Word: jazze
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sancton and Chirac even share an affinity for New Orleans jazz. Sancton is an accomplished clarinetist with eight albums to his credit, the latest of which, Louisiana Fairy Tale, will be released this spring on the GHB label. He and Chriac traded jazz stories on a private jet during the presidential campaign. Among them: "[Chirac] was recollecting his penniless student days in New Orleans in the '50s and how one evening at a jazz club, a musician befriended him and bought him dinner. I think it makes a nice historical footnote that one night at Galatoire's, the future President...
...main event of the evening was the premiere of a new saxophone sonata by Harbison, performed by Ian Carroll '97, with Professor of Mathematics Noam Elkies. The sonata, titled "San Antonio," was the most attractive of the three works performed, incorporating Latin dance rhythms and some of the jazz effects usually associated with the saxophone; as Harbison's program notes indicate, the three-movement work recalls an actual dance party upon which the composer stumbled while in San Antonio...
...saxophone sonata, saxophonist Ian Carroll displayed comfort with the piece's classical and jazz elements. It is rare to hear the sax in a classical setting, and Carroll showed that the instrument is capable of much more than one might expect...
Along with being a "straight A" student, according to the committee. Keitner is involved in theater, jazz dance, aerobics and hiking...
...jazz band as well as a string quartet will set the mood. Tickets are $10 per person, and non-residents are allowed to attend...