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“Newk Meets Newk” Limited Edition Photo
Limited Edition Print for sale
The ONLY DOUBLE-AUTOGRAPHED photo of SONNY ROLLINS and his namesake, DON NEWCOMBE, the former major league pitcher for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.
Photo Description: Each photo (four of 10 remain available) is an 8"x10", color, matted/framed. Originally shot: circa 1995, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Photos available exclusively from the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series. All proceeds from sales benefit the Jazz Series (Value: $3,500. Purchase tax-deductible to the extent of the law.)
Soulful Serendipity Album
The much-anticipated and long-awaited Soulful Serendipity, a live CD featuring the late pianist James Williams and saxophonist Bobby Watson in concert. The performance and recording, captured June 14, 2003, in Columbia, Mo., as a "House Concert" marks the ONLY time the two "middle generation" jazz greats performed solely as a duo in their respective illustrious careers that dates to their days with Art Blakey as Jazz Messengers.
Allen Beeson, First Time Out
First Time Out (Chase Records) is Allen's first recording as leader. It features Allen's trumpet and flugelhorn playing on 7 of Allen's original tunes, and arrangements of 5 tunes ranging from Jobim's "Triste" to Parker's "Confirmation". You'll hear energetic but thoughtful performances by Ken Kehner, Kevin Hennessy and Todd Strait of the rhythm section, the fresh tenor sax of Tim Aubuchon and Tony Lotven's flute. Liner notes by Bobby Shew and Pete Christlieb.
Learn More about Allen at allenbeeson.com
Tom Andes, Here to Stay
Tom Andes' new CD is a return to his roots; the blues and jazz standards.
The solo piano disc tries to simulate a night of live music at Murry’s restaurant, where he has played nightly for the last 15 years. "Here to Stay" is a tribute to some of the composers of the 30's, 40's and 50's. Gershwin, Kern and Rodgers and Hart are all included as well as the Jobim classic "The Girl from Ipanema". A relaxing statement of where we have been, makes this CD enjoyable and familiar. Also hear Andes more adventurous CD "Outer Limits", with liner notes by "We Always Swing" Jazz Series founder Jon Poses.
Jazz Series Launches Annual Fund as dollar-for-dollar match for major NEA Jazz Masters Live
This is a special year for us. As recipients of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts – the Jazz Masters Live Initiative we are required to match the award dollar for dollar. The goal: $30,000 – and we need do reach it by February 18, 2008 – the day commissioned composer and Kansas City native Bob Brookmeyer returns to Missouri to conduct the world premier of his new work performed by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. This season your tax-deductible donation to the Jazz Series goes twice as far.
Jazz Series Receives NEA Grant
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series snags prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Live grants…
Organization, one of only 12 presenters in the United States selected to receive $30,000 award paves the way for Missouri native and NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer to compose new work for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. New York-based, 16-piece orchestra arrives in Columbia to perform world premiere February 18, 2009, at the Missouri Theatre with Brookmeyer as guest conductor. Also on hand: Dan Morgenstern, fellow NEA Jazz Master and Director of Rutgers Jazz Institute. The world renowned historian will serve as guest emcee and host a pair of forums: a one-on-one interview with Brookmeyer and an in-depth look into the chronology of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which has been holding court at jazz’s most famous basement – The Village Vanguard – since 1965. Much-anticipated events serve as centerpiece for MU’s Arts & Science Week.
Are you ready to get your 2008/2009 “Swing” on?
The 2008/2009 “We Always Swing” Jazz Series has arrived and tickets are on sale NOW!
On tap: a sumptuous mix of modern jazz – small groups, large ensembles, varied instrumentation and instrumentalists, vocalists, male and female artists, special events and educational activities all rolled into our 14th season.
We think we have put together a great season, one filled with 10 regularly scheduled concerts and a trio of fun-filled special-event performances that take place in a venues small and large – from the intimacy of Murry’s and the new Ragtag Cinema to the full-size feel of the newly restored Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts and mid-sized houses such as The Blue Note and Stephens College’s Windsor Auditorium and Lela Rainey Wood Ballroom.
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