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/vjc-outreach-vjc-sextet-performance/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230513T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230513T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20220825T142138Z
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SUMMARY:Renee Rosnes & Bill Charlap
DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person event\, there will NOT be a livestream. \nPianists Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap are married and completely devoted to their individual paths in music. Both are currently touring their most recent releases: The Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams (Blue Note)\, and Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions). Rosnes also leads the supergroup ARTEMIS\, which features Ingrid Jensen\, Nicole Glover\, Alexa Tarantino\, Nicole Ueda and Allison Miller. The band’s second release\, In Real Time (Blue Note) will be released May 5\, 2023. Rosnes also tours and records with legendary bassist Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet. Charlap’s trio schedule takes him around the world\, and he is the artistic director of 92NY’s Jazz in July Festival. Because Rosnes and Charlap are so busy as solo artists\, their duo performances are rare and celebrated. \nRosnes and Charlap released their debut album\, Double Portrait (Blue Note) in 2010. The Globe and Mail observed\, “…that the two are husband and wife makes this session extra special. Both are exceptional players\, matching flawless technique with effortless lyricism\, and their playing intermingles beautifully\, with one phrase sparking another and ideas bouncing from soloist to accompanist and back.” \nA review in MMusic Magazine noted that\, “Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes are not like most couples. By the time they married in 2007\, each was already a world-renowned jazz pianist with an impressive discography and a packed touring itinerary. The living room of their home is taken up mostly by two Steinway grands.” In discussing their approach to duo play\, Charlap mused\, “We don’t alter our playing styles for each other\, we just listen and react. The result is a new entity comprised of both our voices.” Rosnes adds\, “Certainly we have distinct styles\, but a great deal of common ground existed before we ever sat down to play together. Being married\, I believe there is also an intimate spirit that naturally comes through in the music.” \nThis concert promises a rare opportunity for viewers/listeners to experience a collaborative journey of two artists at the top of their game. Rosnes and Charlap will delight and amaze us with their passionate delivery\, exquisite technique and telepathic interplay. \nMasks optional\, light refreshment available.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/renee-rosnes-bill-charlap/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230430T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230430T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171701
CREATED:20230131T162846Z
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SUMMARY:Student Semester Showcase
DESCRIPTION:From 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM on Sunday\, August 30th\, attendees will hear a multigenerational array of musicians playing jazz standards\, Latin Jazz\, samba percussion\, jazz vocals\, guitar-based arrangements\, carefully scripted horn arrangements and swinging music from the blue note era. Each group will play one\, half-hour set. \nSchedule \n2:00                 Youth Jazz Ensemble \n2:30                 Latin Jazz Ensemble \n3:00                 Samba Percussion \n3:30                 Soubrette Choir \n4:00                 Guitar Ensembles \n5:00                 VJC Sextet \n5:30                 Blue Note Ensembles \nSunday’s show will kick off at 2:00 PM with the Youth Jazz Ensemble\, featuring a very strong group of young players from BUHS\, Leland and Gray and BFUHS. The Latin Jazz Ensemble will then play danceable grooves from Colombia\, Brazil and Cuba. The Samba Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Julian Gerstin and Ron Kelley will play a medley of percussion pieces of Brazilian origin. The Soubrette Jazz Choir will perform Anna Patton’s beautifully harmonized\, smart and quirky arrangements. Draa Hobbs will then lead two guitar ensembles. The VJC Sextet\, led by Rob Freeberg\, is a group of area musicians who come together once a week to rehearse carefully harmonized three-horn arrangements. Claire Arenius’ two Blue Note Ensembles will perform music made famous on the signature jazz record label: Blue Note Records.
URL:https://vtjazz.org/calendar/student-semester-showcase/
LOCATION:Vermont
CATEGORIES:Concert
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