Category: Jazz Alliance

Each year, I make a point to attend the Newport Jazz Festival.  I continued this annual pilgrimage with a high school band mate of at least eleven years prior to my assignment as a resident physician at Emory University Hospital.  The long hours of internal medicine residency do not permit much time for reflection, let…

Jazz musicians aren’t known for getting up early in the morning— typically as nighttime performers, they’ve been plying their craft until the wee hours. But when a special event compels them, they rise to the occasion, as was the case on the morning of Saturday Feb. 11. A captivated audience comprised of drummers (music students,…

It was a thrill to represent the Emory Jazz Alliance and the Emory jazz community as Professor Gary Motley was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.  Guests enjoyed a reception where there was an opportunity to meet all of the inductees prior to the ceremony.  There was also time to visit the jazz…

Dear Jazz Friends and Emory Jazz Alliance Members, As we enter the 2017-18 academic year at Emory, it is worthwhile to look back and see where the Emory Jazz Alliance has been and where it is going. The Emory Jazz Alliance was created to support Emory student jazz education, both student and professional jazz performances,…

Clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Cohen will join the Gary Motley Trio in concert on Friday night of Emory Jazz Fest 2016. Motley’s ensemble will also feature bassist Rodney Whitaker and drummer Sean Dobbins. The Jazz Journalists Association has voted Anat…

Emory Jazz Studies students began the fall 2015 semester with the addition of a second studio classroom/rehearsal space. The new facility, known as Studio B will be used for combo rehearsals, percussion instruction and as an auxiliary recording suite. Studio B-which is adjacent to the Strickland Jazz Studio is connected to the master suite via…

Medellín – Colombia (South America) Review by Christian Salgado, Medellin Jazz Club The Sixth University Jazz Festival ended last Friday, June 19 in the city of Medellin. This event, organized by Centro Colombo Americano Medellin and Asociación Medellín Cultural, is dedicated to highlighting future masters and artists and the diverse manifestations in the academic world…

Thank you to all of you who attended the 2015 Emory Jazz Festival. All three nights of the festival were completely sold out: standing room only. Irvin Mayfield and his exceptional group of remarkable musicians, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, thoroughly entertained the regulars and visitors from the Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series. Bob McKay,…

In his poem Today, poet, Billy Collins noted: “If ever there were a spring day so perfect…” Well, today the air is warm, tulip and cherry trees are alive with color, and a perfect spring is on the horizon. It is a time to plan for jazz. Luckily, Jazz Studies has several outdoor and indoor…

The 2015-16 Candler Series has three concerts that will be of particular interest to jazz fans.  Our opening Candler Series event, on October 3, features the legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea with bebop/bluegrass banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck. Corea and Fleck play together with breathtaking precision and verve, weaving and intertwining through remarkable contrapuntal excursions. They…