PERFORMANCE NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Jazz Kings to honor early black dance bands Eugene's Emerald City Jazz Kings will play music from black dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s in a series of four concerts beginning Thursday. ``Tain't What You Do (It's the Way Howcha Do It)'' is the name of the program, which features music by such bandleaders as Fletcher Henderson Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (December 18, 1897 – December 28, 1952) was an African American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and Swing music. Biography Fletcher Henderson was born in Cuthbert, Georgia. , Jimmie Lunceford James Melvin "Jimmie" Lunceford (June 6, 1902–July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the swing era. Lunceford was born in Fulton, Mississippi, but attended school in Denver and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Fisk University. , Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, Earl Hines and Count Basie. These bands formed a musical foundation for many of the better-known white big bands that followed, such as those led by Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. The Jazz Kings will play at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Shedd Institute, 285 E. Broadway; at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince quince, shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga St., Florence; and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday the La Sells Stewart Center, on campus at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. in Corvallis. Tickets for the Eugene shows are $20 to $29; the Florence show is $20.50; and the Corvallis show is $18. Call 434-7000. SHOcase concerts start with Zimbabwean music Hokoya, a 10-piece marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a ensemble that plays music from Zimbabwe, will perform in the lobby of the Hult Center at 12:15 p.m. Thursday. The free concert begins the fall series of concerts presented by Support Hultcenter Operations, or SHO. Hokoyo is an ensemble of the Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center is a music center located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, "dedicated to the music and people of Zimbabwe." Kutsinhira offers classes in Zimbabwean Marimba, Mbira, Drumming, Singing (occasionally), and Dancing. in Eugene, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to the music and people of Zimbabwe. Members in Hokoyo range in age from elementary school through high school. They are directed by Gary Spalter. The group recently played at the Zimbabwean Festival in Bellingham, Wash. Suzuki Strings to hold orientation session The University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Community Music Institute's Suzuki Strings Program will hold an orientation session at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room 211 at the School of Music. The session is designed for parents of interested students, both new and returning. The meeting will include a short presentation of the Suzuki program, give information regarding instruments and outline the fall parent training sessions. The strings program provides a musical experience for more than 100 local students, ages 3 and up. It requires parental participation and involvement, including parent-only training sessions and children's lessons with parents in attendance. For more information, contact the UO Community Music Institute at 346-5660. |
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