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Jazz Coffeehouse featuring NYC Improvisational Trio
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Posted by jimmuscomp Tue Apr 29, 2008 14:11:10 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments Start: May 24, 2008
End: May 24, 2008
Time: 7:30pm
Price: $10/general and $6 students
Contact: Jim Scully | jscully@csub.edu | 661.330.9304
Location: 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, Ca 93311

The CSU Bakersfield Jazz program will present the final Jazz Coffeehouse concert of the academic year on Saturday, May 24, 20078 at 7:30 PM.  This event will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room inside the CSUB Student Union.  Tickets should be obtained at the door on the night of the event.  Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $6 for any student with an ID card and seniors (60+).

The featured band on the program is HANS BLIX an improvisational trio from New York.  This trio of composer/performers has been getting great press since the release of their first album, “What’s the Highest Number You Can Think Of”? The group consists of Dan Venne, guitar; Brian Scherman, keyboard/saxophone; and James Windsor-Wells, drums/percussion.

HANS BLIX is the result of freely improvised sessions above a tire shop in Brooklyn, NY.  The music belongs to either several genres or none at all.  The music’s improvisatory nature draws it to jazz, but the band’s sound may fit better with electronica or post-rock.  Regardless, this set will be worth checking out!

In addition to our guest artist, a student combo from Bakersfield College  – The Modern Jazz Trio – will present a set of standards.  The Bakersfield Jazz Workshop Youth Orchestra will perform a set of big band music and the Charles Mingus Project will present a handful of compositions by seminal bassist/composer/activist Charles Mingus.

Cross SAXtion, featuring Mat Willis, saxes; Nathan Yeasley, drums and Scott Roberts, bass will perform a set of jazz standards inspired by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond including Take Ten, Bossa Antiqua and Out of Nowhere.  Vocalist Jaz Wiggett, will present a set of standards with the members of Cross SAXtion.  Selections will include – Skylark. 
 
The Jazz Coffeehouse Concert Series is a five-concert series where CSUB students and community members perform live jazz in all of its many guises.  The CSUB Jazz Coffeehouse Concert Series is produced and directed by Jim Scully, guitarist, composer and member of the CSUB Music Faculty. 

Mr. Scully is the director of the small jazz ensembles at CSUB as well as a lecturer in Music Theory, Theory Skills, Jazz Appreciation, Music Technology and Chamber Music.  On any given night at a CSUB Jazz Coffeehouse Concert the listener could be treated to 1950’s Hard-Bop, 1970’s Fusion, 1980’s Post-Bop and the 1990’s New Creative Music.  Whatever the style, you are sure to enjoy the fine student musicians on display at all of our events.  Contact Mr. Scully (661.654.2511 or jscully@csub.edu) for more information.

For more information about the CSUB Music Program:

http://www.csub.edu/PAD/mus...
661.654.3093
 

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