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Jam with the Students of UCSD’s Jazz Camp
Every summer, a group of talented musicians, ranging in age from 14 to adult, gather together to jam … with jazz, that is. The five-day Jazz Camp at UC San Diego offers intermediate to advance level...
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Jazz Camp 2013- Finale Concert Highlights
Looking for a way to send your summer off with a musical kick? UCSD-TV is here to help. Take one listen to our Jazz Camp finale concert and your toes will be ready to tap right into the fall. Students...
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It’s SummerFest Season!
Summer wouldn’t be the same without La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest! Every year La Jolla Music Society orchestrates three weeks of chamber music concerts with world famous musicians who not only...
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The Rhythm of the 20th Century
It’s been said that jazz is one of America’s most significant and lasting cultural exports. The style that became known as jazz originated in New Orleans in the late 19th century, and grew rapidly in...
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Jazz is Alive
“Jazz is restless. It won’t stay put and it never will.” – J.J. Johnson Along with baseball and barbecue, jazz is considered one of America’s greatest cultural exports, and one of its most adaptable....
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Since its inception 15 years ago, UC San Diego Jazz Camp has stayed focused on a single goal: ensuring the continued vitality of jazz music by identifying, instructing, and nurturing new talent. The...
View ArticleJazz Rules the World
Contributed by John Menier F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the 1920s the “Jazz Age,” and recent inventions such as radio and phonograph records helped to spread the popularity of two...
View ArticleJazz – Discipline and Spontaneity
“Most of us would say that inventing meaning while letting loose is the essence and promise of jazz.” – Robert Christgau From its origins in the African-American community of New Orleans in the late...
View ArticleIn Search of Unique Sounds
“For myself, tone color, texture and ‘unique sounds’ (growls, double buzzes etc.) …can be every bit as musical as harmonic expression can be, and ultimately I hope to meld [them] together hand and...
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