Tag Archives: Wycliffe Gordon

Christian McBride Open Columbia’s ’12 Jazz series

Posted on September 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Miller Theatre opens its unique Jazz series with Grammy winner Christian McBride. Continue reading →

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Harlem JazzMobile Schedule 2012

Posted on August 3, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Through Friday, August 31
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HW Pick: The Music of America: Wynton Marsalis (video)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Wynton Marsalis brings you this self-curated collection for The Music of America series. This 2-CD set blends the diverse musical languages that personify this unique American artist and composer. The compositions are performed by a diverse group of musicians from Harlem to Hollywood including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orion String Quartet, musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and members of The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in various configurations. Continue reading →

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Hello Pops! (A Tribute to Louis Armstrong) By Wycliffe Gordon

Posted on October 20, 2011 by | 1 Comment

This album is by far one of jazz trombonist and Harlem resident Wycliffe Gordon’s best musical achievements. He captures the essence of Armstrong through his singing and featured trumpet solos. This is his first effort on a solo recording to play trumpet as much or more than trombone, and he has hit a home-run all the way! His trumpet chops are amazing and his sound has an “old timey” feel that really matches what this album is all about. Continue reading →

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‘Within Our Gates’: Wycliffe Gordon’s Take on Micheaux Classic Speaks Volumes

Posted on October 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

For the first time in over twenty years, Jazzmobile, a Harlem-based non-profit with 47 years of service perpetuating jazz music within Harlem, has commissioned a large-scale undertaking: Wycliffe Gordon’s original composition to the silent film ‘Within Our Gates’, directed in 1920 by lauded black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. Continue reading →

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Wycliffe Gordon’s Oscar Micheaux Score and HAA’s Kim George (update)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Join HW Radio Podcast with host Danny Tisdale as he speaks to Wycliffe Gordon’s about his new score for Oscar Micheaux‘s 1920 movie Within Our Gates commissioned by the JazzMobile.

Also, Danny speaks to Kim George, assistant director of  the Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA) about the upcoming member meeting on Monday, September 5th, 2011 at 10 am at Riverside Church in Harlem.

Listen live at the HW Radio Podcast link here.

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Wycliffe Gordon’s And Jazzmobile Premier Performance Of Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates (video)

Posted on August 25, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Jazzmobile, Inc., the Harlem-based organization that pioneered the concept of bringing jazz into the community and creating new audiences with mobile jazz performances, commissioned acclaimed jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon to create a 78-minute original score to Oscar Micheaux’s 1920 silent film, Within Our Gates.   Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: Harlem Jazz Shrine Shines

Posted on May 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

Harlem Jazz Shrine is a long overdue uptown tribute to jazz music. The event took place over seven days, May 9th- 15th offering thirty-five events at eight venues throughout the village of Harlem.

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Facebook: Wycliffe Gordon & Eric Reed at the Schomburg

Posted on February 8, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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Bear witness to the unique pairing of trombone and piano and the supreme musicianship of jazz innovators Wycliffe Gordon and Eric Reed performing an intimate set of duets from their collaborative project ‘we’ featuring an assembly of original compositions, jazz standards and spirituals.

Presented by Jazzmobile in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

This program is presented as part of COMPOSERS NOW, a festival that celebrates the diversity an dpresence of living composers in our society. For more information and a detailed schedule of events and partnering instituitions, please visit http://www.composers-now.org/

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Date:
Monday, February 22, 2010
Time:
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture – 515 Malcolm X Blvd at 135th St. – Harlem

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