Upcoming Clifford Brown Symposium and Concert Series

Trumpet Dude — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:26:48 +0000

Clifford Brown passed over the rainbow at an early age in a year before I was born. His life was cut very short but his music remains and thankfully lives on. If you have not had the privilege to hear the magic he created with his horn, please give a listen to the MP3 I’ve inserted here. Of course, if you can attend the Symposium entitled, ‘Brownie Speaks’ which is being held in the Philadelphia area October 30th through November 1st, by all means please do!

“Brownie Speaks” is a symposium and concert series celebrating and documenting the life, music and legacy of Clifford Brown, the influential jazz trumpeter who died in 1956 when he was just 25.

The three-day event will feature performances by Terence Blanchard, Benny Golson, Lou Donaldson, Marcus Belgrave, the UArts Jazz Ensembles and many others. The Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra will premiere a new John Fedchock composition dedicated to Clifford Brown.

“Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary,” produced by UArts School of Music faculty member, composer, pianist, and recording artist Don Glanden, will premiere at the symposium. Brown’s son, Clifford Brown Jr. will serve as the symposium’s master of ceremonies. Participants will include Nat Hentoff, Lewis Porter, Don Glanden, Rick Lawn, Alan Hood, Nick Catalano, Phil Schaap, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Lou Donaldson, Geneva Griffin, and others. There will be daily performances by jazz ensembles from The University of the Arts School of Music, Marc Dicciani, Director.

Schedule of Events

For people interested in attending symposia events or evening concerts they have provided an online registration form and invitation providing further details regarding concert tickets and so forth. There is no cost to register for daytime symposia events!

Maynard Ferguson: “The Lost Tapes Volume 2″

Trumpet Dude — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:29:35 +0000

For all you Maynard fans, listen up! “The Lost Tapes Volume 2″ has now been released and is available today! This has been put together and produced by Sleepy Night Records. This recording is the second in a trilogy project by Sleepy Night and you can purchase it in MP3 form through the link below. When Volume One of this series came out, I waited anxiously for its arrival. When it came, I played it repeatedly for weeks. It is awesome and so is this one. The music captures Maynard’s playing at his peak and is just incredible. Ernie Garside is the Executive Producer of this project and was a close friend, musician, promoter and manager for Maynard. He holds the rights to this music and has worked quite hard and put up a lot of money, along with producers Sean and Gary Gillies, to make this possible. The project is derived from old reel-to-reel tapes found in Ernie Garside’s house. To ensure this project’s continued success, tell everyone you know that this is available. In MP3 format this is a two-disc set and includes 10 tracks and a priceless and fantastic booklet containing rare photos and new comments from Ernie Garside, Lynn Nicholson, Adrian Drover, Brian Smith and others.

Disc one includes: ‘Give it One,’ ‘Blue Birdland,’ ‘In the Mood,’ ‘Ole,’ ‘Sunny,’ ‘Eli’s Coming,’ ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water,’ ‘The Meeting of Shiva Shakti,’ ‘LA Expression,’ and ‘La Fiesta.’

Disc two includes: ‘MacArthur Park,’ and ‘Meet a Cheetah.’

Maynard Ferguson was truly one of the greatest trumpet players ever! He was not only the best trumpeter to ever master the stratospheric register of trumpet playing, he was also a talented soloist and multi-instrumentalist. He began playing music when he was quite young, and by the age of 15 was playing in a group with Oscar Peterson. Maynard was an internationally famous big-band leader, one of the world’s great brass players, an instrument designer, record producer, composer, arranger, producer of film soundtracks, and a truly dedicated teacher. He also studied yoga extensively, lived in India and was cited as being at a house gathering in Connecticut where Timothy Leary was present.
For those of you who would rather purchase the CD versions of this project, you can purchase them directly from Sleepy Night at http://www.sleepynightrecords.com/

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Upcoming Clifford Brown Symposium and Concert Series

Maynard Ferguson: “The Lost Tapes Volume 2″