The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts announce the eighth season of the popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move. Each installment features a lecture and performance highlighting a major figure or period in jazz history. Presented by Nashville’s top jazz artist/educators, the series offers audiences world class music as well as an opportunity to learn more about jazz. The series begins Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 pm, and features a tribute to the classic Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet.
This year's series is presented with support from Caterpillar Financial Services, Peter and Anne Neff, and the Frist Foundation. ...
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The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts announce the eighth season of the popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move. Each installment features a lecture and performance highlighting a major figure or period in jazz history. Presented by Nashville’s top jazz artist/educators, the series offers audiences world class music as well as an opportunity to learn more about jazz. The series begins Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 pm, and features a tribute to the classic Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet.
This year's series is presented with support from Caterpillar Financial Services, Peter and Anne Neff, and the Frist Foundation.
The programs take place on a series of Sunday afternoons, and are free and open to the public. All performances are at 3:00 pm in the auditorium at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 919 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. The first presentation in this year's series is:
January 26 - A Tribute to Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet
Presented by Jamey Simmons
Clifford Brown was one of the greatest trumpet players in jazz history. His brief career in the 1950's was a bridge between the bebop and hard bop periods. In the period between 1953 and his untimely death in 1956, at the age of 26, he made many recordings which have become jazz classics. And none have been more influential than the recordings of the quintet he co-led with drummer Max Roach. Trumpet master and educator Jamey Simmons will discuss the life and work of this gifted artist, who has influenced all subsequent generations of trumpet players. Together with an all-star band, Jamey will demonstrate the music of this timeless quintet, including jazz classics such as Joy Spring, Daahoud, and others. Joining Jamey for the lecture/performance will be Chris Brown (drums), Denis Solee (saxophone), Joe Davidian (piano), and Jim Ferguson (bass).
Future presentations in the series:
February 23 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Presented by Marcus Finnie
March 23 - Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"
Presented by Don Aliquo and Jamey Simmons
April 27- Carmen McRae
Presented by Sandra Dudley
Those attending Jazz on the Move at the Frist will be able to visit the Frist's exhibits free of charge, and will also receive discounted parking.
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is an accredited nonprofit art-exhibition center, with approximately 24,000 square feet of gallery space, dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, state and regional artists, as well as major U.S. and international exhibitions. It is located at 919 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203. www.fristcenter.org.
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