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Published April 23. 2021 3:26PM
At 2 p.m. Sunday, the United States Coast Guard Band s Jazz Nonet will present a virtual Livestream broadcast from Leamy Hall as they perform the entire groundbreaking and historic Birth of the Cool album by Miles Davis.
The 1957 release changed the course of jazz with its segue from bebop to what came to be called cool jazz. With classical underpinnings, subtle interplay, instrumental polyphony and sheer strength of composition, Birth of the Cool was/is a radical, demanding and eternally intoxicating effort.
The group will also announce its official new name, chosen during online balloting, during the concert. The broadcast is free and simulcast via the Coast Guard Band s YouTube channel; (860) 701-6826.
Groton Oct 31, 2020
Crews have recovered the body of a missing boater who was last seen in Groton on Friday afternoon, officials said. Police said the body of 49-year-old Matthew Lyon was recovered Saturday north of Great Gull Island in New York. Lyon was reported overdue from a boating trip at 5 p.m. by his wife after leaving Groton Elks Lodge and Marina,… Groton Oct 31, 2020
The U.S. Coast Guard is in search of a missing boater who was last seen in Groton at around 2 p.m., officials said. A 49-year-old was overdue at 5 p.m. after leaving from Groton Elks Lodge and Marina, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Officials are actively looking for the boater. Officials are looking for the boat pictured above. Anyone.
Published February 25. 2021 1:29PM Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
On Sunday, the United States Coast Guard Band continues its Virtual Concert Hall series with a pre-recorded performance of Beethoven s 7th Symphon, a consistently popular work that contains four movements spanning emotions from joy to despair.
This taped presentation is under the baton of Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Spenner, the band s assistant director, and is an arrangement for a nonet of winds including oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons and a contrabassoon. The Virtual Concert Hall can be accessed through a Livestream link on the band s FaceBook page. For more information, go to www.uscg.mil/band.
Kenneth Fuchs, Grammy-winning composer and University of Connecticut professor, discusses Point of Tranquility: Band Music of Kenneth Fuchs, a seven-piece set for symphonic winds released last year by the United States Coast Guard Band under the baton of band director Adam Williamson. The album was recorded at Leamy Hall on the New London campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy and features the band s alto saxophonist Greg Case.
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