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The new school for jazz and contemporary music highlights fall 2009 public programs

Jazz Presents Series Features Trio 3 and Rachel Z
The New School Jazz Ensemble Performs "The Shape of Ornette to Come"

NEW YORK, September 22, 2009–This fall, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will present several programs highlighting special collaborations led by prominent New School Jazz faculty joined by eminent players from the jazz community, alumni, and students. The school's annual Jazz Presents series includes Trio 3, featuring New School Jazz faculty members Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille along with Oliver Lake, on October 8 at 8:00 p.m. The series continues with New School Jazz faculty member Rachel Z, along with faculty member Charli Persip, on November 12 at 8:00 p.m. The Jazz Presents series is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.  In addition, this fall the famed New York jazz venue The Jazz Standard will present The New School Jazz Ornette Coleman Ensemble under the direction of Jane Ira Bloom on November 10 with sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Jazz Presents Trio 3
Thursday, October 8, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488

Trio 3—featuring Reggie Workman on bass, Andrew Cyrille on drums, and Oliver Lake on saxophone–will perform with special guest, New School alumni Adam Bemkey on piano. Fresh off the August 2009 release of their CD At This Time, and following a year that took them across America, Europe, and beyond, Trio 3 exemplifies pure musical symmetry. 

Jazz Presents Rachel Z
Thursday, November 12, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488

Faculty member and pianist Rachel Z has performed with Peter Gabriel, Wayne Shorter, and Al Di Meola. Her 2007 CD release, Dept. of Good and Evil, was described by Andrea Canter of Jazz Police as “one of the most exciting piano-led recordings  I've heard  in the past year. ” Rachel Z will be joined by fellow faculty member Charli Persip on drums, and alumni Maeve Royceon bass, and Nick Roseboroon trumpet.  

New School Jazz Presents “The Shape of Ornette to Come”
Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
$20; $15 to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID; no drink or food minimum
The Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, New York, NY
For reservations: please call 212.576.2232

The Jazz Standard presents "The Shape of Ornette to Come" featuring the New School Jazz Ornette Coleman Ensemble under the direction of New School Jazz faculty member Jane Ira Bloom, featuring New School Jazz alumni and students Rick Savage, soprano saxophone; Joe Hartnett, alto saxophone; John Collinge, tenor saxophone; Josh Olken, guitar; Glenn Zaleski, piano; and Max Jaffe, drums.

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is the musical manifestation of The New School and its legacy. Steeped in progressive tradition while moving forward into new frontiers of sound and experimentation, New School Jazz is a rarity among conservatory music schools. With instructors who are active, professional musicians and the backing of a major university, the school provides its students with the leeway and encouragement to break through artistic barriers, the counsel of veterans in maneuvering through the terrain of the music world, and a solid academic foundation to sustain and enrich their efforts and evolution. For more information, visit http://www.jazz.newschool.edu.

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