Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Music of Charles Mingus--Harvard Jazz Band; Ted Curson, trumpet; Sanders Theater...
...Woodstock jazz musicians are another chapter in the town's history of relaxed but imaginative activity; hear them now, it won't be the last time...
...large band. Mingus made a number of important recordings with a large ensemble in the studio, but he only rarely appeared with a big band. When he did, he made an impression; his once-infamous Town Hall Concert of 1962 is now recognized as a landmark in jazz history...
...Harvard Jazz Band will perform several of Mingus's own arrangements, including his ambitious "Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife..." and his haunting tribute to saxophonist Lester Young, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." Also featured will be new arrangements of "Sue's Changes" and the rarely performed "Fables of Faubus," as well as a Mingus medley called "Amigus Amingus." This promises to be an evening of inspired music...
This Sunday's installment in the Emmanuel Church Jazz Celebration series is a performance by piano-vibes artist Karl Berger and the "Woodstock Orchestra." These musicians are associated with the Creative Music Studio, which was founded by Berger along with Ornette Coleman to provide alternatives in music education. The CMS headquarters in Woodstock, New York provides a focus for a Woodstock jazz community that is growing both in size and vitality. A two hour drive from downtown Manhattan, Woodstock is home for a stable of musicians that includes Berger and Jack DeJohnette, and the town has been a rest/retreat spot...