PERFORMANCE NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Swing Shift to swing next Wednesday The jazz big band Swing Shift will hold its annual end-of-the-season performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Roaring Rapids Pizza, 4006 Franklin Blvd. The band will be joined by the Spencer Butte Spencer Butte is a prominent landmark in Lane County, Oregon, United States, south of Eugene. The peak has an elevation of 2055 feet[1] (626 m). Spencer Butte is accessible from Spencer Butte Park and has several hiking trails to the summit. Middle School Jazz Band, directed by Glenn Griffith. Admission is free. The 2005-06 season saw Swing Shift perform at the Newport Jazz Festival Newport Jazz Festival, annual summer music festival, held at Newport, R.I. Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorillard and George Wein, the first performance was held in July, 1954. The festival brings together jazz lovers and great figures of the jazz world. , complete its second year of First Friday First Friday is a city-wide public event that occurs on the first Friday of every month. The events may take on many purposes, including art gallery openings and social networking. shows at John Henry's, and offer its annual showcase concert with guest saxophonist Dick Oatts Richard "Dick" Oatts is a jazz saxophonist from Iowa. He became interested in saxophone due to his father Jack Oatts. To this day he still plays on the same Selmer alto saxophone his father gave to him. . The ensemble is also in the process of producing a live CD drawn from its John Henry's performances. The recording is set for release in the fall. Swing Shift's repertoire is drawn from the classic big band tradition, featuring music by Count Basie, Woody Herman Noun 1. Woody Herman - United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman , Thad Jones and Duke Ellington, as well as contemporary works by Mike Abene, Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer and Swing Shift's music director, Jim Olsen. Featured soloists include saxophonists Sean Flannery, Bob Ragan and Clarke Morris; trumpeters This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Classical players
Father, son to perform classical Indian music The Mishras, a father and son duo, will perform an evening of classical Indian music at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dharmalaya Meditation Center, 356 Horn Lane. Admission is $12 to $20. The Mishras come from Benares, India, and make an annual musical tour of U.S. and Canadian venues, performing melodies based on the ancient system known as raga. |
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