Jazz

Instruments wait on stands during a jazz concert
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Jazz at NEC: Jerry Bergonzi Saturday Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
Cecil Mcbee
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Jazz at NEC: Cecil McBee and Mark Zaleski Jazz Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
A Contemporary Improvisation class with Anthony Coleman
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Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation at NEC: Anthony Coleman Early Jazz and Survivors Breakfast Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz and CI faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
A small jazz ensemble performs
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Jazz at NEC: Brian Levy and Jorrit Dijkstra Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
Contemporary Improvisation ensemble performs
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Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation at NEC: Joe Morris Monday Evening and CI Ensembles
Performances by small jazz and contemporary improvisation ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
A small jazz ensemble in concert
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Jazz at NEC: Jerry Bergonzi and Joe Morris Monday Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
A female jazz singer sings into a microphone.
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Jazz at NEC: Dominique Eade Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room. Two sets: 7 & 9pm.
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Jazz at NEC: Frank Carlberg Ensembles
Performances by small jazz ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional jazz faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
Grow Your Art Pitch Night Finalists 2021 - a grid of 8 portraits
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NEC Alumni Win Grow Your Art Grants During Maria Schneider Residency
Grow Your Art grants totaling $13,500 have been awarded to NEC alumni Emily Eng, Darynn Dean, Rafael Natan, and Linda Numagami, and will support a microgrant program for Black, Latinx, and Native American music students, a series of concerts and film screenings around women in jazz, an accessible School of Arts and Social Justice, and a clarinet festival.
Maria Schneider stands in a warehouse or barn, looking at the camera with arms crossed.
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The Boston Globe | Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living
Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider comes to New England Conservatory for an artist residency March 2-4, in which she will work in person with students in the jazz department, and offer online events which are open to the general public. The residency culminates in a digital concert, airing March 10.