Sponsored by Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts and Carnegie Hall Education
2007
October
Tuesday-Sunday, October 23-28 Steve Turre Sextet with Akua Dixon, Xavier Davis, Dion Parson and Gerald Cannon special guest: Stefon Harris Jazz @ Lincoln Center: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Broadway @ 60th Street, 5th Floor. NYC Shows: 7:30 and 9:30 PM with 11:30 PM set on Fri and Sat For information: http://www.jalc.com 212-258-9595/9795
Thursday, February 1 Steve Turre Quartet with Akua Dixon, cello Sculler's Boston, MA
January
Friday and Saturday January 26 & 27 Akua Dixon Quartet Akua Dixon, jazz cello Oscar Perez, piano Kenny Davis, bass Jaimeo Brown, drums Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Avenue South, at Bleecker St. , NYC 3 sets: 8, 10 and 12 ($20 cover)
Thursday, January 18th with Liz McComb Joe's Pub, NYC 7:30 PM Friday, January 12th
Strings That Swing: Rhythm, Articulation and Phrasing
Clinic conducted by Akua Dixon
International Association for Jazz Education
34th Annual Conference
IAJE Conference participants only. A discussion of techniques developed by Akua since 1973 to make a string section swing like a horn section. NY Sheraton Hotel, Central Park Suite: 2nd Floor
Introduction to HIP-HOP BLUES PROJECT For string teachers. Materials, repertoire, and improvisation techniques utilized in Akua's Hip Hop Blues Project. Followed by a jam session playing Akua's award-winning charts. Frank H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute 408 West 58th Street 7 -9:30 PM
Saturday, JAN. 13th IAJE STRINGS Reading Session IAJE Conference participants only. The ensemble will read a new composition by Akua, Dedicated to James. This work is a tribute to the Grandmaster of Funk, Mr. James Brown.
2006
December
Friday & Saturday, December 29th & 30th Steve Turre Quintet, with Steve Turre, Trombone & Shells Akua Dixon, Cello & Voice Ronnie Matthews, Piano Gerald Cannon, Bass Dion Parson, Drums
Smoke Jazz Club 2751 Broadway (bet. 105th & 106th), NYC www.smokejazz.com
Sunday, December 17th
Music by Pulse Composers, with
Mark Feldman and Sara Bernstein violins Frank Foerster viola Akua Dixon cello
