Bennan Musc Foundaton.~~jSA.N 8EF1LOWTZ. EDTOR_. fvv\rch 19~. The Berman Musc Foundaton... \N/ have t's frst brthday n March, and we hope to [lave many more. We are very encouraged by the enthusasrr, that our shows have wth the audences... even trlough we realy need more people n attendance. We would lke to tl-lank everyone who attended the Greg Abate Claudo Rodt COllcert on Frday, February 16 and 17. thnk everyone who attended would have to say that both nghts the musc was sensatonal. Wth Phl DeGreg on pano, Bob Bowman on and Todd on drums, the worlds of bebop and the Brazlan samba ca.rne together at The Wagon Tran l-}yf~,,,,,..,t VVe are very pleased that The s a part of the Lncoln communty. Amy has created somethng very speca here n Lncoln.The Berman Musc Foundaton wll be sno'ns at The Wagon Tran Project. n fact, the next SflOWS wll take on Wednesday, May, 996 and on 3, '1996. Janet Lawson, Snger the VVe are ver hopeful for the comng season 19ge--sprng "J 997), and have a lot of to Berman Musc Foundaton w also look forward to able to work more closely and n collaboraton wth Dave Sharp at the Unversty of Nebraska, and wth Ed Love and Dean Hast wth the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. Ed Love, Scott Veroy, Jon Hschke, Dave Sharp, Greg Abate... f\lagon Tran ProJect... Fe.bruary 16, 1996 f you ddn't attend,., the Greg Abate/Claudo Rodt performances at The Wagon Tran Project on Frday, February 1 () and Saturday, February 17, you mssed two nghts of exctng jazz. 80th Greg Abate and Claudo RoeH are superb muscans. f you weren't there, you also mssed and experencng one of the fnest rhythm sectons; n the mdwest Ph DeGrea. Bob Bowrnan, and Todd Strat helped to create two ev~nngs of unforgettable musc evenngs stared out reld~hot wth Charle Parker's "Au Pr\j8:v~"... shades of Charle Parker and Glesp8:.:of ~Ol~rse, Greg and Caudo brng ther own personaltles [0 lhe musc. Brazlan born and Brooklyn based Claudo Rodlt, s a very heartfelt muscan. Claudo plays a German- made '\ :,umpe~, wth valv~s that resembe the vafv~s on a french nom. HS tone \S Clear and sparklng. ClaudO loves melodes... ls phrases seem to flow effortlessly and always torm beautful lnes that pant pctures. When playng tunes, Claudo's lnes are quck movng. wth each note defned Claudo Rodt s a master of the samba form. as rle turns standards nto sambas wth taste and Claudo gave unforgettable performances ~. evenngs. Greg Abate knows no boundares when he pcks up hs saxophone. He plays wth an energy and a stamna that drve the band... and he never lets up. Greg s a very accomplshed rnuscan... as he demonstrated both evenngs. He plays the flute wth as much ntens.y as he does the saxophone. Greg, lke ClaudO, also demes hs notes clearly n hs quck movng lnes, Greg s able to voce hs muscal deas spontaneously... havng total knowledge of hs nstruments. Greg Abate plays hs musc w~h notabe feelng, and also gave us two unforgettable evenngs of. musc. The rlythm secton was outstandng, and about as. good as t gets. Phl DeGreg, Bob Bowman, and Todd Strat kept pace wth Claudo and Greg, as f they played together regularly. Ths rhythm secton cooked. Phl DeGreg deserves more recognton. He left us breathless, as he combned hs classcal lcks wth hs jazz lcks. Phl DeGreg s a POW81ul pano player. Hs phrases were well fonned and ntellgent throughout both evenngs. Bob Contnued on page 4.. column 1 Page 1
VCTOR LEWS AND FRST.. n the (~arl}l "las" was a pzza delvery boy workng at a neghborhood jont when got the call. New Yorker, Danny Me/con, had nva.ded Lncoln wth hs brand of cty jazz/pop, was or(';:lbnzng a rock OPera called "Carouse For Freaks", and woud play pano. : knew that was n over my head, but [ fjaanty dug n, and our frst practce commenced. Vctor Na;::; sttng at hs kt readng Down Beat wth ana hand, and conductng the rhythm sectlon wth hs ouler, wtlle readng Trom the~ chart... and of course, never mssng a beat. came and went...to be replaced a teenaged Torn Larson, the rock opera came and went, and Vctor Lews became one of the eadng components of the Ne\N York jazz scene, Vctor has been performng through the past 20 years..,and hs star s stll Hs lst of recordng projects, and past works are endless and l11pressve, He even portrays Papa Jo Jones n Robert Altman's upcomng new flm, "Kansas Cty'" So t se~~med amost surreal seeng Vctor conduct the thrd secton of a jazz workshop n room 'j 14 at's Westbrook Musc BUdng durng the Festval", whch was organzed by Professor/player DaveJ Vctor was backed by Tom Larson on "now a "2Sa of hs cafl, UNL teacher Rusty Vlhte on Dave Sharp on saxophone, and Unversty of Mssour'j at Kansas Cty trurnpeteer /educator Mke Parknson.,a vely effectve quntet. Vctor Lews showed f.,m all HTrle ~OSS'. They performed three selectons student house, ncludng a lovely rendton of "Stella By.Afterwards the players felded 'from the near awe struck audence of eager musc students, have seen Vctor perform wth n Francsco, Bobby Watson and Horzon n both and New York Cty, and the f'jln9us n [\lew York..,and t was just as exctng to see hm to and to spread hs magc to the youth here n VctOf.. YOU are "The Man"... 8.nd one hell of a nc(~ guy, Vctor even took tme to be on my f<zum rado ", wth hs manager, Joann Klen and Long lve "The Kng", and thanks for memores, Wrtten by Butch Berman "'j t' ""~ s~ "el'l"'l" st' ~l,;:,bl""a' f V j 1 vcb e. ;.:,... <'~ j,,,-,, ',.J;,r...:, W. \ Sandova works hard for the ' 1 the, mug(> ~ P,-r"'e NJl 1 r 1 j",..-,,~ t,f., " " \ Unverstjf Of that,,,c,,,,vl\nr to new.. he does t ah. t~ot both the rtfs and Felx ~ l he band }\rturo rece~vec, a ~)tandng ovaton" so. Arturo and the came back for an encore... but Arturo told us that he would play f \Ple auche.nce rose to ts' fe0:t and we BRA,VO to Arturo and to "ls all of '-vhom are remarkable muscans, detected from and hr, t,~t:t~) We are fortunate that -"e h~" f f J d~ Arturo has out are \ at Ct' can be ord'3rad from most rnusc outlets. Hs atest CD can be found on Ul8 s enttled "Arturo g, The Latn Tran"",a fne CD to add to any and s a fne of rls work. the man has left to lve n the Unted States, a 1 person can easly hear that hs rleart and soul are stll rooted n the sols ot Vctor Lews"..Kmbalf HalJ... February 10, 1996 Other recordngs avalable from Al"(uro Sandoval are., Remember Clfford "GRP"",1992 Dreams Come Trw3",GRFl.," 1993 l,, Damon,. P«1994 To Freeclom«"GRP,Ths CD was hs frst release after de'fectng from Culla, Anuro can also be heard on the orgnal soundtrack to the move "The Mambo Kngs", THANKS FOR SUPPORTNG UVEJAZZ N LNCOLN Page 2
THE UNL J,A.ZZ E'JSEMBLE... tdok the stage at Kmball Hall at 8:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 10, 1996. The evenng's performance was a part of The Nebraska Jazz Festval that Oavd Sharp puts together every February. The ensemble opened wth a Bll Holman's arrangement of " Remember You". Mchael Parknson, who s the Drector of Jazz Studes at the Unversty of l/jssourl at Kansas Cty, then joned featured guest artst The frst pece was a Latn flavored Steve Swallow compomposton enttled "Como En Vetnam". Mchael Parknson certanly dsplayed a beautful, crystal clear tone on hs Then the ensemble waltzed away to the "Blue Bollnets"-an orgnal composton by Dave Zoller, and played the tune through n t's entrety Ths tme Mchael Parknson dsplayed hs sklls on the flugelhorn. "Blue Bonnets" was an extremey nterestng waltz, wth a hauntng meloc1y.. endng abruptly n dssonance. thoroughly enjoyed tle The ensemble concluded wth Olver Blues"... ncludng a screamn' alto The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra wtll Ed Love drectng, The Ol'chestra Charles Mngus composton enttled Fockefeler At AttcaH.arranged Davd Sharp. NJO closed wth the Hoagy Carmchael On My Mnd". The band took the song from a ballad to a style, and then back to a ballad Jon Tom and Tom Harvll a\played ne solos. And then Vctor struck, and drove trle Nebraska Jazz Orchestra to new heghts. The composton, "Vctor Strkes" s an orgnst... wrtten by Davd Str)/ker. Davd Stryker s a very nnovatve jazz gutar playf3(, who s also orgnally from Omaha, and now lves and wmks on the east coast Davd s ganng consderable attenton as a compos'ar, as well as a gutar player. wwte the song for Vctor. Vctor's robng drum solos and energy are hard to match, Dave Sharp played a fne alto burstng wth energy. assure you that the felt the energy. The N,JO then broke down nto a small group, wth \ctor Lews contnung to drve the ljand. Vctor chose to perform two of hs orgnal tunes. The l'rst \vas caled.. "Loss Of A Moment"(Don't wa:. too long, or you'll mss an opportunty). Ask Vctor to explan that one, when you see hm next tme. Tom Harvll played a beautful solo. Ed Love's solo was ~owng and melodc. Vcar's cyrnba\ and brush work was exctng and flawless. He s defntely a master player. The group then jumped nto an extemely quck paced tune entted "Hey t's Me You're talkng To 1',/1e". The tune moved from a samba nto a swng stye, and then back to a samba. Bob Krueger took a trumpet solo, playng quck, successve, and we defned notes. Tom Harv took a very mpressve solo. Tom (efntely has hs own style... was mpressed, The NcJO stepped back out on stage... and szzled through a Mark Thompson composton. Vctor Lews deserved and receved a standng ovaton... not onty for hs playng, but for nsprng the NJO to reach and stretch. fv1y hat was off to thern al... Susan 8erlowtz NEBRASKA JAZZ FEST/VAL...took pace on Frday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10. The festval ncluded workshops by Vctor Lews, Mchael Parknson, and Scott Vcroyas well as a hgh schoo band, competton on Saturday, and the performances already wrtten about n ths pubcaton. was fortunate to be able to attend a small group rehearsal, as we as one of Vctor's workshops. ~Fj~.:... : ~ Bob Krueger, Ed Love, & Vctor Lews. JehearsaL February 9, 1996. For me, t's always fun to be a part of the entre event The musc came to lfe rght n front of me, as vvas crawlng around on the floor takng photos. Page 3 Saturday afternoon... February 10, 1996... workshop Tom Larson, Vctor Lews, a student, Dave Sharp, Peter Bouffard
Contnued from page Lco/umn 2 Bovvman always amazes me. Bob Bowman truly makes a bass talk... an expert player Hs sense of tme s mpeccable, as well as hs solos beng full of fresh and nnovatve deas, and hs tone s so nce and round. And as Jon Hschke sad to me... "Todd Strat has the tastest lcks" Todd sets the groove and stays wth t.. rrmeccabe tmng. Ths band was top-notch., They turned "Come Ran, Corne Shne" nto a gave exctng new lfe to such songs as "Secret and "Softly, p"s n,a, v10rnng Sunrse", and burned Dzzy Gllespe'S compostons "Brks Works" and. /Be-Bop" began wth Greg and Claudo playng n perfect unson, and wth very quck movng lnes, They played Greg Abate's orgnal tune "Bossa For Gregory".. a tune Greg wrote for rls son, f you weren't there to hear the 'Nay the quntet moved from Wayne Shorter's "Footprnts" a very tender rendton of "Body and Soul".. you really mssed somethng specal. The arrangement was slck. car: stll hear Bob Bowman's solo on "Footprnts"... the solo was memorable. My favorte was Kurt \Nell's composton, "Speak Low"'.,arranged n a samba style am stll hearng tle tune. Two fantastc showsl The rapport between Claudo Rod1 and Abate personally and professonally s somethng to be;hold They really have a lot of respect for one another. They also consstantly nject humor nto ther on stage banter.. they are funny. 80th perormances surpassed my 8xpectatons... another very specal weekend. THE \fv'as VOll But "J":"~ \. a..c.~l., P''''r''\' >,,:t ty.., or' 'OF;" >0/-.- " at our new venue. South 7 Ol the 3rd floo, trg rare treat. j 1\/6 seen 1,E3rn 8X"ld almost two performers backed drumbass combo of Todd Strat and Bob and the.. smply tore t up to the max. The aude~ce, pnp wth Lncohl's best tht: so,;,,~ 1 t fel lke a wth 1116 best band and n town. n a N'y' left [\10 ',",or-s'e' v.. \;:7-'..1.,;;, l"n' lc (,-e -,... lj rk "?"",.\~ lout. on how t'llp" d :~. th~n """" h,;,... ~C'U(j 'lpvc BroU'ler _J, '" j -~ ~ hope trlat future show s wll soon follow sut. once) 'lve got but stu E;rlough seats. news s that '>lve are ' a hard core aroup of fans, ~.. tjljsnesses tha merge wth us to make t t F'ease ajlo\f1/ rle' the tte to thank some of you rlere, /',3 couldn't do ths wthout \lv")o nev6r tals to go the extra mle. LJave our- ne\,vest :::oundaton member, \ hours of hard \vmk and to 01 for our cause. He s a r-nan of many ana s very rnotvated. Bl at ~w1cjvvest ~30undJ rna,de the huge roorn sound wann wth a souno, stage lghtng "No.8 too. Rcl. Hoover dd a fab on runnng the sound an nvalua.be frend and f(eth Heckman's from Detze Musc [-louse looked and played Meer's Cork N had a bar crew 111at handled tle crowd wh1 grace and style, Dave hs fne skll n dong our vdeo work. from Tran was and a Unted Flenta [lad all of our needs fulfllec n the tme. but not least.jeff local saved our to deatrl late ',' SaWrclay nght after tr18 gg VVtrl around the corner, leave you wth "Jazz n The l\r", untl our next newsletter. Bop Tl You Drop Butch Beman ~n "Hc,r <:c-,j'l0,e,' r,,,, '('''''rt n +r'6 1, ' (j" Q\.... "" >",) v...,~.,~ ll,' E:sa\roorn at The Ramada on January 1.?96 especlally for kds. The event was ke a w/tn a dscusson Greg Abate and Claupo Rodt on stage at about the mportance of a 'hythrn secton to a band. Ed The Wagon Tran Project.. Saturday. February 17, 1996,'Love also talked about the sounds of the cnerent, nstruments, and how they ft nto the band. Frank Brasle, a We certanly hope that you wll mark your calendars student at Omaha Central, won the 1 st ever best young for Janet Lawson on Wednesday, May 1 and Frday, rl,1ay 3. artst award.he plays bartone sax, and began playng Both events wll take place at The Wagon Tran Project,, n the 5th cade, He ;oned the N,]O as the guest artst that S... " whch s located at 504 outh 7 ;:.treet. For more afternoon. Afterward, the floor was open to the kds for nformaton please call the offces of ",.,A,nd All That Jazz". questons. Congratulatons to Franl< Brastle Page 4
THE NEBRASKA JAZZ ORCHESTRA.. wll perform MORE FROM MO JAVA.. n Omaha on Monday, March 11 and n Lncoln on Tuesday, March 12. The Omaha performance wh take place at the Josyn Museum n Wtherspoon Hall at 7:30 PM. The Lncoln performance wll take place at 7:30 P.M. n the Ballroom at the Ramada Hotel. The Ramada Hotel s located on the corner of 9th and "0" Streets. "Swng's The Thng"... don't mss t... put the concert on your calendar today. Help the N,JO celebrate t's 20th annversa.ry. Ed Love wll drect both concerts. The N,JO s avaable as a group to penorm at functons and partes, or the ensemble can smaller groups. f you have questons, and nformaton or tckets for the performance, cal trle NJO busness offce a.t (402) 477-8222. formed nto more JAZZ AT THE UED. Don't mss The Carbbean Jazz Project on Saturday, Aprl 13, 1996. The band ncludes t~l{'l spectacular Cuban saxophone playel _. Paquto Paquto s a very exctng player. Steel drummer Andy Narell and volst Dave Samuels are also a ths se};.et. Marcf130... Gwen Mester & Bll Behmer Musc meant to be heard.. n a place where t can be heard. Paul Marshall s the propretor. For more nformaton, call 1464-4130. JAZZ AT THE OVEN... The musc begns at 6:00 P.M. every Sunday ewmng. Treat yourself to an early evenng out, and stop nto the Oven. Great food.. great musc March S... Nancy Marshall & Steve Hanson ~~:~~~ ~~:::;~~~ ~~:~~: :~~~r ~:~ffard,' ' March 24... 0enns Taylor & Dave Novok. March 31... Nancy Marshall & Steve Hanson 1 The Oven s located n the "hstorc" Haymarket at 201 N. 8 Street n Lncoln. For more nformaton, call 475-1 6118. The musc wll make you dance.,\-.,.... '.D G--'R"L 8:00 P.M. Call (4(12) 472-4747, or toll (800) 432-3231 for nformaton and,jazz CHURCH... Dave Sharp and the Plymouth Jazz ",v p'3rrorm on the frst Thursday of each month at The Frst Plymouth Congreatonal Church. Frst Plymouth s,nr'0,-,o,n at 2000 D Street.The servce wll begn at 7:30 PM. on March 7, 1996. For more nformaton, cal 476-7565. KD QUARKSTAR.. Kd Quarkstar ncludes Jess Becker on saxophone, Nate Walcott on trumpet,.john Shulh~rs on bass, and Carson Young on drums. Take tme to these young men a lsten... they work hard. They pel10rm every Thursday nght at Club 1427..ne>-. to Va Va's, whch s ogated at 1423 "0" Street. Va Va's has by the shee, made wth fresh ngredents of your choce. Call 477-9166 for nformaton. Jess dropped a tape off at my studo ttlat he had entered n a jazz competton... these young men are gong down to Orlando, Florda to compete wth other jazz ensembes. Hopefully they wll keep me nformed on ther progress. MO VA OFFERS LVE MUSlC... Mo Java s located at 2713 N. 48 StreeLn Un Place. Mo Java offers a varety of coffees and bagel sandwches._.and s a great place for conversaton. Stop n on Saturday evenngs at 8:00 P.M. for musc. March 2... Robn Herrel March 9... Chrs Sayre March 16...Plan Label \arch 23... Laure Mclan at /"'1 AV, - L... Shoe's s at 813 Q Street n the Haymarket Trley reaularly schedue musc at Shoe's, but there sn't a ~, scheduefor March at ths wrtng. Annette Murrell has performed at Shoe's several tmes. Call 476-9562 for nformaton about ther schedule. When sprng arrves, wll aaan move the musc back outsde nto ther beer garden..., AT BUENA VDA N OMAHA.. Buena Vc:a s located at 7635 Cass n Omaha, j Nebraska. Stop n and lsten to jazz every Sunday nght from 8:00 P}vL -1 ;2:00 mdnght. The players nclude Andy Hall,,Joey Gulza, Ron KOOley, ' Mke Gurcu\lo, and Jorge Nla. Tle establshment has commtted to jazz on Sundays throu~h. ~arcll~ f you would lke more \ nformaton, cal (,+02) 392-1021. BELP SUPPORT LVE JAZZ regretfully nform you that Frday, February 23 was the last evenng that the Fve Reasons, whch s located n the Cornl1usker Hotel, wll present jazz. Sadly, the club SCf.:ne n Lncoln, at least for jazz, has dwnded away to almost nothng n tle past few months. There are three necessary ngredents for a club...frst, a space s necessar)f... secondly, we need players... last, but not least.. _and otten tle ngredent mssng, s the audence. t's very mportant to gve support to all three ngredents We can only hope that Tom neck wll be able to put a club together. The rumors contnue to float around. F'ease address any comments or suggestons to "...,t>,nd All That,Jazz",719 P Street, Studo G, Lncoln, NE., 68508... or call the offce at 476-3112. Page 5
WORLD OF BLUES THRVES... at the LWT' Boelmer has put rnl"?',,';0" another fne for the month of March. Bar. \JVord", Don't mss these two c">v("t'r,f'( at the Zoo Bar. Deborah Coleman makes her debut at the Zoo on Tuesday, fv1arch 12. Deborah not only the blues... she s makng a name for herself as a hot blues Sherman Robertson s back on 14 wth the best n Lousana blues. 8my Bacon & The Forbdden are back for 4 nghts... Wednes-1ay, March 20-Satwday, ~y'larch 23... a mxed bag of blues, rock, Latn, and a or Dvo. Kd Quarkstar brngs jazz to :Zoo on Tuesday, March 26. The lee Mc8eeBlly Dye N,»~ J~ s back at the Zoo Bar on Frday, March 29. The musc begns at 9:00 P.M. These are just a few hghlghts of trle r\l~arch at the Zoo BaL Stop by the Zoo at 36 r~. 14 ane pck up your Zoo schedule. f you have n ',ed more nformaton, call the Zoo at ",1,35-8754. CDs are avalable at the Zoo..."N.ot All There" and T aberockers featurng Earlene. TrJ;:Js J two CDs were ssued by Foundaton Blues ReGords.,,<3 dvson of the Musc Foundaton. Don't forget FA C. at the Zoo Bar crternoon Larry schedules musc nto the at 5:00 PM... and wrlat a bargan. the coor FAG. s a great way to start your,johnny & The Wheeze-Tones... March 1 Fddln' Dave and the New Howrn 8 Fabulous Fabtones... March 15 Annette MurrelLMarch 22 Tr16 Perks... March 29... Ockablly... and a CD party... What a lne up for the month ot March 1 \,",P"'j' t'le, a.d-."".\,';....r at 6600 \/Ves'( 20. j' 27.. Lec L()rHle T 16 l For rnot'(:;; serves up the the Pa MOl, GaB 475-.. Lou Arnod of at th'3 Utca ext. of the Not A There s httng the road. The success of ther s takng them to The Blue Cat Blues Trley wh appear two evenngs.. 22 and Saturday, March 23. Saturday, Aprl 6, Not A There wl appear n Kansas Cty at the Grand Emp::xum. Both Homer's and Barnes & Noble are stockng Not /:dl There and The Taberockers Featurng Earene KEEP SUPPORTNG LVE JAZZ & March ~2L.TBA March B f rl8.ve questons about trle 801m Audtorum, dr'jct them to Elane Heath at (402) 345-2425. FOR THE SOULl
FROM THE BALLROOMS... S TRAN PROJECT? fv'lllard LEGON CLUB". The Mdwest Ballroom Dancers' ASSO(~la'::C every Tuesday nght at the Mllard Legon March 5... Greg Spevak March 12... Lonny Lynn llarch 19... TBA March 26...TBA March 29... TBA meets would lke to send out a bg to BeU} Lou Wnebrenner n Omaha and to Con Good here n Lncoln, for consstantly helpng me put ths together. Don't forget to lsten to Con Good's rado show on Monday mornngs at 8:00 A.M. on KZUM at 89.3 on your FM cal. KZUM s the communty's rado staton. Con's shd1tv' brngs you the sounds of the bg bands... Melody Was Kng". THE 1996 BROWNVLLE The Brownvlle Concert season s n t's seventh year. performances are al'vays "1",.. 1''''',"'''' n a varety of acts. Call (402) 82f:l~33:3 HGHLGHTS A.RE... May 10 & 11... The Four Freshman June 15 & 6... Jay McShann August 9,10, & 1 L. KT October 12 & 13... Tm & Molle O'Boys November 8,9, & 10... JuHe Turner... a Kansas Cty... w perform wth Russ Long on on bass, and Tommy Ruskn on druhs. For tmes and tckets, call (402) 825-3331. MARCH SQ... to the ;A>:.r"~,n,& The Tran bkt.,,,,,,,~. On March 30,1996 at 8:00 P.M., Marshal V',:ll present a cabaret performance at Tran ProjecLcaled "Lsten To Ths" Ths Sr ow s the frst n a seres that wll present regonal jazz groups. On 30, quartet wll nclude Nancy Marshal on vocals, Tom Henng on pano, Steve Hanson on gutar, Andy Hal on bass. The group wl perform standards, from bop to bal ads... wth some specal trcks added for afconados. Tckets are $8 at the dam. March 30 on your calendar nowlh Tt18 Wagon Tran Project entrance for performances s located at 504 South 7 Street Taka the elevator to the thrd floor. The Wagon Tran Project has ample off street parkng, and s wheelchar acu:;:ssble. For nformaton about usng the Wagon tran Project 'for your next project, call >,my Lamphere at 435-5592. For nformaton about "Lsten To Ths" wth Nancy Marshall, cal 474-4080 or 476 3112. The Wagon Tran Project s dedcated to beng artst and to brngng unque artsts nto Lncon from a/l over ttle warld... to not just perform and trlen to them leave rght away but to be "n resdence". An "artst n s sorneone who comes n to for a perod of tme, and deally, actuahy creates ther worf~ whle 'they' are "n resdence". Ths brngs the communty and the artst together... gvng the and the communty tme to f to know one other. The communty gets nvolved and experences the creatve process, whch brngs about a greater apprecaton for the artst and ther work. The Tran Project offers tle artst a space to create n, and the tme to create... an unusual blend of opportuntes any artst The Wagon Tran receves fundng from area foundatons, and also from the Nebraska Arts Councl, the Arts Allance,and from the Natonal Perform alce Netvlfork. Amy Lamphere s the drector and the creator of, the Tran Project She establshed the Project n 1 snce that tme the energy of the project has snov,fbahed, s ganng momentum at an amazngly, rate. \m}f s a nattve of Lncoln, and a dancer who n New York for several years From 1989-991, Amy drected the Danspace Project n New York Cty. She and fler fh.jsband Jm made the decson to return to because they ddn't want to brng ther son Jake to grow up n New York Cty. She was workng at the Led Center for Performng Arts as the drector of development and publc relatons, when her husband gave her The Wagon Tran Project as a mother'sday gft. lncoln s Amy Lamphere has chosen to share her Wagon Tran offces are locat~~d at 512 South t -, n Lncon, Nebmsl<a. The offces occupy the second floor. The thrd floor s a loft type space, not typcal Lncoln. Ths s the performance space. The comp.se creatve can and does happen ttlere. We wll look rorvfard eagerly to the plans for renovatons and that Amy has planned, so that The Project can serve the communty and the artst wth even greater versatty. f you would lke more nformaton about the Wagon Tran Proje(.1, or,woud l~k~o become a member,, call Amy Lamphere at (~~02) 43:;:,-5b92 [mu@ ~J@lf~Q@@@ @TD@@lNU[Q)~@... wl appear at the Wagon Tran Project at 504 S. 7 Street, on Frday, March 8,1996. Penormancetme s 8:00 P.M. The ensemtlle's leader s Kahl El 'labar, an nternatonally acclamed percussonst, vocalst, and dramatslas well as a very gfted composer. Kahl s well known to Lncoln aud~nce~. ~<arll wll ~e joned by trombonst Jo~eph Bowe ana t:dward Wlkerson, Jr. on tenor saxopnone. Tle performance s sponsored by ARTSprt, The Nebraska Arts Councl. Lncoln Publc Schools, and The Wagon Tran Project Tckets can be purchased at the door. Tckets are $8 for students wth LO., and $10. Page 7
ON THE RADO... KR N U s located at 90.3 on your F~Jl dal, s a of the Unversty of Nebraska. The staton now one jazz show. Lz Chadwck hosts a show on Frda.y nghts from 8:00 P,M,-1O:00 P,M, She calls her show "Bohema After Dark", Lz has jus moved back to Lncoln from Lawrence, Kansas, where she worked n rado, Lz has a n broadcastng, and she loves jazz. We happy welcome Uz back to Lncoln. KZUM s located at 89,3 on your FM ant can be heard on the audo on cable channel '10, KZUM s an mportant voce n the communty, and s the only communty rado staton n the state of purpose of a communty rado staton s to entre communty, KZUM's msson statement s "to ncrease ethnc and cultural awareness", Wth the P"''''''''''''.'-l''' of tme, ths becomes more mportant Vetnamese and Spansh speakng shows, several syndcated shows that cover varous folk s10\.lvs, Afrcan and reggae shows, a Natve Amerc::l.1 as we as the best n bues and f you wc'ulcll(6' a program gude f/tt' a schedule of all trh'; KZUM offce at 474-5086. The program "Sound '\ternatves", <ZUM s lstener makes everyone supportng communty rado very mportant t you sten to KlUM, cornmt and an actve member... help SL:pport communty raco, Jf you are a jazz and blues lover, here are sarns programs you mght want to tune nto.., Mondays at 10:00 A.M... Straght n fv1ornng" sbrought to you Tuer:odays at 2:30 P.M... Tune nto "TVO S~nsuous Jazz" wth Dan Kobza VVednesdays at 8:30 P,M."B Dmon straght ahead jazz." "Salt Creek Jazz" Thursdays at 12:30 P,M..,Tune nto and "Reboppn'''... coo jazz sounds of Berman Frdays at 6:00 AM".Start your wth Paul Nance... playng a great mx of azz and blw;~s" "Ths s The Day" Saturdays at 6:00 AM... Don't for to tune nto "Blues At Sunrse"."Ron "Jake" Jacobs always plays the best."jazz ON KZUM f you have questons, and need more jnformaton about KZUM, call the busness offce at 474-5086 CONTNUE TO SUPPORT COMMUNTY.:;"., on 9 =~n,.v. severa,f 1 event," v", f losts ; j a of programs calle,': "Makng the n Jazz. Musc f-arlern 29..,Jazz: Alve And \/Vell Gl brngs you "Bg Band Spotlght" every n~~ht at 8,00 P.v'\.,JAZZ f you have or lke more 1361 1- KUCV at)out KUCV, call ttle busness offce at 472- PUBlC Albert ';""'''''''''1''7&>, once sad, 'There are two rneans or from th,g rnserles of lfe".musc and catsh 8 fl
NEBR,l~,SKA EDUCATONAL TELEVSON... s carjle channel 13. NETV offers a wde of ntellgent programs, for chldren and adults. Durng the month of /larch, tune to channel 13 for... Sunday, March 10 at 8:40 P.M. Marvn Hamsch and the Pttsburg Pops... MarUyn Horne, Steve Lawrence and Eyde Gorme, and Pete Fountan wl perform. Monday, March 11 at 7:00 P.M/\n Wth Nat "Kng" Cole... Watcl hghlghts from a 1960 pe;orrnance for the Queen 01 England. Saturday, \larch ' 6 at 6:00 PM.. From The Heart Lawrence Welf< And The Amercan Dream... BarbaJa Mandrell hosts a trbute to the famous bandleader. VOl)' see Pete Fountan, The Jordanares, Floyd Cramer, those lovely Lennon Ssters. Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 PM... Entertanment Part 3... featurng 62 more of those muscal numbers from those vvonderfu MGM fms.. ncludng Carmen Mranda and a saute 10 the now df3ceased Gene Kelly... Monday, March 18 at 7'00 PM.. Mller's Greatest Hts... Ths program features a recent concert by the Gen Mner Orchestra under the drecton of Larry O'Bren. Kathe Lee Gfford hosts the show. You wl see rare footage of Glen Mller and hs band, both on and off the stage from the 30s and the 405. Tuesday, March 26 at 7:00 PvLThe Brownvle Concert Seres brngs you the marvelous Margaret VVhtng. Be sure to phone n your support of ths seres at the concluson of the show... a number wll be dsplayed. Because of federal cutbacks, ths program s n danger of beng cut SUPPORT NEBRASKA PUBLC JAZZ CENTRAL.now ars at 11 :30 P.M. on the Black Entertanment channel, whch s cable channel 40. 've seen great concerts wth Cleo Lane and John Dankworth, Joe Wllams, and Chck Cmea. as well as great performances Trom Ramsey Lews and Lou Rawls. The show s well worth checkng out. THE BRAVO CHANNEL.. s cable channel 47, and contnues to run many great jazz and blues documentares Check your cable gude for lstngs. The Berman Musc Foundaton would lke to congratulate the Cornhusker Marchng Band for wnnng the 996 Sudler trophy. The Sudler trophy s gven each year by the John Phlp Sousa Foundaton n Chcago, to the best marchng band n the country. ~ay Gloecker s thedrector of the UNL marchng band. Agan CONGRATULATONS 4~, E-TT/=QS TO -'H'... ~ to- /-"'... u... Dear Butch and RecewJd tape and card. Many pleasant flashbacks. #1. Trle together downstars. #2 The was great to vvatch #3 Also the pelormances... Susan1 Keep up the good work.. you too Butch. for The Berman Musc Foundaton ll 01'1 Yes That ltte get together was outstandng, f::: 1=Dl-rr'R Love to all... Muscally and sncerely Jaf< Byard The Berman Musc Foundaton brought,jak Byard to Lncoln on Frday August 11 and Saturday, August 12 of 1995. He performed at the Zoo Bar wth other New York l greats, Jmmy Knepper on trombone... Claude "Fddler" ~\lll,arns on,voln.. E~r Ma;' ~,n b~ss.~,jacke j on arums.and Kenata Sf1dll" all vocals. The f3erman Musc Foundaton vdeos al shows for archval use. f anyone would lke to vew ths performance, call me at the".and,l\ That Jazz" offce... (402) 476-3112 The. srlows were fabulous. l Dear Than){ you for the copy ot H.. And Al That,Jazz". Sncerely,,..Jack Snder... Uncoln To Susan and ".. J\nd All That Jazz", An nterestng and nformatve newsletter. Lookng forward to your World-Wde VVeb page wth down loadable sounds. Dear Dave Fowler.. Lncon Thank you so muctl for }lour note concernng the musc from your pmgram of February 10, 1996. know that my request was a great mposton, and for that, apologze. am lookng forward to gettng the CDs you mentoned. My, collecton s somewhat eclectc, and your suggestons wll enhance t a great deal. also enjoyed the newsletter. Your note and the newsletter have opened many doors for me. have been a fan of Molly Nance's program for ' qute sometme, and have added yours to the "must lsten to" lst. Page 9 Thanks agan, Bob Tagg.. Lncoln Molly Nance hosts a program on <ZUM at 89.3 FM, Ewery Tuesday evenng begnnng at 8:30 PM. Tune nto Molly's "Sower's Moon" for cool jazz sounds. My show s "The Women's Blues and Booge Show.. And All Hlat Jazz". Frdays at 1230 PM on KZUM.
TO THE EDTOR.. Last month revewed Robn latest s a very gfted and talented panst, as as a She s nnovatve, and her CD s a fne :)f work. The CD s enttled "Traveln' " receved a letter from anel UlOUglt would share tr18 just got your tape... THANXl f' t s ajlowed. fee free to announce our phone ft. on ar for nfo orderng a (:D. Love ya, janet La;;vson" Al the Robn f(ate Broda f you would be ntemsted n 9) 549-2366. also have ntor schedule n Colorado. Call me at my m,e more nformaton about Robn 476-3112. a call "That nurnber s Dear Susan j you for the nce letter t"8 me n your newsletter. 'm from the mdwest and any nterest from jazz fans there. t S86ms lke a lot of work to put together a pap(:r, as well as the nterest on the scene wttl concerts for the publc Thank you for keepng jazz alve. Much success and send my fond DeJorah s a very fne jazz snger, who dd 8 clnc n Atlanta at the.a.j.e. conference. "\Nhat Swng"... She s top.. notch She wll be "nternatonal ncdent" soon. wh Dear Susan, Thanks so much for your delcous lj"'u',,'" J;"-, goodes... partake of them n bts and my days and eves when 'm home. n readng the January SSU8."on and your beautful artcle, was remnded of two events n my lfe that strongly affected me... one beleve told vou.. the concert Mary Lou gave n Town Hall wth < was the: poweru presence of these two each ot'ler on stage.. grand to garand. But what was llow Mary Lou related to Cecl, and the experence of the two of them makng musc rnr '",tl-\t",r \Jlary Lou's eyes were rvted on Cecl, punctuatng thc1 conversaton wth a connecton from deep wthn and also respectng the nteracton of the two of them. The last tme saw Mary Lou was at the Knckerbocker... Ron Carter was playng wth her.and the hang afterwards, Her sprtualty' was loomn9 over us. was sck then, but her presence was very peaceful... and prvate. felt that was almost ntrudng upon some.jam'jt Lawson and l-=red Hersch at the.a.je" 1996 Tle Berman ancl,janet Lawson w be puttng ths camp together.. and they were shootng for August. For nformaton, call cjanece at (812) 334-0300, Patty at (423) :397-9777, or at 7) 676-51,43. l the letters and news tems comng... ttle adclret:;s s 719 P Studo G, Unc:oln, 1'.jE. 68508. '10
CONGRATULATONS GO OUT.. Amy Loncon and Ron Ben-Hur. The'll just had a beautful grl on Frday, February 16, 1996. Sopha weghed eght pounds and three ounces. Amy and Ron lve n New Cty, and are both marvelous jazz muscans. Ran's CD was revewed n the,january ssue of "... And All That MOF'E FROM t AND ALL THAT JAZZ"... Nora York Dream The World Evdence.. '. 'h'.;.',. s a snger, ana,,as ner own Style \Jora nterprets n ~ fresh and nnovatve manner. 1 composed several of tle tunes, and lhe phrases flow ncely. The muscans also do a great jot) of flowng wth her. Nora even weaves her orgnal tunes around such as her own "Plgrm" around Walter Bullock \ and F~Ghard Vlhtna's "When Dd You Leave Heaven". nterestng arrange;;'ents that work. She swngs on,johnny Mercer and Harold Arnold's "Out Of Ths World". Her ' rendton of "You Must Beleve n Sprng" made me hang on each word. Nora York s very good. would be curous to her andnfuences, GREAT LlSTENNGH Amy and Ran performng at Cleopatra's Needle n /\lew York Cty... July 19, 1995 AND NOW FRO(,,1 l.. AND ALL THAT Claudo Rodt Samba.,.Manhattan Style Reservor RSR CD 12401 The groove s set from the openng cut wth lle entrance of Duduka Da Fonseca on drums. muscans burn on "Manhattan Syle", whch was wrtten Duduka, and s that openng cut. Claudo has such a brllant tone comng from hs trumpet. Claudo loves me~lodes, and brngs them to lfe... whether he's playng ballads, or a bop tune. Ths CD s a fne representaton of Claudo. f\nd he.hs voce s gentle and heartfelt on,jobm's "Trste". Greg AtJate jons the band for 3 tunes, ncludng two tunes that Greg wrote... one s dedcated to Claudo and he calls t, "My Frend From Ro". Greg and Claudo have such a wonderful rapport Wayne Shorter's "Footprnts" s beautfuly lyrcal Samba... Manhattan Style should make everyone stand up and notce... GREAT LlSTE\lNG1 Greg and Claudo just performed at the Wagon project here n Lncoln on February 16 & 17. The SllOW was wonderful, and deserved a much larger a.udence. You can also hear Greg and Claudo together on Greg Abate's 1992 recordng on the Candd label... "Straght Ahead". Usa Pollard See Your Face Before l'vle Concord Jazz CCD-468 Usa Pollard plays tenor and soprano saxophones, and cornes to us from tle Bay Area. Lsa's mentor was the [)artone sax player, Harry Carney. Slle, hersel'f, was a featured saxophone player wth the Duke Ellngtol'l Orchestra n '1972 and 1973. Sfle also studed wth Ben Webster n Europe. The muscans on ths CD are the beslbenny Green on pano, Ray Brown on bass, and Tate on drums. Red Holloway also jons the group. Coleman Hawkn's 194 5 composton "Stalkng" realy,usa's solo shnes. Usa plays wth a nce rch tone. Her soprano work on Mles Davs' ";.\1/ Blues" s really good. personally hope that Lsa wll be recordng agan soon, and 'Nl be searchng her out when am out n San Francsco. v/ore GREAT LSTENNG Elane Elas Solos and Duets Blue Note CDP 7243 32073 2 9 Eane Elas woud leave most pansts n the dust. Her CflOPS are exquste. Her Brazlan and classcal backgrounds mesh beautfully. Oh, by the way, tre duets are played vvth the great Herbe Hancock. Lsten closely wrlen you lsten to ther arrangement of "The Way You, Look Tonght". are smply arnazng. E,ane has a style belongs excljslvey to her. She sounds lke no one else... she s her own person at all tmes. Her nterpretaton of "Autumn Leaves" s spellbndng. Ths CD should be n everyone's jazz collecton. GREAT LlSTENNG1l1 Tune n next montll for mote from ".. And All That Jazz". Page 11
The Be mlan Musc Foundaton thanks :{OU for your Donatons to the Foundaton are tax f you '1fDud lke to Tlal\e a. donaton to ; or would lke to us wth any of our send to 7'19 P NE..or 476 3112. Ths newsletter s a product of Thr~ Musc as forget that Kahl E'Zabar wll appear at the Varch 8.1996. Performance tme s 8:00 P.M. The To.ke the elevator to the thrd floor. The s wheelchar accessble. Nancy Marshall "Lsten tme s 8.00 P.M. l\fjarch 996.. also at the Thanks go out to everyone ".. And All That s prnted number s (402) 423-4030. "LVE JAZZ" n Lncoln. s OCal<-3d at 56 2 48 The Next to The Prnter at 5612 South 48th ~3t. " Lnwln, 'JE 68Ej6 " 'l19 'P' ~.JE Stud0 G 68S08 Lncon. NE Dan Stogs d 'l'.1 1 goo Frs Ter BuHdng 68508 Lncoln N 8.