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2022-02-03 18:00:00
In celebration of Black History Month, Pacific Symphony is presenting Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz on Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
2022-01-02 20:00:00
©Roger Thomas 2015 – [email protected] / Ice-T and Ron McCurdy – the Langston Hughes Proje
2019-11-21 00:15:00
John Malveaux: Attended SHANGHAI JAZZ-A CULTURE MIX at Bovard Auditorium, USC
Ron McCurdy (L) & John Malveaux (R) John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes: Nov 19, 2019 attended SHANGHAI JAZZ-A CULTURE MIX at Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California. In the 20's and 30's, a host of African American jazz musicians performed in Shanghai and other countries in the East. In 1934, Los Angeles based trumpeter Buck Clayton and his band HARLEM GENTLEMEN arrived in Shanghai. Composer Li Jinhui, who is considered the father of Chinese popular music, and Buck Clayton became friends and mutual influencers. The evening's concert featuring Min Xiao-Fen (pipa and vocals), Feng Bian, piano, and the Ron McCurdy Quintet reimagined a current amalgamation of Jazz and Chinese music based on influences of Buck Clayton and Li Jinhui in Shanghai. USC professor/trumpeter Ronald C. McCurdy developed the pre concert lecture and performance with Gary Shields as principal orchestrator […]
2015-11-16 01:00:00
AMERICAN OPERA - 1
Douglas Moore (1893-1969) THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE (1956) Central City Opera, dir : John Moriarty Grissom, Steele, Kreuger Newport Classic NPD 85593/2 Recorded August 1996 FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Jake Heggie (1961- )DEAD MAN WALKING (2000) San Francisco Opera; dir : Patrick SummersGraham, Packard, von StadeErato 86238-2 Recorded October 2000FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Robert Ward (1917-2013)THE CRUCIBLE (1961) New York City Opera, dir : Emerson BuckleyBrooks, Alberts, Malas, McCurdy, Ludgin, BibleAlbany Records TROY025-26-2Recorded 1962FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)REGINA (1949) Scottish Opera, dir : John MauceriCiesinski, Ramey, Réaux, GreenawaldLondon 433 812-2 Recorded May 1991FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1950) Kansas City Lyric Theater, dir : Russell PattersonJennings, McGowen, Christensen, […]
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