Educator, composer and trumpeter Sean Jones.By Bill MeredithIf you ask a jazz educator what shape traditional jazz is in, you might get the proverbial glass-half-full response.But ask Sean Jones, a professor of jazz studies and trumpet at Duquesne University (plus a Mack Avenue recording artist, and trumpeter alongside Wynton Marsalis in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: A busy week for musical events
The organ at Bethesda-by-the-Sea.By Greg StepanichIt's a busy week on the music front, with several events over the next two days worth noting:Organ concerti: Tonight at Bethesda-by-the Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Symphony presents an entire evening of music for organ and orchestra with Hal Pysher, the church's organist and choir director, as soloist. … [Read more...]
Music feature: Broward park honors Jaco, titan of jazz
Bassist Jaco Pastorius, performing with drummer Rich Franksat the Players Club in Oakland Park.(Photo courtesy Ingrid Pastorius)By Bill MeredithOAKLAND PARK -- A day in the life of the new Jaco Pastorius Park is generally pretty quiet.The seven-acre park at 4000 N. Dixie Highway in Oakland Park features a football field-sized lawn, benches and a lighted perimeter walkway, but … [Read more...]