The Liberace Jazztet, based at Northern Illinois University, is so named because it was formed in 2001 as a result of a grant from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts. The ...
Jim Leslie and the University of Dayton Jazztet will present A Night of Monk and Mingus at the Fitton Center this month. “The evening will appeal to people who love jazz – Monk and Mingus in ...
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - The New Arts Jazztet will take the stage for the opening night of the popular Friday Night Block Party Music Series at Brews Brothers Taproom in Murphysboro, Illinois.
Join us for the Jazz Orchestra & Jazztet Fall Concert at the Mandell Theater. This event is free and open to all, please register in advance.
In 2022, acclaimed trumpeter and singer Jimmy Leach paid homage to “cool jazz” innovator — and fellow native-Oklahoman — Chet Baker. The album, titled “Jimmy Leach Sings Chet Baker,” is a ...
In 1959, rising jazz star tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson teamed with the esteemed trumpeter and composer Art Farmer to form the Jazztet. The band lasted four years, and featured such now ...
But Golson also enjoyed a memorable stint as a leader in the jazz world. In the early 1960s, he and trumpeter Art Farmer co-led a six-person ensemble called the Jazztet. Golson's tight arrangements, ...
Times were different. Back in the '50s and '60s there were jazz bands that we might today call true “super groups, but back then it was just an outgrowth of a particularly fertile period for talent.
FAIRLEA, WV (WVNS) — The West Virginia University Jazztet will be performing at the West Virginia Building on the State Fairgrounds in a School of Swing event. The band Disciple stops at Bluefield ...
Acceptance into these groups is by audition only. Trumpeters, trombonists, saxophonists, pianists, bassists, guitarists, drummers, vocalists, and other musicians who have sufficient technical ...