Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
The Nick Savage Quartet Performs Jazz Concert for Black History Month
For Webster’s Black History Month concert, drummer Nick Savage, a former Webster grad student, compiled musical selections to honor jazz drummer, Alan Dawson Feb. 8. Dawson was in Booker Ervin’s band that came to fame around the 1960s. According to Savage, Dawson, as well as Ervin were among some of the leading jazz figures in…
Read MoreWebster faculty perform at 13th annual Jazz & Blues Festival
Professors in the music department at Webster want to educate and inspire students through their own musical talents.
Read MoreMusic professors celebrate early 1960’s jazz
Music professors show why 1961 was a good year for jazz.
Read MoreTrio dedicates performance to black composers
Before he played “Overjoyed” in honor of Wonder, its original perfomer to conclude the Black History Month concert on February 7, he noted this song was from the heart.
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