Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]
Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
[email protected]
NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PROGRAM
PRESENTS "JAZZ@ 6:30"
(New York, NY - September 10, 2001) New School University’s
Jazz and Contemporary Music Program announces its four-part series of performances
for the Jazz @ 6:30 fall program. Mulgrew Miller, Renee Rosnes, Hal
Galper and Kirk Nurock will be performing at the Jazz Performance
Space at New School University, 55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor, NYC, on Monday
evenings, on October 22, November 5, November 19 and December 3, respectively.
Tickets are $18 per show or $60 for the series. To purchase tickets
by phone, please call 212-229-5896, ext. 308. Tickets may also be purchased
directly through The New School’s box office at 212-229-5488. (Box Office
hours: Monday – Thursday, 1-8 PM, and Friday, 1-7 PM) For further information
on the Jazz Program, call 212-229-5896.
MULGREW MILLER TRIO
Monday, October 22, 2001, 6:30 PM
A native of Greenwood, Mississippi, Mulgrew Miller studied music
privately, as well as at Memphis State University. A Jazz Messenger with Art
Blakey from 1981 to 1983, Miller subsequently joined Tony Williams' quintet.
His longtime associations include such legends as Woody Shaw, Betty Carter,
and Benny Golson. Mulgrew has also toured Japan with an assembly of some of
the most prestigious names in Jazz piano -- a group of ten pianists known as
"100 Gold Fingers," including Tommy Flanagan, Junior Mance, and Kenny
Barron. In addition, Mulgrew has appeared internationally with his own trio
and has released numerous acclaimed recordings.
Miller counts among his early influences Wynton Kelly (known to
him only from records) and McCoy Tyner. Both of them share important associations
with Mulgrew's first producer, Orrin Keepnews, whose Jazz producing career also
includes work with Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans. In discussing his enthusiasm
for Mulgrew, Keepnews draws a direct comparison to these keyboard giants: "When
I flatly state that this artist has the potential to be ranked in the same league
with them, it has to be assumed that I know what I'm talking about."
RENEE ROSNES TRIO
Monday, November 5, 2001, 6:30 PM
In her career at the keyboard, Renee Rosnes has played with a
dizzying number of Jazz superstars, among them: Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, Branford
Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, James Moody, Christian McBride, Jack DeJohnette, Dianne
Reeves, and Lewis Nash. Born in Saskatchewan, Renee began formal music training
at age 3, and studied classical music at the University of Toronto. Her jazz
training came in Canadian clubs and on CBC Radio broadcasts. Moving to New York
in 1986, Rosnes immediately began to develop her reputation by supporting such
legends as Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and J.J. Johnson.
Joining Blue Note in the late '80s, Rosnes released a string of
successful recordings. In addition to touring and recording with her own groups,
Renee currently performs with Bobby Hutcherson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
(led by Jon Faddis), and James Moody. She also belongs to a newly formed trio
called "Drummonds" featuring Ray Drummond on the bass, and her husband,
Billy Drummond, on drums.
HAL GALPER WITH BILLY HART & RUFUS REID
Monday, November 26, 2001, 6:30 PM
Bebop is nothing new to Hal Galper. Weaned on Red Garland, Wynton
Kelly, and Bill Evans, he has played with many of the masters, spending three
years on the road with Chet Baker, three years with Cannonball Adderley, and
a decade with Phil Woods. His list of credits also includes work with Johnny
Hodges, Roy Eldridge, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Art Blakey and Lee Konitz,
as well as with Bobby Hutcherson and John Scofield. A graduate of Berklee College
of Music, Galper has played the full scope of his musical heritage -- from the
post-beboppers to the ultra-modernists.
Hal’s reputation as an educator and author is equally distinguished.
His theoretical and practical articles have appeared in DownBeat and
Jazz Educators Journal, and his new book, The Touring Musician
(Billboard Books), has quickly become a new classic. Hal is a founding member
of the New School Jazz Program, has won a Grammy for his work with Phil Woods,
and is the recipient of an Outstanding Service Award from the International
Association of Jazz Educators.
KIRK NUROCK
Monday, December 3, 2001, 6:30 PM
Composer Kirk Nurock’s 30-year career in music is both distinguished
and diverse. A child prodigy, 16 year-old Kirk was honored with the first annual
Duke Ellington Scholarship to the Eastman School of Music. Selected for the
award by both Ellington and Strayhorn, Kirk received the award from the Duke
himself. Nurock later earned a Master's degree in Composition from Juilliard.
Early in his career, Nurock formed the Natural Sound Workshop, comprised of
25 untrained voices performing his unconventional vocal works. In the 80s, he
wrote several pieces exploring "cross-species communication" with
sea lions, wolves, and even a Siberian tiger! His Mowgli, based on Kipling's
Jungle Books, blends jazz harmonies, scat singing, animal sounds, Broadway
melodies and world-music.
In 1994 Nurock was appointed Professor in Jazz Composition at the Hochschule
der Künste in Berlin. More recently, Nurock has focused once more on jazz
piano, frequently performing and recording with vocalist Theo Bleckmann. DownBeat
has called him "a true jazz performer," adding that his impressions
are "masterpieces." His most recent CD, Still at Sea (Koch
Jazz), features Kirk on solo piano.
Jazz @ 6:30 is sponsored in part by a grant from New York State Council on the Arts
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New School University's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program
offers a B.F.A. degree program in Jazz Performance, and in Composing and Arranging.
The faculty includes such renowned artists as Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton,
Buster Williams, Jimmy Owens, Benny Powell, Joanne Brackeen, and Jane Ira Bloom.
Alumni of the program include many of today's up-and-coming jazz artists - Larry
Goldings, Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove, Miri Ben-Ari, Peter Bernstein, and Virginia
Mayhew, among others. Martin Mueller is the Executive Director of the Jazz Program.
To find out about upcoming events and performances, visit www.newschool.edu/jazz.
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School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J.
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