The project includes a performance at the Summer Jazz Series at the Faena theater and workshops in Miami-Dade County public schools in alliance with Young Musicians Unite! This is a new exploration of multi-disciplinary work while experiencing new technology to assist those with visual impairment.įigueroa plans to record an album of his late father’s most beloved songs (singer Charlie Figueroa) with arrangements by guests artists such as Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Daversa and Martin Bejerano. Roberts plans to create, perform and record new work, “Tomorrow’s Promises” with the Modern Jazz Generation, a 10-piece ensemble, fusing his original music with narration and spoken word. In-studio recording for a new album will lead to new release shows at The Jazz Gallery in New York and Sam First Jazz Club in Los Angeles. Residency Locations: Los Angeles, New York and othersĮscreet plans to create, workshop, record and perform new work for the pianist trio, including bassist Eric Revis and drummer Damion Reid. Collaborator Magos Herrera will lecture on Mexican/Latin American Women in Music at the Conservatory.
Residency host San Francisco Conservatory of Music will present and video Simon’s music previously commissioned through a Chamber Music America grant. Residency Locations: San Francisco and New York City The University of Chicago, South Side Jazz Coalition and Constellation will be sites for open rehearsals and performances. The Chico Freeman 19-piece Orchestra will create new extended suite with conductor John Kordalewski in honor of the Chicago legacy set by Freeman’s legendary father, Von Freeman. The complete list includes the following artists: Saxophonist Camille Thurman received $40,000 to celebrate the legacy of black women authors at North Carolina Central University. Drummer Jason Marsalis received $40,000 to partner with several New Orleans organizations to present the Congo Square Roots of Jazz Residency. The individual grants, which ranged from $24,700 to $40,000, were delivered to 52 musicians to support a wide variety of creative residencies. South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians through its Jazz Road initiative. Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of 52 grant recipients, received $40,000 to return to his hometown in North Carolina and create a music work space.
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