A recent article in the Austin Chronicle “Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods” brings to light the last-ever performance by Dorham at a Boston benefit arranged by Senior Lecturer Mark Harvey and trumpet great Claudio Roditi. Scroll down to the end section “Resurrection in Boston.” But do read the entire, fascinating piece.
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 Keeril Makan named vice provost for the artsAn acclaimed composer and longtime MIT faculty member, Makan will direct the next act in MIT’s story of artistic leadership.
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 The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating musicLeslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refashion music anew.
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 Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music BuildingUntil very recently, Mariano Salcedo, a fourth-year MIT electronic engineering and computer science student majoring in artificial intelligence and decision-making, was planning to apply for a master’s program in computer science at MIT.
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 Travels with RambaxKAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans into trash bins when they get the summons: “Grab your drums, grab your drums, grab your drums …”
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