At New England Conservatory, jazz runs hot in young musicians' veins. It means the blaze of improvisation and individual creativity, the warmth of interaction in small ensembles. Experimentation is encouraged. And that's cool!
This tradition goes back 40 years, when NEC launched the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. In celebrating the 40th anniversary of this creative first, NEC dips into the past, present, and future. Tonight's performers are a who's who of jazz innovators that includes alumni and past faculty like Carl Atkins, Bob Brookmeyer, Don Byron, Roger Kellaway, Gunther Schuller; current faculty like Ran Blake, Dominique Eade, Billy Hart, Fred Hersch, and Cecil McBee; and the face of the future of jazz found in recent alumni like Rachael Price.
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Vic Firth, Inc.
Arrive early! Distinguished NEC alumnus, former faculty member, and former BSO timpanist Vic Firth has donated special sets of commemorative and collectible NEC Jazz40 "Hot and Cool" Vic Firth drumsticks, to be given out to the first 100 audience members to enter Jordan Hall for this concert.
During NEC's deferred maintenance project, scaffolding will surround the campus buildings, including the Jordan Hall building. Curbside dropoffs directly in front of the Jordan Hall building will not be possible. Traffic on Gainsborough Street will be one-way traveling from St. Botolph Street to Huntington Avenue. Find updated information on pedestrian and vehicular access.
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DIZZY GILLESPIE