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the jamie begian big band N ow, two CD's to choose from!
and BIG FAT GRIN (in total or just individual tracks) are 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.com Those 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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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. Looking forward to doing more performances with my big band - finally feel like I'm getting the hang of playing and conducting! Next up for the band is our first gig in Brooklyn as part of JC Sanford's "Size Matters" series at Tea Lounge in September.
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.
Our newest collaboration, this time with the pulse had a busy 2009 with our "Scenes From the Hudson" project in collaboration with Joy Askew. We gave performances at Barbes in Brooklyn, Roulette in Manhattan and the Hudson Opera House in Hudson, NY. It was an especially fun project for me as I got to play guitar on my own piece, 3 of the other composer's pieces and a featured duet with our guest soloist.
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
My students at WestConn have
started a blog:
wcsujazzclub.blogspot.com
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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