Arts Council of Henderson County co-sponsoring Jamey Aebersold Concerts

From a press release:

Arts Council of Henderson County co-sponsoring
Jamey Aebersold Concert on October 14, 6:30-8:30

Henderson County, NC –Jamey Aebersold, internationally known saxophonist and authority on JAZZ education and improvisation, will be performing and giving workshops in WNC and Anderson, SC the week of October 12-16.  Aebersold is the recipient of the 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. This honor is bestowed upon an individual who has contributed significantly to the appreciation, knowledge, and advancement of the art form of jazz.

Jamey Aebersold was born July 21, 1939, in New Albany, Indiana. He attended college at Indiana University and graduated in 1962 with a Masters Degree in Saxophone. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Indiana University in 1992. He also plays piano, bass and banjo.

In 1989, the International Association of Jazz Educators inducted Jamey into their Hall of Fame at the San Diego convention. With this award, Jamey joins other jazz luminaries such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and others.

Jamey is a internationally-known saxophonist and authority on jazz education and improvisation, and has developed a series of Play-A-Longs (book and cd sets (now numbering almost 130 volumes) as well as various other supplemental aids for the development of improvisational skills. The Aebersold book and recording sets allow a musician the opportunity to practice and improvise with well-known jazz personalities at home as well as in the classroom. The recordings employ some of the best jazz musicians in the world. This concept has been responsible for changing the practice habits of thousands of musicians around the world.

Jamey was one of the first to encourage small group classes which concentrate on jazz improvisation, and he is the director of the Summer Jazz Workshops which now have 40+ years on record. Jamey feels that improvisation is something all people can do—and his clinics and lectures concentrate on demonstrating how the creative and spontaneous nature of each person can be brought to light.

Jazz Events Coordinator, Elise Pratt of Hendersonville, has attended the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops for the past two years at University of Louisville in KY, and has invited Jamey to our area to participate in our growing jazz scene by setting up a series of performances and workshops.  Pratt, herself a jazz singer and devotee of creating opportunities for JAZZ to be appreciated (from her NYC jazz club in the late 70’s to her current efforts locally in WNC as performer, promoter and producer of jazz events) …has been elated at the response of our community to support the visit of this icon of the jazz world.

Jamey Aebersold Schedule October 12-16, 2014

Oct 12    8:00PM – Performs at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall with Dr. Bill Bares of UNCA and Hard Bop Explosion
Oct 13:   6:30PM – Conducts Workshop for instrumentalists and vocalists at Asheville Music School (to participate, contact Sharon LaMotte  828-280-3770)
Oct 14:   9:20-10:40 – Workshop at UNC Asheville
Oct.14:   6:30-8:30PM – Lecture and Concert at Cummings Memorial Church with trio: Bill Gerhardt, Mike Holstein, Sonny Thornton (in Hendersonville) sponsored by Arts Council of Henderson County
Oct 15:  12:45 – 1:35PM – Clinic at UNC Asheville
Oct 15:   5:00 – Workshop  at Porter Center, Brevard College
Oct 15:   8:00  – Concert at The Phoenix in Brevard with Jason DeCristofaro, Jamie Warren, Cameron Austin, Bill Berg
Oct 16:   10:30AM – Morning TV show in Greenville SC,
Oct.16:   4:00PM – Master class in afternoon at Anderson University, Anderson SC
Oct.16:   7:00 – Concert Anderson University with Assistant Professor Doug Norwine’s combo

His appearances are being sponsored by ISIS Restaurant and Music Hall, University of NC-Asheville (UNCA), Brevard College, Anderson University, Asheville Music School, The Arts Council of Henderson County and the Cummings Memorial United Methodist Church.

Special thanks to Dr. William Bares Assistant Professor at UNCA, Jason DeCristofaro Adjunct Professor at Brevard College, Doug Norwine Assistant Professor at Anderson University, Sharon LaMotte and Director Amy Rae of Asheville Music School, The Arts Council of Henderson County and Cummings Memorial United Methodist Church Concert Series Fund.

For more information please contact The Arts Council at acofhc@bellsouth.net or 828-693-8504. The web address is www.acofhc.org.

The Arts Council of Henderson County is a community organization that promotes, advocates for and nurtures the arts in Henderson County and Western North Carolina. Its office is located at 401 North Main St., 3rd floor, Hendersonville, NC 28792. (Entrance on Fourth Avenue West.)

The Arts Council is supported in part by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources; funds administered by the Community Foundation of Henderson County, Henderson County, Henderson County Tourism Development Authority, and the City of Hendersonville.