Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Feet tapped and heads swayed to the rhythm of legendary jazz musician Benny Carter's saxophone in Sanders Theatre last night...
This Saturday night, Schickele will conduct the Harvard Wind Ensemble and Harvard Jazz Band in a program of both his humorous and serious material. The "Grand Serenade" and the "March of the Cute Little Wood Sprite" were works specifically commissioned by the Harvard Wind Ensemble. Schickele says he ordinarily would have declined writing works for band, citing his "not so pleasant association" of playing bassoon in his high school band. But upon the suggestion of his publisher, he finally decided to take up the task, he says...
...third work on the program will be the premiere of Schickele's jazz composition, "Harvard Fair," which was commissioned by the Harvard Jazz Band this year. "Harvard Fair" is what Schickele deadpans as being "a straight, as opposed to a gay, piece." Schickele contends that he "has always written serious music." He describes his style of jazz as being a "down home, post-bop funk that falls somewhere between free from and Dixieland...
Peter Schickele will perform with the Harvard Wind Ensemble and Harvard Jazz Band on Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m. in Sanders Theater...
...practice rooms and videotaping equipment. Solutions can be as simple as recommending a reduced performance schedule, muscle-strengthening exercises or changes in diet. Actors and singers with voice difficulties are often told to avoid mucus-producing foods like milk and cheese. Technique may also be modified. Eric Jensen, a jazz guitarist in San Francisco with persistent pain in his left arm, was advised to shorten the scale lengths on the neck of the instrument and use lighter strings...