SWING INTO SPRING: Celebrate the Experience of Improvisation featuring dancers Mickey Davidson, Shireen Dickson, Ximena Salgado and Max Pollak
(Published: March 03, 2021)
Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) continues its 2021 season of INTERGENERATIONAL JAZZ POWER JAM on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 3 PM EST on Facebook Live and YouTube, in collaboration with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, with Swinging Into Spring Dance Jam, showcasing the art of improvisation, and featuring acclaimed dancers and choreographers Mickey Davidson, Shireen Dickson, Ximena Salgado and Max Pollak. Audiences of all ages are invited to participate!
Tune in through Facebook and YouTube Live at jazzpower.org/powerjam2021 at 3 PM EST.
(Published: February 06, 2021)
Visiting Artist
Peter Erskine brings his special blend of jazz, pop and educational experience to Vienna. The veteran of Weather Report, Steps Ahead and more than 700 albums and film scores considers Vienna a city close to his heart. It is a magical place that always beckoned me, he says. My travels around the world, and my years with Joe Zawinul, especially, led me to understand the beauty and creative possibilities connected to Vienna s rich musical history. We are bringing the latest technology to this mission, and joining JAM is a great honor.
Erskine s arrival expands JAM s mission to develop future generations of music-makers, from within Vienna and abroad. Peter‘s spirit and humanity are in his music, says Marcus Ratka, Director of JAM. You can hear it and feel it. His methodologies and dedication to music study align perfectly with ours. We re delighted to welcome him.
Jazz Artists on the Greens cancelled
FILE PHOTO Musicians at Jazz Artists on the Greens. -
PRODUCTION ONE Ltd has cancelled the 18th edition of its Jazz Artists on the Greens, originally scheduled for March 28, 2020. It can t happen as we will normally have it, Rolf Doyle, a director of the company told Newsday. We are working on having something virtually. We haven t come up with the exact thing yet, but we are working on something.
He said a number of people have been asking about it but, We are constrained by the covid19 restrictions.
Doyle said the logistics of the virtual will have to be carefully worked out.
Sisters Janelle Xavier and Janine Xavier-Cross of Xavier Strings will hold their annual Christmas concert as a virtual event.
Xavier Strings promises that their virtual Christmas concert Carol of the Strings will be an exhilarating, showstopping adventure that can be enjoyed by those here in Trinidad and Tobago and across the globe.
Like in all other aspects of life, the COVID-19 pandemic has had negative effects on the entertainment industry with many artistes now going the route of virtual concerts.
The sisters, Janelle Xavier and Janine Xavier-Cross, noted that “Covid-19 has changed the way they celebrate, and this Christmas is heavily affected.