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A play about Fats Waller starts this Saturday at the Rep. There is a special discount on tickets available for San Jose Jazz members (become a member) - see details below.
The Jazz BlogNews, articles, interviews about jazz in Silicon Valley
If you are up for something a little different, join Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale on March 19 for Will Todd's Mass in Blue, an upbeat setting of the Latin mass composed in the jazz and blues idioms. Written in 2003 for choir, soprano solo and jazz instrumentation, the work is a brilliant blend of driving rhythms, rich tonal colors, bluesy harmonies and soaring vocal lines. Critics have described the piece as "inventive" and "electrifying."
Blend vibrant jazz fusion, ECM harmonies, and soulful melodies and you get Joe De Rose and Amici. Joe De Rose, a native of the Bay Area, has been playing drums professionally for 21 years in various styles ranging from Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Latin, Blues, Rock to Fusion.
By Andrew Gilbert
for the Mercury News Posted on www.mercurynews.com: 01/14/2010
Ubatuba Brazil Camp 2010 is a week of music master classes on the sands of Ubatuba, Brazil. Created by the founders of California Brazil Camp, Dennis Broughton and Mestre Marcelo Pereira, this week-long event brings together master musicians ranging from the legendary Hermeto Pascoal and Jovino Santos Neto to percussion master Jorge Alabé.
San Jose Jazz winter series - 9 'special' Sunday shows at the Improv
When Geoff Roach began mulling over possibilities for this year's Winter Jazz Series in downtown San Jose, he found himself thinking about jazz clubs versus jazz concerts. Fans always enjoy heading to a club - Yoshi's in Oakland or San Francisco, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, among others - to see a top band refining its repertoire and concept before moving on to the next club.
If you love modern jazz piano, then you simply cannot miss Piano Summit III: The Richness and Beauty of Modern Jazz Piano. Saturday, December 5th, the Palo Alto Jazz Alliance, Palo Alto Adult School, and KCSM FM 91.1 present an evening of enthralling music at Woodside Priory School Rothrock Performance Hall, located at 302 Portola Road in Portola Valley.
Announcing Third Annual Silicon Valley Composer Showcase, March 14, 2010
Here is how to get your music heard. Submit no
 Side Man by Warren Leight A moving, dramatic-comedy stage memoir of a '40s jazz musician through the twilight years of the big band, Side Man is a haunting, blues-y tale full of characters who will stay in our hearts and minds for a long time. Directed by: Dale Albright |
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A Special Night at the California Theatre with ‘Mass in Blue', an Unusual Choral Jazz Composition
CD release party for Joe DeRose and Amici is on March 8th at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland.
For jazz musicians the road to Europe isn't paved with gold, but since the 1960s flying across the Atlantic has became an essential rite of remuneration for American improvisers, who would often be hard-pressed to make ends meet relying solely on stateside gigs.
"I have been remarkably fortunate in life. Growing up in a suburban middle class family, I got a great education in public schools and graduated from a state university with a valuable engineering degree. I have been employed at good companies, run a successful consulting business, and co-founded a very successful ventured-funded startup. A long while ago, I began to think about how I could pay back some of this good fortune I have had.
