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Remembering Jazz Great Bob Brookmeyer: 1930-2011

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Bob Brookmeyer, noted jazz musician, composer, arranger, educator and co-founder of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, died on Thursday in New London, N.H., at the age of 81. The cause was a heart attack. Brookmeyer, a valve trombonist, played with groups led by the saxophonists Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan and the clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre in the 1950s, as well as a quintet with…


From News, posted 12.20.11

BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 23rd Anniversary with Showcase Concert

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The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 23rd Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on July 1 at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a…


From News, posted 7.07.11

Big Band Sounds Celebrated at BMI Jazz Concert

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The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 22nd Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on July 1 at Christ and St. Stephens’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a competition to choose the…


From News, posted 7.02.10

BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 21st Anniversary with Showcase Concert

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The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 26 at Christ and St. Stephens’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a competition to choose the…


From News, posted 6.29.09

Stanley Clarke Stuns Listeners Again with ‘Jazz in the Garden’

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In the jazz world, Stanley Clarke is a living legend and a bona fide hero for bass enthusiasts. Along with fellow bassists Ron Carter and the late Jaco Pastorius, he is responsible for bringing the instrument out of the background. “Anyone who's followed my career could easily see that I've sort of been kind of a bass revolutionary, for lack of a better word,”…


From MusicWorld, posted 6.11.09

Big Band Jazz Showcased at BMI Jazz Concert

The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, will highlight the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert is free to the public, and will be held on Friday, June 26 at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church (120 West 69th Street) at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra,…


From News, posted 5.27.09

BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 20th Anniversary with Showcase Concert

The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 20th Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 25 at Merkin Concert Hall. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The BMI/New York Jazz…


From News, posted 6.27.08

BMI Jazz Greats Honored at Lincoln Center

BMI jazz greats Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins and the late Art Blakey will be inducted into the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame at an event held June 17 at Lincoln Center Carter, Rollins and Blakey join other BMI jazz legends inducted in previous years, including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Billie…


From News, posted 6.17.08

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