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Internationally Renowned Saxophonist Greg Tardy Finds His Way Into Knoxville's Jazz Community Related Event June Sat 26 Knoxville Comic and Anime Con 10 a.m Last week, several hundred people were on hand to applaud the Marble City 5 as they played a two-hour jazz set...
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A scale of sax and song RON BANKS, The West Australian A scale of sax and song He is the veteran American saxophonist with the formidable international reputation. She is a young Australian singer. So how did the two get together to make music? Katie Noo...
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Born and raised in California,Ashu began playing the saxophone at age 10. A scant six years later, he made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall. Not too shabby. Now at the venerable age of 26, Ashu will perform a concert atTrinity Lutheran Church on May 19, as the final performance in ...
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Rudresh Mahanthappa, one of his generation's best jazz musicians and the June 17 mainstage opener for this year's Winnipeg International Jazz Festival, admits to less than spiritual reasons for picking up the alto saxophone. "I chose sax in band class at nine because I heard the bari (baritone sax)...
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Martyrs for the Faith – American Saxophone Concertos = PAUL CRESTON: Concerto Op. 26; DAVID DEBOOR CANFIELD: Martyrs for the Faith; JOHN CHETHAM: Concerto Agrariana; INGOLF DAHL: Concerto – Kenneth Tse, alto sax/ University of Iowa Symphony Band/ Richard Mark Heidel (Ray Cramer, guest co...
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How do you characterize an album in which current musical prodigies take on some of the greatest musicians who ever lived? Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman has the answer. The appropriately-titled Walking Shadows is Redman’s latest, a quartet album with an orchestra ensemble. Produced by pianis...
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Ever since he started becoming one of the best alto saxophone players in the world,Miguel Zenón has drawn influence from his upbringing in Puerto Rico. Folk melodies, forms and rhythms have inspired many of his technically astounding yet immediately gratifying works. So it makes sense th...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died. He was 70. One of Brooks' sisters, Paulette Keise, said he died Friday of cardiac arrest at New York Hospital Queens. She said Saturday that he suffered from high blood pressure and...
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Damascus resident Aaron Reihs, an award-winning saxophonist and senior at Barlow High School in Gresham, was among four recipients of the annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame college scholarships announced recently. Reihs took first place in the Oregon Music Education Association State Solo & Ensembl...
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Leon County veterans honored By Sherry Matney Colonel William McRae wasn’t shy to grant his men’s request of playing the saxophone. He mesmerized the crowd with “America the Beautiful”. Sherry’s ShotsUnder the backdrop of a huge American flag in the old Center...