115 past events with the jazz tag

BALL STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLES Mark Buselli, director Shawn Salmon and Will Frazier, assistant directors MORGY CRAIG MEMORIAL JAZZ SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CONCERT with guest artist Brent Wallarab, trombone featuring the music of Eden Ahbez, Mark Buselli, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Sergio Mendez, Jamey Simmons, Bret Spainhour, Mike Tomaro SURSA HALL Wednesday, December 2, 2009 8:00 p.m. General and Student Admission $5.00 Tickets on sale now at Emens Auditorium Box Office - Telephone 765.285.1539 and all other Ticketmaster locations, or charge by phone 644.3131 Tickets on sale one hour before concert at Sursa Hall Box Office - Telephone 765.285.5581

Seen Unseen: The Black Image in American Art - Preview the exhibition opening of Seen Unseen: The Black Image in American Art from the collection of John H. Surovek on Thursday, September 16th from 5-7 p.m. The preview party will also include jazz music by Frank Smith, bass, Steven Jones, piano, and Kenny Phelps, drums.

Emens Auditorium proudly presents jazz pianist/composer Hiromi this Thursday at Pruis Hall. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available and are just $5 for BSU students. BSU faculty/staff buy one adult in advance for $17, get a second free. Don't miss your opportunity to see the artist the New Yorker calls, "DAZZLING!"

Mentored by giants like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea, Hiromi's roots are in jazz but her music explores a world of new ideas by blurring the boundaries of pop, rock, classical, avant-garde and other genres.

Born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1979, Hiromi discovered jazz when she took up the piano at age six. Within a year, she was a student of the Yamaha School of Music, whose progressive approach to musical training allowed the young student to tap into her emotions while mastering the technical aspects of writing and performing. At age 14, she went to Czechoslovakia and played with the Czech Philharmonic. Three years later, Corea invited her to perform with him. In 1999, Hiromi came to the United States to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Hiromi established her reputation when her 2003 Telarc debut, "Another Mind" - co-produced by Ahmad Jamal - won the Recording Industry Association of Japan's (RIAJ) Jazz Album of the Year Award. Her subsequent releases all won her critical-acclaim and industry recognition.

Part of the personal connection she has established over the years is the result of making music without labels or restrictions. As a matter of principle, she'll continue to follow whatever moves her - be it a place, a person, an idea or whatever else - and leave the definitions to others. "I don't want to put a name on my music," she says. "Other people can put a name on what I do. It's just the union of what I've been listening to and what I've been learning. It has some elements of classical music, it has some rock, it has some jazz, but I don't want to give it a name."

For more information, visit Hiromi's site or check out Hiromi on YouTube.

General Admission tickets: Adult $17 in advance/$22 at the door; $5 youth & BSU students. BSU faculty/staff buy one adult, get a second free.

For more information visit the Emens event page or call the ticket office at (765) 285-1539.

Led by Grammy-winning banjoist Alison Brown, the Alison Brown Quartet offers up an astonishingly original instrumental sound that blends bluegrass, jazz, Latin and Celtic music and takes the banjo far from its stereotyped hillbilly roots. Alison has garnered extensive critical acclaim for her music including features on NPR’s All Things Considered and in the New York Times and Billboard Magazine among many others. General Admission: $17 ADV/$22 DOOR adult, $5 youth & BSU students.

Art of Jazz Series: Guest Artist Mike Holober, jazz pianist and composer, leader of the Gotham City Jazz Orchestra (NYC)

Advance Tickets: Available at Emens Auditorium Box Office, telephone 765-285-1539. Tickets on sale at Sursa Hall Box Office the night of the concert.

More than forty years, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra began as the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra and has performed continuously ever since. Emens is proud to present the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, winner of the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble this Saturday night at Pruis Hall. Show starts at 8 p.m.

In 1966 cornetist, composer, arranger, Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis founded a band in New York. Having settled in New York after leaving their respective touring jobs with Basie and Kenton, Thad and Mel along with many of their colleagues needed an outlet for their creative energies and relief from the tedium of the studio work. With a handful of arrangements they approached legendary club owner Max Gordon and were booked at the Village Vanguard for 3 Mondays in February. Three weeks have become a permanent gig spanning over four decades. With few member changes, this 16-piece group still maintains its original precepts of creativity and experimentation are nurtured and encouraged.

This will be one of the greatest jazz events to grace the stage at Pruis Hall. This is your chance to hear one of New York's finest institutions deliver their big band sound with spot-on accuracy live in Muncie!

Click here to visit the Vanguard Press page to listen to clips and view video of the group.

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Saturday, January 22

Pruis Hall - 8 pm

General Admission Tickets are just $20 in advance ($25 at the door). BSU faculty/staff are just $15. BSU students and youth (18 & under are $5).

Call the Emens ticket office for more information, (765) 285-1539.

Get all saxed up with Tonal Caravan, Better Bidness Bureau and Shaggy Wonda at Be Here Now!  3 great bands, spanning rock, funk and jam, will keep everyone out of the seats and on the dance floor all night.  

Tonal Caravan/Elephants in Mud www.tonalcaravan.com

An extraordinarily gifted jazz vocalist whose sincere and romantic interpretations of exceptional songs has made her a favorite in both the jazz and cabaret worlds, Jane Monheit has garnered numerous accolades in the past decade. Her first album, “Never Never Land,” was voted top debut recording by the Jazz Journalist’s Association and stayed on the Billboard Jazz chart for over a year.

General Admission:

$20 ADV/$25 DOOR adult

$5 youth

$5 ADV/$10 DOOR Ball State students

**THE HEAT WAVE**
w Tonal Caravan,
Chester Brown,
& Mikial Robertson!
SATURDAY 21st JAMUARY
... at Docs Music Hall
215 S Walnut St
downtown Muncie
10pm - 3am

its an inflatable party!
so bring out your life jackets, inflatable Pyramids, Palm Trees, Beach Balls, inner tubes, Water Wings, and blow-up Love Buddies, lol

a positive environment to explore the world of today. Our means of achieving said goal is producing quality sounds for listeners to explore. Our point is to bring people with a love of music out of the chaos of everything, and into the order of something unique that exists now.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR the approaching HEAT WAVE in Jamuary
1.. check out the musician's pages and give em a LIKE
TONAL CARAVAN http://on.fb.me/wv2Plz
CHESTER BROWN http://on.fb.me/wPkL6c
MIKIAL ROBERTSON http://bit.ly/zoET4e

2.. Don't suck... blow up your favorite inflatable toy and bring it to the indoor winter beach party.
dig those inflatables outta the garage/basement/closet
and invite your friends to do the same
http://bit.ly/xBFpEW is a cool website that explains how to invite all ur friends w a few simple clicks

3.. Stay late and get out early! Don't miss it cuz there'll only be one HEAT WAVE coming...this JAMUARY 21st

Please see our Facebook event page

The Scott Sullivan Band performs every Sunday evening at the Heorot beginning Jan. 22.

The Scott Sullivan Band consists of guitarist/vocalist Tom Sullivan, drummer/vocalist Jason Scott, and bassist Paul Rhine. The group performs an eclectic blend of classic rock, Motown, pop, country, gospel, funk and jazz. For more information check out the band's website at livejazztonight.net

The Scott Sullivan Band performs every Sunday evening at the Heorot beginning Jan. 22.

The Scott Sullivan Band consists of guitarist/vocalist Tom Sullivan, drummer/vocalist Jason Scott, and bassist Paul Rhine. The group performs an eclectic blend of classic rock, Motown, pop, country, gospel, funk and jazz. For more information check out the band's website at livejazztonight.net

The Scott Sullivan Band performs every Sunday evening at the Heorot beginning Jan. 22.

The Scott Sullivan Band consists of guitarist/vocalist Tom Sullivan, drummer/vocalist Jason Scott, and bassist Paul Rhine. The group performs an eclectic blend of classic rock, Motown, pop, country, gospel, funk and jazz. For more information check out the band's website at livejazztonight.net

Muncie Gras 2012 will be held March 24th, 2012- 7pm-2am in the Streets of Downtown Muncie.

It is Downtown's biggest party of the year! It's our version of Bourbon on Walnut St.!

After many years of fighting the cold weather, Muncie Gras has been moved to a much friendlier time of the year. The mechanical bull is back, calf roping, go-go cage, Bud Zone mobile bar and dance party tent, two outdoor stage, belly dancers, aerial acts, 45 ft. high Zipline, drag show, sizzling hot male revue, and tons of live entertainment indoors and out to keep you in the party mood throughout the evening!

Bring your beads, or buy them when you get Downtown. Either way…get ready to “Throw me something Mister!”

MITS Trolley will provide a safe ride home, running from 7pm-3am to the Ball State campus and Lyndenbrook area hotels.

This is a 21 and up event. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.
Check http://www.munciedowntown.com/munciegras/ often beginning March 1^st for entertainment updates and schedules, pre-sale ticket locations, hotel information and MITS Trolley routes.

Retail, food or service vendors who would like to be a part of this year's event should contact Cheryl Crowder or call 765 282-7897.

Laissez le bon roulement de periodes!