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Jazz
Pianist
David Hazeltine to Perform at 19th Annual Art Tatum Memorial
Jazz Scholarship Concert – Feb. 15
Jazz pianist David Hazeltine will perform at the 19th
Annual Art Tatum Memorial Jazz Scholarship Concert, Monday
February 15, 2010, at The University of
Toledo Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall. |
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Influenced by Art Tatum and
other jazz greats, like
Bud Powell,
Buddy Montgomery,
Cedar Walton and others,
Hazeltine has forged his own distinctive style and musical voice
out of the accumulated greatness and weight of a modern piano
tradition. Cedar Walton said “Hazeltine is for sure the
brightest star on the jazz piano
horizon. His style has a deep-seated commitment to jazz history
while communicating a wealth of today’s ideas…”
Hazeltine has also received praise in the New York Times, The
Jazz Journal and Jazz Times: “There
is a lot to like in Mr. Hazeltine's playing...he likes the
middle ground, he has worked on varying the intensity of his
swing, and there is nothing obviously erratic about his
improvising. The mainstream and its concerns with balance and
poise are all-important to him. But those concerns are what
makes his improvising worth listening to; he has absorbed the
mainstream's concern with narrative, with the intellectual,
clear telling of a tale.”—New York Times.
For more information about David Hazeltine, visit
www.davidhazeltine.com
<http://www.davidhazeltine.com>
The UT
Department of Music is proud to welcome such a
talented musician to perform at this annual concert. Proceeds
benefit the Art Tatum Memorial Jazz Scholarship. Students and
faculty established the scholarship in 1992 with a
Gala Benefit
concert, honoring native Toledoan Art Tatum. Tatum
is regarded by musicians around the world as the finest pianist
in the
history of jazz. Now in its 19th year, the
scholarship is open to African American students at UT who are
majoring in music. Nearly $20,000 has been awarded through the
program since its inception.
Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the UT
Center for
Performing Arts Box Office at
419.530.2375
or online at
www.utoledo.edu/BoxOffice
<http://www.utoledo.edu/BoxOffice> .
$5 Students/Seniors
$15 General Public
$40 Patron (for those wishing to additional support to the
scholarship program)
Visit the UT Department of Music at
www.utoledo.edu/as/music
<http://www.utoledo.edu/as/music>
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