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Topic: What's Happening? / Brooklyn Conservatory present an evening with Cedar Walton, Feb 21st

Brooklyn Conservatory proudly present
An evening with Cedar Walton
Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Who:
Cedar Walton Trio & Octet featuring:
Kevin Louis – trumpet
Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
Wayne Escoffery – tenor saxophone
Gary Smulyan – baritone saxophone
Earl McIntyre – bass trombone

What: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music “Jazz at the Conservatory” series

When: Saturday, February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Where: Long Island University, Kumble Theater

Cost: $50/30/25/15 – call Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 or visit www.bqcm.org

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music concert series “Jazz at the Conservatory” presents an evening of Cedar Walton and his music at the Kumble Theater, Long Island University. This is a unique opportunity to see a legendary musician at affordable prices in a Brooklyn venue.

Walton is one of the most prolific jazz pianists of our time, a versatile musician with a sophisticated touch and a cogent melodic sense that has made him one of the most influential artists active today. His original compositions like Bolivia, Clockwise and Firm Roots have become part of the standard Jazz repertoire. His playing regularly receives praise from critics, fellow Jazz musicians and audience around the world. Cedar Walton has emerged as a true master of music.

After moving to New York in 1955 Walton was playing with J. J. Johnson, the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet, and Gigi Gryce, and by 1959 he recorded on John Coltrane’s seminal album Giant Steps. In the early 1960s, he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as a pianist-arranger for 3 years, where he played with Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard. He left the Messengers in 1964 and by the late 1960s was part of the house rhythm section at Prestige Records, where in addition to releasing his own recordings, he recorded with Sonny Criss, Pat Martino, Eric Kloss, and Charles McPherson. During the mid-1970s, Walton led the funk group Mobius. He has also recorded with Hank Mobley, Abbey Lincoln, Lee Morgan, and led the band Eastern Rebellion.
The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music has been serving the community for over a century promoting individual, professional and community growth through music, and making music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. One of the ways we fulfill our mission is by holding remarkable events such as this at affordable prices. Our commitment to the community and our world-class faculty makes these events a reality.

Please join us for what promises to be an unforgettable Jazz at the Conservatory concert event, and check out The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music’s other great concerts, programs, classes and much more at www.BQCM.org

Topic: What's Happening? / Jenny Hill with Broken Reed Ensemble & Stefan Bauer with Voyage (Feat Judi Silvano)

Brooklyn Conservatory presents MusicNOW!
Jenny Hill & Broken Reed Ensemble
Stefan Bauer & Voyage (Feat Judi Silvano)

Who: Jenny Hill and the Broken Reed Ensemble 1st set / Stefan Bauer and Voyage 2nd Set

What:MusicNOW! At the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

When: Saturday, January 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th avenue, Brooklyn. NY

Cost: $10 / 5. Go to Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370 or through our website at www.bqcm.org.

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music presents MusicNOW! This series, which will run through our exciting 2008-09 concert series, will present the edgy, diverse, unique and raw talent that makes up the musical voice of the Brooklyn Conservatory’s immensely talented faculty. For this concert two of the Brooklyn Conservatory’s Jazz faculty will be presenting their own groups in two separate sets. The 1st set will be Jenny Hill and the Broken Reed Ensemble. The 2nd set will be Vibraphone player Stefan Bauer with his ensemble Voyage featuring Judi Silvano, Chris Bacas, and bassist Ugonna Okegwo.

Jenny Hill and the Broken Reed Ensemble
The Broken Reed Ensemble is the work of a group of saxophonists who link together disparate styles and present the results with artistry and joy. Broken Reed Ensemble has been likened to the Kronos String Quartet because of their eclectic repertoire and accessibility.

Stefan Bauer Voyage
Stefan Bauer is one of his generation’s preeminent vibraphone players. For this particular concert Bauer brings together some of NY’s most interesting musicians: The immensely musical jazz vocalist-composer and improviser extraordinaire Judi Silvano, the powerful saxophonist Chris Bacas, and bassist Ugonna Okegwo as part of his ensemble “Voyage”.

“Bauer prevails while displaying his total command of the Vibes as the lead instrument. Again, Bauer shows off his enormous technique yet excels at delighting the listener with his keen penchant for nuance and subtly.”
- All About Jazz

Topic: What's Happening? / Brooklyn Conservatory of Music announces 2008/09 Jazz at the Conservatory series.

This season the “Jazz at the Conservatory” 2008/09 series presents:

Wallace Roney Quintet
Saturday, November 15, 8pm
Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall
$25/$15

An Evening with Cedar Walton and his music
Cedar Walton Trio & 10 piece ensemble
Saturday, February 21, 8pm
Long Island University Kumble Theater
$50/$30/$25/$15

Sonny Fortune Quartet
Saturday, April 4, 8pm
Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall
$25/$15

Avery Sharpe Trio
Saturday, May 9, 8pm
Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall
$25/$15

To purchase tickets by phone call Zerve Ticket services at 212.209.3370

To purchase tickets online or to see a full 2008-09 concert calendar featuring our classical and new music series go to www.bqcm.org.

Topic: What's Happening? / Steve Wilson Quartet plays at the Brooklyn Conservatory April 26!

Who: Steve Wilson Quartet
What: Jazz at the Conservatory Concert series
When: Saturday, April 26th 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th avenue, Brooklyn. NY
Tickets:$25/ $15. Please call Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370

Featuring:
Steve Wilson on Saxophone
Adam Cruz on drums
Bruce Barth on piano
Corcoran Holt on bass.

“It’s not surprising that everyone wants to hire the saxophonist Steve Wilson: with a light but commanding sound, he plays lines that sound fresh and airily bluesy, unencumbered by the too- common will to overwhelm. More and more, too, he’s a jazz composer, which means not just that he has control over notated harmonies but that he has worked out cueing routines with his band, which he executes on the fly in the heat of performance. He’s among the best New York jazz has to offer.” – Ben Ratliff, New York Times

A musician’s musician, Wilson has brought his distinctive sound to more than 100 recordings led by such celebrated and wide-ranging artists as Chick Corea, George Duke, Michael Brecker, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, Bill Bruford, Gerald Wilson, Maria Schneider, Joe Henderson, Charlie Byrd, Billy Childs, Karrin Allyson, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller among many others. Wilson has seven recordings under his own name, leading and collaborating with such stellar musicians as Lewis Nash, Carl Allen, Steve Nelson, Cyrus Chestnut, Greg Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenadier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, and Nicholas Payton.

A native of Hampton, Virginia, Steve Wilson began his formal training at age 12 and played in various R&B and funk bands throughout his teens. While studying music at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, he had opportunities to perform and/or study with Jimmy and Percy Heath, Jon Hendricks, Jaki Byard, Frank Foster and Ellis Marsalis. In 1986, Wilson landed a chair in the band O.T.B (Out of the Blue) a sextet of promising young jazz players who were sponsored by Blue Note Records.
In the summer of 1987, he moved to New York and continued to perform and record with O.T.B. until 1989. He also toured the US and Europe for one year with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. In 1988, drummer Ralph Peterson, another O.T.B. alumnus, asked Wilson to join his quintet and subsequently his critically acclaimed, Fo’tet. Wilson’s career began to develop further the following year while working with Michele Rosewoman, Renee Rosnes and the American Jazz Orchestra and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Later that year he joined the Buster Williams Quintet, Something More.

Wilson continues to tour with the Steve Wilson Quartet: Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz and Generations (From Hard Bop to Here) his multi-generational quartet with Mulgrew Miller, Ray Drummond and Ben Riley. He also performs with his long-time friend and colleague, Lewis Nash, in Musical Dialogue with Lewis Nash and Steve Wilson.

Topic: What's Happening? / Roy Hargrove to play at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music March 29!

The Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music proudly present
Trumpet Player

ROY HARGROVE

Who: Roy Hargrove, 2 time Grammy Award winner
What: Jazz at the Conservatory Concert series
When: Saturday, March 29th 2008 at 7PM & 9PM
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th Avenue Brooklyn. NY.

Website: www.bqcm.org

Roy Hargrove will continue the “Jazz at the Conservatory” series on Saturday, March 29th with two sets, one at 7:00pm and one at 9:00pm. The tickets for this concert will be $25 and $15 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets please contact Zerve ticket services at 212.209.3370.

Roy Hargrove has firmly established himself as among the premier trumpet players in jazz and beyond. Ever-stretching into more challenging and colorful ways to flex his musical chops, Hargrove has left indelible imprints in a vast array of artful settings.

Hargrove has recorded with a wide range of musicians, including: Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker, Jackie McLean, Slide Hampton, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, Steve Tyrell, Kenny Rankin, John Mayer, Rhian Benson, Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Danny Gatton, Method Man, Karriem Riggins, Common, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and Gilles Peterson.