|
Jazz Festival '08 set for April |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Written by NEXTnc staff reports
|
|
Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
|
|
|
|
 The University of Northern Colorado/Greeley Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for next year.
The festival—the largest event of its kind in the nation and the longest-running jazz festival in Colorado—will be April 24-26, 2008.
It’s the 38th annual festival.
Here’s a schedule for the main stage:
April 24
Take 6 — Ten-time Grammy award winning a capella group that specializes in gospel, jazz, pop and R&B.
www.take6.com
Northern Colorado Voices — Flagship ensemble of UNC’s vocal jazz program.
www.uncjazz.com
April 25
Slide Hampton — Grammy award-winning arranger/trombonist. www.slidehampton.com
UNC Jazz Lab Band — University’s top student jazz ensemble.
www.uncjazz.com
Ron Carter — Influential jazz bassist who has performed with Miles Davis Quintet, Gill Evans, B.B. King and more.
www.roncarterbass.com
Jim Hall — Composer and arranger, described by The New Yorker as “the reigning master of jazz guitar.”
www.jimhallmusic.com
April 26
Chris Potter’s Underground — Grammy-nominated saxophonist will perform with contemporary jazz group.
www.chrispottermusic.com
Jazz Festival All-Star Band — Festival’s big band in residence. To be conducted by Gene Aitken, UNC professor emeritus and former director of jazz studies.
Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. in Greeley. Tickets are $22-$35 and will be available beginning Dec. 1. Call 800.315.2787 or 356.5000, or go online to www.ucstars.com.
In addition to the main-stage concerts, there will be hundreds of hours of educational activities plus late-night jazz sessions.
For more information on the jazz festival, go to uncjazz.com or call 351.2394. | Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register. |
|
|  | "Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only truth." | |
|  | We're not that bright, even though in our own little world, we're geniuses. We like 80s hair bands and one-hit wonders, but among us we have respectable tastes, too. Metallica, Iron Maiden, U2. Pursuit of all things trivial is a lifestyle, not just a game. We like some sports, love other sports, and can find something to say about anything. We watch TV and movies and we've read a book or two, even a few classics (Yes, Classic Comics count!)
We call it insight, you call it what you will. | |
|  | Felix Wong is an outdoor enthusiast living in Fort Collins. A mechanical engineer by day, he is especially passionate about bicycling, running, and backpacking. | |
|  | Hola Amigos! I'm Sandra. I like to believe that people are 70 percent good and 30 percent dumb. I'm stickin to that story. Reading this blog might make you want to be good, but probably just dumb. | |
|  | Donovan Henderson is editor of NEXTnc. | |
|  | Here at Nextnc we have some characters. Get a sneak peak behind the curtain and find out what amusing antics our staffers get themselves into on a weekly basis. | |
|  | What is up FoCo?
I am a recent college graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead. After recieving my B.A. in English and Mass Communications this past August I moved down to Colorado.
I enjoy long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners, and heavy metal. My hobbies include reading and writing, music, movies, and getting drunk. Some of my favorite contemporary authors include Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, and Kurt Vonnegut. My top movies are anything directed by Kubrick. I enjoy listening to anything that rocks.
Right now I am just trying to get to know Colorado and FoCo better. Mostly in order to find the best drink specials on each day that ends in Y. So if you know where I can get a cheap drunk on, let me know!
--Drew | |
|  | Life's little morsels of inspiration, observation and encouragement seen through the eyes of the Nextnc reporter.
| |
|  | Ms. Giles currently lives in Colorado where she stars in her own private reality show. She writes aphoristic accounts of her life, taken completely out of context, and embellished with characters and situations disguised to resemble something close to interesting. | |
|  | over and out | |
| | My name is Michelle Turley and I'm 28 years old. I live in Severance with my hubbie, Brandon. We have 2 dogs and a cat. We enjoy camping, four-wheeling, and just being in the mountains. I like to cook, clean (go figure), flea market, and play poker. I have so much to say about poker... | |
|
|
