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Dvořák: Humoresque #7 ~ Daily Listening Assignments

June 29, 2022
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  Today’s piece is Antonin Dvořák’s Humoresque #7. Humoresques Op. 101 (B. 187), is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894. One writer says “the seventh Humoresque is probably the most famous small piano work ever written after Beethoven’s Für Elise. Yo Yo Ma (cello) and Itzhak […]

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Don’t Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Ellington from Concert for Ukraine

May 7, 2022
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    “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled “Never No Lament” and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. The Morpheus Chamber Players are Alisha Coleman (clarinet, Gwen Jones (flute), Jeff Kahan (oboe), Wendy Chinn (French horn) and Lisa […]

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Benefit Concert for Ukraine

April 15, 2022
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Concert repertoire will include: Harp arrangements by Debussy Piano trio of Jazz/Baroque Flute Concertino by Chaminade Woodwind Quintet with music of Duke Ellington The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V and an Irish session! Get Directions

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2022
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Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.  He wrote the Valentine Stomp above in 1929.

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Happy Birthday to Gene Krupa!

January 15, 2022
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  Eugene Bertram “Gene” Krupa lived from January 15, 1909 to October 16, 1973.  He was an American jazz and big band drummer, actor and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. One of my all-time favorite non-piano songs is Sing Sing Sing. Krupa joined Benny Goodman’s band in 1934, where his featured drum […]

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Happy Birthday, Jelly Roll Morton!

October 10, 2021
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    Jelly Roll Morton, born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe in 1885, was one of the most influential composers of the jazz era, bridging an important gap between ragtime, blues, and jazz. In a sense, he was the first great jazz composer. His career began in New Orleans, where he began to experiment with a unique […]

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