Department of Music Blog

I am playing another show at Howler’s Coyote Cafe on Wednesday, Oct 3rd. This one will debut a brand new progressive electro-rock composition. The event starts at 9 p.m. and is all ages. 4509 Liberty Avenue (Bloomfield)

Listen to Sachem Orenda’s song Preemptive Neural Twist.

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A dynamic group of international jazz musicians will convene on the Pitt campus for the 37th annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, the longest-running event of its kind in the country.

From Oct. 30 through Nov. 3, students, jazz enthusiasts, and the general public will gather for free evening lectures on the business and history of jazz, free lectures and demonstrations by guest musicians, miniclinics for students in area schools, and demonstrations at several community venues. The week of seminars will culminate with the annual concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 in Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

Jazz luminaries this year are expected to include Monty Alexander, piano; Randy Brecker, trumpet; Jon Faddis, trumpet; Peter King, alto sax; Benny Golson, sax; Abraham Laboriel, bass; Idris Muhammad, drums; Claus Reichstaller, trumpet; and Yotam Silberstein, guitar. They will perform under the direction of Nathan Davis, saxophonist, head of Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program, and founder of the annual event. (more…)