by Bryant | Sep 12, 2024 | Artists 2014, Artists 2024
Jazz pianist Tommy James is also a composer, arranger and music director. He has been the pianist and music director of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and recently moved to Honolulu from his former home in New York. Mr. James has worked with a wide ranging group of artists of many musical genres: among the outstanding artists and bands with whom he has performed and/or recorded are The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, Maureen McGovern, Cleo Laine/John Dankworth, Nell Carter, Marlena Shaw, Roy Ayers, Melba Moore, Manu Dibango, Billy Vera, The Spinners, and the Temptations.
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by Bryant | Jan 23, 2017 | Artists 2015
Arturo O’Farrill is a Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer and educator. Son of the late Cuban bandleader and jazz legend Chico O’Farrill, Arturo was educated at the Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He played piano in Carla Bley’s Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte and others. In 2002, he established the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and In 2014 won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. O’ Farrill is internationally recognized as a leading music educator who has conducted workshops and seminars for thousands of students and musicians throughout the world to promote interest and appreciation for the unique music genre of Latin Jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/user/AfroLatinJazzNY
by Bryant | Sep 24, 2016 | Information
Jazz Maui 2016
Presents
East Meets West Festival
“Where Eastern and Western music, art and culture collide and inspire”
Saturday, November 5 • 6:30 pm
Historic ‘Iao Theatre, 68 N. Market Street, Wailuku
• DeShannon Higa & Hawai‘i Jazz All-Stars – premiere of original arrangement, “Longing for the Spring Breeze”
Jazz Workshops:
Friday, November 4 • Jazz Clinic with DeShannon Higa • King Kekaulike High School
Produced by Jazz Maui / Arts Education for Children Group
Sponsors:
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, County of Maui, Makana Aloha Foundation
Dancin’ Dave Productions, Story of Hawai‘i Museum, Tradewinds Production Group
Mana‘o Hana Hou Radio, AKAKU: Maui Community Media, Maui County Sister Cities Foundation
by Bryant | Jun 23, 2016 | Information
Jazz Maui 2016 Presents
2 Free July 4th Concerts
“Jazzy Sunday“
Centerstage, Queen Kaahumanu Center Kahului Sunday, July 3rd 1-5 PM Featuring The Gene Argel Quartet with Special guest vocalist Sheryl Renee ; Chop Suey Jazz Band
“4th of July Concert in the Park“
Lahaina library lawn Monday, July 4th 5 -8 PM
Featuring
NaAlii Big Band Chop Suey Jazz Band Kukui Nuts Barbershop Quartet Maui Community Band Special guest vocalist- Sheryl Renee
Fireworks at 8:00
For more information
www.jazzmaui.com; www.aecg.org Call 808-283-3576 Sponsored by: Hawaii Tourism Authority: County of Maui: Lahaina Sunrise Rotary; Sheryl Renee Productions: Designs by Shirley; Tradewinds Production Group; Queen Kaahumanu Center: Arts Education for Children Group Fireworks begin at 8pm. Jazz Maui 2016 is presented by Arts Education for Children Group (AECG), a 501(c)[3] nonprofit organization established in 1996 to provide opportunities for artistic and cultural enrichment, AECG has presented free music at Lahaina’s Fourth of July celebration for more than 15 years.
by Bryant | Apr 2, 2016 | Information
Jazzy Sundays featuring world class Jazz, Sunday April 3, Gene Argel & Friends, 1-5 PM Queen Kaahumanu Center
