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CD RELEASE SHOW!
BIG FAT GRIN the jamie begian big band TUESDAY, JULY 20 Two shows starting at 8:00 & 9:30 JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE AUDITORIUM The Bahá'ί Center:53 East 11th Street between University Place & Broadway (212) 222-5159 $15.00 general admission - students $10.00 with ID N ow, two CD's to choose from!
TRANCE (in total or just individual tracks) is also available on Apple's iTunes - very, very cool! If you prefer, you can still order either of them through me directly via my email at this site mail@jamiebegian.com or purchase it at one of our performances; I'll be happy to sign it for 'ya (if you like!)Sign up on my mailing list and I'll let you know all about upcoming performances - mail@jamiebegian.comThose of you who've heard my big band the past 4+ years are aware of the suite of 4 pieces featuring my outstanding trombone section titled "TAYLORATIONS." The pieces are all
based on a warm-up exercise by legendary trombonist/composer Dave Taylor,
who also happens to be the teacher to 3/4's of my trombone section.
Dave did us the ultimate honor and came out to hear us, and the entire TAYLORATIONS suite, in October,
2004.
After the show, Dave said he really enjoyed the suite, as well as the
entire concert, and that the band was top-notch. It's always an honor to have a "heavy hitter" come out
to a show - thanks to Ben Griffin for setting things up and thanks to Dave
Taylor for his inspiration!
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I'm really looking forward to the CD Release gig in May, can't believe the recording is finally available, although the official "street date" isn't until May 25 you can purchase it at the Innova website listed below. As mentioned above, I've partnered with Innova records to release "Big Fat Grin." Innova, part of the American Composers Forum, is a great label run by artists themselves who work with each project the same way they treat their own; I'm very happy to be part of the Innova family. I've put some excerpts of the recording up on my mp3 page for you to checkout. While it's too soon to start thinking about a third CD I'm hoping to have at least one new piece to premiere at the El Taller in May, perhaps two.....?
My students at WestConn have
started a blog:
wcsujazzclub.blogspot.com the WCSU ALUMNI/FACULTY QUARTET is on hiatus for a little while now as we look for a new venue to play. The group is Jonathan Blanck on saxophone, Chris DeAngelis on bass and Tim Walsh on drums. This is a really fun group to hear with some fearless improvisers and a nice set of original tunes by us - we're looking to record a CD in the summer
Another project I'm very proud to be part of is
pulse - a
federation of six composers dedicated to writing new music that defies
categorization and a cohort of musicians dedicated to playing that music.
pulse had a busy
2009 with our "Scenes From the Hudson" is a collaborative project with a wonderful singer-songwriter Joy Askew in the Spring themed around the quaricentennial of the Hudson River. As for the future, we've also had some preliminary meetings with members of the TAKE dance ensemble regarding a collaboration to premiere in the spring/fall of 2010.
In 2008 pulse
presented a series
of performances in collaboration with
triocracy
at the Brooklyn Lyceum and at Barbes that was also very fun. To check out my triocracy piece go to
my mp3 page and listen to "Little
Brayden Points."
You can also check out the PULSE COMPOSER FEDERATION
THE PULSE FEDERATION
As the full-time director of jazz
studies at I'm very proud of the adjunct faculty we have at the university: Dave Scott on trumpet, Andrew Beals on alto, Deborah Weisz on trombone, Chris Morrison on guitar, Peter Tomlinson on piano, David Ruffels on bass and Jeff Siegel on drums - you won't easily find a better group of musicians and dedicated group of teachers! If you'd like more information about the about the Jazz Studies program at WCSU in general email me at: begianj@wcsu.edu
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