Date: 2010-05-04
Jazz Jam with host Daryl Lowery
Daryl Lowery, saxophonist, was born and raised in the Metropolitan New York area were he was exposed to Jazz, Soul, Funk, R&B and fell in love with these and other African American art forms. Daryl came to Boston to study at New England Conservatory and has since recorded and/or performed with such notables as imortals Dizzy Gilespie and Jackie Byard, the eclectic Ran Blake and Boston’s funk legend Ellis Hall. In addition to occasional tours during the past five years with Sony Music artist Al Kooper, he performs regularly with the Boston based Soul/R&B Urban Renewal Band, the Greg Hopkins 16 Piece Jazz Orchestra and Blues After Dark. Daryl has been a Berklee College of Music faculty member since 1987.About the Jam:The jam balances high level playing with a spirit of welcome andcommunity. Five host bands take turns making your visit to the jam arewarding and enjoyable experience. Each week a different group and eachweek a different feel. Here you can hone your skills and trade lick’swith some of the finest players in the area. Whether you’re a pro or astudent, you’ll have a great time.”Back in the days before jazz education moved into the conservatory,kids who wanted to watch a jazz performance or sit in with the band hadto sneak into the smoke-filled bars where the musicians congregated. Nowthe access to the material is much more immediate through the multiplesources of media that are immediately accessible to us. Unfortunatelythe jazz club environment that spawned and nurtured American jazz hasalmost completely died out and young musicians have virtually no outletfor performance in front of a live, non-academic audience. We havecreated just such an environment minus the booze and cigarette smoke, onTuesday nights where a high level group of professional jazz musicianscomes in and performs a set and then opens things up for people to sitin.” – Jamie Stewardson director of Jazz Rivers Music School, Weston MAOur Jam Leaders1st Tuesdays Daryl Lowery w/ Berklee College Faculty2nd Tuesdays Ted Knowlton3rd Tuesdays John Funkhouser4th Tuesdays Jamie Stewardson and the Rivers School Faculty5th Tuesdays KaorukoOccasional LeadersJason Yeager (piano); Dan Fox (Trombone) ; David Eure (Violin)
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