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International Jazz Day
The inaugural International Jazz Day will be celebrated by millions worldwide on Monday, April 30, and will begin with an all-star sunrise concert at 7am in New Orleans’ Congo Square, the birthplace of jazz. This is a free event.
A number of jazz luminaries along with Hancock, including Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Kermit Ruffins, Bill Summers, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Dr. Michael White, and Roland Guerin will play the concert April 30, which coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S., and follows the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Hancock plans to perform his classic “Watermelon Man” with high school students. The concert will open with ritual drumming led by Luther Gray and conclude with a traditional second line with Treme Brass Band.
In partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the initiative aims to encourage and recognize jazz music as a universal language of freedom. All-star concerts will be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris at the official kick-off on April 27, and begin in the United States at sunrise in New Orleans at Congo Square and conclude at sunset in New York City at the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
For more information about International Jazz Day, check out the UNESCO website.
Jazz @ The Sandbar Continues
LAST TWO PERFORMANCES OF SPRING SERIES 2012
Singer Banu Gibson will be the guest artist on Tuesday April 24 at 7:00 p.m. “Jazz @ the Sandbar” takes place at the newly opened Cove on the University of New Orleans Lakefront campus. Guitarist Mike Moreno will be the closing act on May 1.
SINGER BANU GIBSON on April 22
Swinging jazz singer Banu Gibson is one of the few vocalists of our time to remain exclusively loyal to the song styles of the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. Gibson intertwines Tin Pan Alley standards with classics such as Gershwin, Ellington, and Porter. Her fresh mixture of genres presents her wide range of versatility that allows her to be a powerful force on stages around the globe. She will be performing New Orleans Jazz material this night with the UNO Classic Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Matt Perrine and the Hot Club of UNO.
GUITARIST MIKE MORENO on May 1
Guitarist and composer Mike Moreno has toured with some of the biggest names in the jazz world including The Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Wynton Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra, Terrance Blanchard and Nicholas Payton. Jazz Times Magazine proclaims “Mike Moreno's appealing tone, cascading lines and inherent sense of lyricism mark him as one of the most outstanding guitarists since Kurt Rosenwinkel." Leading his own band, Mike has recently release his debut CD "Between the Lines" on World Culture Music. He will be joining the UNO Guitar Ensembles under the direction of Steve Masakowski and Hank Mackie.
“Jazz @ the Sandbar” is presented by the UNO Jazz Studies Program with support from the UNO Student Government Association, WWNO, Nate & Priscilla Gordon, the UNO international Alumni Association and the New Orleans Jazz Celebration. For further information, call UNO Music Dept. at 504-280-6381
Jazz @ The Sandbar Returns to the Cove
SPRING PERFORMANCE SERIES 2012 KICK-OFF
New Orleans, LA 9/19/11: Brazilian Jazz trumpeter Claudio Roditi will kick off the Spring 2012 series of “Jazz @ the Sandbar” in the newly renovated Sandbar at the Cove on the University of New Orleans Lakefront campus. This concert will be on Tuesday March 6th as all Jazz @ the Sandbar shows will now be on Tuesdays beginning at 7:00 p.m. Roditi will be the first performer for the performance series Downbeat Magazine calls “One of the best things going in America.”
After arriving in the United States in 1970, Claudio began
to study at Berklee School of Music, where he became musically influenced by
Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan. In 1976 he moved to New York and began to establish
himself as a formidable jazz figure.Currently he leads his own band and
frequently travels as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra.
He earned a Grammy Award nomination in 1995 for his "Symphonic Bossa
Nova",and another in 2010 as Best Latin Jazz Album for Brazilliance.
“Jazz @ the Sandbar” is presented by the UNO Jazz Studies Program with support from the UNO Student Government Association, the Coca Cola Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies, WWNO Public Radio, Nate & Priscilla Gordon, the UNO International Alumni Association and the New Orleans Jazz Celebration. All proceeds go to the George Brumat Memorial Scholarship Fund. For more information, call the UNO Music Department at (504) 280-6039 or visit http://www.nojc.org/sandbar
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UNO Jazz Studies program celebrates the return of the Sandbar at the new Cove
Jazz @ the Sandbar will be returning to its home for its spring 2012 season. Originally built in 1973 as a student food and recreation center, the Cove quickly became the center of campus life. In 1990, UNO jazz studies Chairman Ellis Marsalis turned The Sandbar into a living laboratory where UNO students performed with national and international jazz artists. The Cove was badly damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and had to be completely gutted and rebuilt. At long last, the grand opening took place on Friday December 2nd, and it reunited students, faculty and community members with a big celebration.
The ribbon cutting was celebrated by Governor Bobby Jindal, University of Louisiana System President Dr. Randy Moffett, former Jazz Studies Director Dr. Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Artistic Director Irvin Mayfield, Norma Jane Sabiston of the UNO International Alumni Association Board of Directors and Student Government President John Mineo. Current and former UNO Jazz studies faculty Ellis Marsalis, Steve Masakowski, Ed Petersen, Irvin Mayfield, Brian Seeger & Sam Wisemen gave a great performance in the new stage to kick off the celebrations.
The new spring 2012 season of the Jazz at the Sandbar is expected to be held at the new Sandbar at the Cove during the months of March and April.
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New Orleans Jazz Celebration is a nonprofit organization initiated by the Louisiana Music Commission in 1993 and incorporated as the New Orleans Jazz Centennial Celebration in 1994. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and perpetuate jazz, America’s original art form, through educational outreach to audiences of all ages. NOJC’s outreach focuses on youth and offers a wide array of informative and entertaining activities designed to spread the rich history of jazz and move the art form forward.