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Upcoming Concert Information |
The
UA
Jazz Ensemble
Directed by James Greeson & Claudia Burson
The University of Arkansas Jazz Ensemble is an 18 piece jazz big band. It is directed by Dr. James Greeson and the combos are led by Ms. Claudia Burson. It is a one credit class (MUEN 3471) which meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 11:30 - 12:20. An audition is required for admission.If you are interested in being a part of the Jazz Ensemble get in touch with me by email: jgreeson@uark.edu Listen to a clip of UA Jazz Ensemble playing "Crusin' for a Bluesin'" on its April 2003 Spring Jazz Ensemble Concert (Real Audio - 460k)
The UA Jazz Ensembles Concert will be Friday Nov.
16, 2007 in the Arkansas Union Theater
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(Real Audio - 460k) Listen to a clip of UA Latin Jazz
Ensemble
playing "Linda Chicana" .
Hear jazz pianist Claudia Burson playing
"East
of the Sun" with her trio. Hear jazz guitarist James Greeson
playing the
Dizzy Gillespie classic "Night in Tunisia". |
UA Jazz Band at the WAC:
Switch in Time video
Check out a Quicktime movie of the UA Jazz Band playing at the UA "Towers
of
Old Main" dinner (4.3 MB)
Here's a lower resolution Quicktime movie of
the
Jazz Band playing "Our Love is Here"
(750k)
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Get Happy (Slow) accompaniment
Get Happy (Fast) accompaniment
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The Summer Jazz Concert Series brings in fine jazz musicians from the across the United States to be featured with our local musicians including the fabulous Claudia Burson on piano, Darren Novotny on drums, Jim Greeson on bass, along with Al Gibson, Gerry Sloan, Larry Cangelosi and others. Each summer there are five concerts and the admission charges are ridiculously low. In past years we've featured such artists as Bobby Watson, Charles Thomas, Fred Hamilton, Carol Comer, Lisa Henry, Rex Richardson & Tom Brantley, and many more. The Summer Jazz Concerts are presented by the UA Music Department, NWAR Jazz Society and KUAF Radio. Click here to see this summer's lineup... |
Jamey Aebersold Jazz - a great source of improvisation materials
Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop - information and applications for a great one week jazz camp
A Jazz Primer - a good resource by Marc Sabatella
North Arkansas Jazz Society our excellent local jazz support organization
PG Music.com - the home of the hugely useful "Band in a Box" software
Transcribe - Downloadable shareware software to help you transcribe music
University of Arkansas Home Page
Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation based in Little Rock - a nice site
International Association for Jazz Education a great organization with a killer annual conference
Walton Arts Center offering a fine jazz artist concert series