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WKHR presents to you compete
interviews with some of our favorite personalities.
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Player to listen to these audio files. Double click on a part
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Ed Michaels
Director of the 30th Annual Lakeland Community College Jazz
Festival. Telephone Interview from Feb. 14, 2002
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Ed as Festival Director, Ernie Krivda,
Lee Bush, education aspect of Ed's career and Lakeland Community College
30th Annnual Jazz Festival, Schedule Feb 21 with Tomorrows Stars,
Dominick Farinacci |
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Young All Stars - Robert Spakey, Paul Ferguson's
Group, Blake Marquez, Marty Whitsack as former students, Eds background
with Lakeland and the Jazz Festival, Charles Frank, Summer Jazz Camp
in June 2002, |
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Lakeland Jazz Fest Phone 440-953-7261, Friday Feb 22
show - Warren Vache, Susan Hesse, Ernie Krivda and Fat Tuesday Big
Band, Dominick Farinacci, - Louis Armstrong and Trumpet Kings Theme,
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Saturday Feb 23 - Saturday Night Swing Party - Banu
Gibson, Howard Alden, Jiggs Whigham, Ernie Krivda, Jim Rupp, Chris
Berg, Dominick Farinacci |
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Friday Feb 22 and Saturday Feb 23 - High School Jazz
Band Performances - Free Admission 9am-4pm |
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Maria Schneider
Talented contemporary composer talks about her career and upcoming
performance with the Cleveand Jazz Orchestra.
Telephone interview on March 1, 2002
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Maria coming in Cleveland March 15, 16
with Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Growing up in Minnesota, Exposure to
jazz by Evelyn Butler, Composing a piece dedicated to Evelyn |
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Music influences in family, Deciding on
a musical career, evolving musical ideas, drawn to musical theory
and composing, teaching of composition, Thad Jones and Bob Brookmeyer |
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Gil Evans, conducting Gil Evans and Miles Davis Porgy
and Bess music, recreating music with Jon Faddis, finding original
Gil Evans music, David Sandborn perfoming Gil Evans music |
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New project for Lincoln Center Orchestra, Maria's inspiration
in Composing, Visual Arts, Flaminco music influences, Absorbing influences
as oppossed to forcing an influence |
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Music education by Maria, biggest leason learned from
Bob Brookmeyer and Gil Evans, finding a personal sound |
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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra performances, what the songs
will be, images in Maria's music, projects that Maria is working on,
traveling schedule, highlight on 2002 concerts |
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Carnegie Hall flash back to Windam Minn., Paul Ferguson
join composition |
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Terri Pontremoli
Terri is the director of the Tri-C Jazz Festival. We talk about
the concerts and give you background on the events.
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23rd annual Tri-C Jazz Festival, Education
basis of Tri-C Jazz festival, Resident artists John and Jeff Clayton,
Clayton Bros in town April 10-13, High Schools invitational |
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Rising Stars Program - April 10, Jay Epstein,
Curtis Taylor, Steve Renko, April 11 - Dave Douglas Quintet - experimental
trumpet player |
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April 12 - Wayne Shorter and Open Jam Session, Clayton
Bros at Jam Session, April 13 - Jazz at the 'Met' - Christian Howes,
Bob Selvaggio, Clayton Bros, Bill Cunliffe, Danilo Perez, Randy Weston
African Rhythms |
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April 14 - Bobby Short at Severence Hall, April 15
- Jazz Meets Hip Hop |
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April 16 - Eddie Baccus Sr. and Eddie Baccus Jr. at
Karamu House, April 17 - Omara Portuondo and Buena Vista Social Club,
April 18 - Jimmy Scott and Joe Hunter Trio, John Morton |
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April 19 - David Sanborn and Joe Sample, April 20 -
Chucho Valdes Quartet, Count Basie Orchestra versus Fat Tuesday Big
Band in a Battle of the Bands, Latin Jazz Jam and Dance Contest |
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April 21 - Wendell Logan commissioned composition for
Langston Hughes Centenial, Bill Brown, Kai Allen, Jazz Fest Youth
Dance Live, April 22 encore performance of 'Ask Your Mama', Jazz Fest
Phome 216-987-4400 |
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What Terri is looking forward to at the jazz festival,
Jazz Fest Sampler CD. |
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