PittJazz and Seminar -51st Annual, Erroll Garner Centennial Celebration
Monday, January 24th: Kickoff Performance featuring Samuel Boateng, Irene Monteverde, and the Pitt Jazz Ensemble. Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0FXUdA_PWA
Wednesday, January 26th: Jazz Talk Episode 5 with Nicole Mitchell: Erroll Garner Archives with guests Orrin Evans and Irene Monteverde. Register Online at: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2WF90RkGQRWzyPCb_J2s1QThe “Jazz Talk,” the podcast of Pitt Jazz Studies Director Nicole Mitchell, will feature an episode on Erroll Garner with comments from guest pianist Orrin Evans and Irene Monteverde, a Pitt jazz PhD student pianist whose dissertation focuses on Garner. There will also be a 15-minute virtual tour of the Erroll Garner Archives at Pitt, which the University Library System acquired in 2015.
Thursday, January 27th: Musicians' Rights Symposium with keynote speaker Robin D.G. Kelley
1-4pm. - Register Online at https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ANpmgoqSvu6SVfj4w5vmA
Friday, January 28th: Pitt Jazz Faculty Showcase 7pm
Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQCGW0PFoA
Jazz Faculty Showcase
Members of the Pitt Jazz Studies Program faculty who will be performing Garner compositions include: Frank Cunimondo, piano; Jeff Grubbs, bass; Ralph Guzzi, trumpet; Aaron J. Johnson, trombone; James Johnson Jr, piano; James Johnson III, drums; Nicole Mitchell, flute; Kenneth Powell, saxophone; Mark Strickland, guitar; and Yoko Suzuki, saxophone.
Saturday, January 29th: Collaborative Concert featuring Orrin Evans, Jeff Grubbs, James Johnson III, and Nicole Mitchell. 7 p.m.
