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Monday Night Jazz: J Wilkins Blue Ridge Mountain Project

Event Type: Music
Facility: Theatre 2 (THR)
Presented By: School of Music
Description: 
AN SPECIAL EVENING WITH USF PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES JACK WILKINS - PREMIERING HIS NEW COMPOSITION PROJECT:  "BLUES IN GREEN" - MUSIC BASED ON 
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ARTS AND CULTURE.  JACK HAS WRITTEN A SET OF NEW JAZZ AND BLUES BASED WORKS USING INSPIRATIONAL ELEMENTS OF MOUNTAIN ARTS, 
CULTURE, HISTORY AND MUSIC FOR THIS CONCERT AND RECORDING PROJECT.  INCLUDED IN THIS CONCERT ARE WORKS BASED ON: TRADITIONAL LOG CABIN BUILDING 
TECHNIQUES, PAINTINGS BY ARTIST ELIZABETH ELLISON, THE ANVIL "LANGUAGE" OF BLACKSMITH BEA HENSLEY, WHITEWATER RIVER EXPERIENCE, AND  WILKINS JAZZ 
BASED TWISTS ON COAL MINING BLUES AND MOUNTAIN MUSIC TRADITIONS.   COME OUT AND HEAR WILKINS MUSIC PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE USF JAZZ FACULTY PLUS 
SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING JAZZ RECORDING ARTISTS - GUITARIST COREY CHRISTIANSEN, DRUMMER DANNY GOTTLIEB, VIBRAPHONIST JON METZGER AND 
OTHERS!


Date: 3/29/2010
Event Information: For additional event information, please visit: http://music.arts.usf.edu.
 
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Location: THR-Hall/Stage
Start Time: 8:00 PM
End Time: 9:30 PM
 
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