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Music City Masters
On Sunday, November 11 at 7pm, NJW is proud to present a special new event, which we're calling Music City Masters.
Music City Masters is an interview/performance program that spotlights some of the area's finest jazz musicians and explores their contributions in the many musical forms that make up Music City. Musical guests are pianist/arranger Jeffrey Steinberg, trumpeter Rod McGaha, and pianistChris Walters. The program is moderated by jazz piano legend Beegie Adair.
It is planned as the first in an ongoing series to explore the place of jazz and jazz musicians in the city's musical landscape. The program will be presented to a live audience and also recorded for later internet broadcast. As a thank-you to our loyal patrons, we have decided to make admission free, though advance reservation is still recommended. The program is made possible through support from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Beegie Adair is the dean of Nashville jazz pianists, with a career spanning more than 40 years. She epitomizes the versatility of the city's jazz musicians: in addition to jazz, she has recorded and performed in the country, pop, blues, and rock vein. Her career has included radio, television, and studio work. In recent years her focus has been exclusively on jazz. She has toured nationally and internationally and her CD's are acclaimed the world over. Her skills as an interviewer and conversationalist are also legendary.
Our guest musicians reflect a wide range of interests beyond jazz, including gospel, pop, classical, country, hip-hop, and world music. Their activities include writing, producing, arranging, composing, conducting, film, and studio work.
Upon graduating from the Berklee School of Music, Jeffrey Steinberg toured the world with the Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Buddy DeFranco. He went on to work as a composer, arranger, producer, or performer for such luminaries as Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, Perry Como, and Michel Legrand. He has composed and arranged for symphony orchestras, film, and television commercials. He has served as pops conductor for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and was instrumental in the "Jazz at the Symphony" series of several years ago that featured local jazz artists performing with the orchestra. He is currently active in arranging and producing for Green Hill Music. Steinberg was the recipient of the 2012 Jazz Heritage Award, presented annually by the Nashville Jazz Workshop to prominent figures in the Nashville jazz community.
Rod McGaha began playing trumpet in the fourth grade in his native Chicago, and first found work playing gospel and R&B. He was "discovered" playing at a local festival in 1989 by legendary trumpeter Clark Terry, who became an important mentor for the young trumpeter. In addition to his jazz studies, Rod performed with a number of gospel, R&B, and pop artists, including Bebe and Cece Winans, the O'Jays, Lou Rawls, and Kenny Rogers. He moved to Nashville in the early 1990's and began a busy career that included performing, composing, recording, and producing. During that time he also spent time in the band of jazz legend Max Roach.
New Orleans born pianist/singer/composer Chris Walters is an independent artist who has resided in Nashville since 1989. He served as Barbara Mandrell's Music Director from 1989-1997 and then toured as keyboardist with the country supergroup Alabama till 2004. Chris's varied career includes touring with his own band and performing with other groups, including J.D. Souther, Peter Mayer, and the Jeff Coffin Mu'tet. He has performed in symphonic, film, and world music settings. Chris is also a notable alumnus of the Jazz Studies Program at Webster University in St. Louis and has three jazz CD's to his credit.
Our three musical guests and distinguished moderator offer outstanding examples of how jazz can be a foundation for many different areas of the music business. Music City Masters will explore these connections through in-depth interviews as well as lots of music.
The show will be 90 minutes long, with no intermission.
Tickets are free, but advance reservation is recommended. Tickets may be reserved by adding them to the cart on this page or calling the Workshop at 615-242-5299.
Seating is reserved. Management will assign best available seating. If you have particular seating preferences we'll do our best to accommodate. Seating requests can be made online or by phone. (You can indicate a preference in the "Questionnaire" box when checking out.) Seating is a combination of 4-person tables and bar stools. SEE BELOW FOR A VENUE MAP. Parties of less than four may be seated at tables with other patrons.
Policies: The Jazz Cave is a BYOB establishment, with no alcohol or food service. You are free to bring alcoholic beverages and snacks. We sell soft drinks and bottled water. The Jazz Cave is a listening room, and we ask patrons to keep conversation to a minimum and silence cell phones. This event will be video recorded for later broadcast.
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LocationNashville Jazz Workshop (View)
1319 Adams Street
Nashville, TN 37208
United States
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