Gunther Schuller News

All About Jazz is celebrating Gunther Schuller's birthday today! Gunther Schuller The composer Gunther Schuller is, famously, a man of many musical pursuits.

Third Stream, an attempt to meld aspects of jazz and European classical and world musics, as a term may have gone away, but that can't be said for the musical movement of that name that flourished at the mid-point of the 20th Century.

Image of the sax player on the door of Wally's Cafe tagged Bostonist by AntyDiluvian .

New England Conservatory has the party hat on for what Mayor Thomas M. Menino has dubbed Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC Week.

The shindig marks the anniversary of the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory.

Boston's South End was once home to a thriving jazz community. Places like the Hi-Hat, the Savoy, and the Local 535 lined the intersections of Mass Ave.

Pianist John Milbauer will join the Arizona Wind Quintet in a concert on Monday.

The proclamation honors the 40th Anniversary of New England Conservatory's first-in-the-nation Jazz Studies program, founded by visionary Conservatory President Gunther Schuller in 1969.

Several of this fall's promising jazz performances are clustered around the week of October 18.

MONK AND AFRICA: Randy Weston plays a rare solo-piano concert October 12 at the Somerville Theatre.

As president of New England Conservatory in the 1960s, Gunther Schuller initiated a jazz degree program.

SOURCE: Braithwaite & Katz Communications Boston Festivities Take Place October 18 - 24, 2009 with 7 Nights of Concerts Plus Workshops and Free Community Events Highlights include Wayne Shorter Quartet and the NEC Philharmonia on Saturday, October 24; NEC Jazz Summit on Friday, October 23 with Faculty and Alums including Gunther Schuller , Carl ...

A measure of just how underrated a musician he was in his lifetime is reflected in the fact that even three days after he passed on most of the major publications had not even reported his death, much less celebrated his life in the glowing terms that he so richly deserved.

A measure of just how underrated a musician he was in his lifetime is reflected in the fact that even three days after he passed on most of the major publications had not even reported his death, much less celebrated his life in the glowing terms that he so richly deserved.

If you like situations with a lot of connections, this one's for you. It involves Aubrey Johnson, a graduate of Bay Port High School and daughter of Denver and Joan K. Johnson of Suamico.

When the name Mozart is part of the title of a jazz disc, combined with the word blues, the safe bet is that it's a crossover listening experience at hand.