7/28/08

Tzvetanka Varimezova received a 2008-09 Durfee Foundation Master Musician Fellowship. The goal of the Master Musician Fellowship is to support master musicians working in traditions that are not widely taught in established institutions, so they can work closely with apprentices to pass down their skills. For more information, click here.

7/28/08

Professor Timothy Rice receives award from the Bulgarian president

7/17/08

7/16/08

DongSuk Kim received a 2008-09 Durfee Foundation Master Musician Fellowship. The goal of the Master Musician Fellowship is to support master musicians working in traditions that are not widely taught in established institutions, so they can work closely with apprentices to pass down their skills. For more information, click here.

7/16/08

Nazir Jairazbhoy has been selected as one of the five recipients of the 2008 Dickson Emeritus Professor Award. Professor Jairazbhoy was a faculty member in ethnomusicology at UCLA from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. He is one of the major persons responsible for the establishment of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology and became the first chair of the department. For more information, click here.

5/7/08

3/25/08

James Kippen to deliver lecture on the modernization of Hindustani music and the adaptive strategies of hereditary musicians

3/25/08

3/25/08

Barbara Morrison starred as Big Mama in "Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs: The Life of Mama Thornton," Saturday, March 29, 2008, 8pm, and Sunday, March 30, 2008, 4pm, Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles. www.fortpcproduction.com

3/25/08

The Music Circle Presents "A Two-Part Concert" (with Abhiman Kaushal), Sunday, February 24, 2008, 11am, Herrick Chapel, Occidental College, Los Angeles. www.MusicCircle.org
Part one: Nandkishore Muley, santoor and Abhiman Kaushal, tabla.
Part two: Prasad Upasani, vocal; Gopal Marathe, harmonium; and Abhiman Kaushal, tabla

3/25/08

Lucumi Y Que, J Connections, Pasadena Jazz Institute, Sea Bird Jazz Lounge and Move 'N Groove presents..."A Tribute to Patato, Legendary Percussionist, with The Ultimate Afro-Cuban Quartet," featuring legendary conguero, Francisco Aguabella, master cuban pianist Chuchito Valdes and two of L.A.'s amazing Cuban Artists, Raul Pineda and Jorge Sawa Perez. On Saturday January 19th 2008 at The Pasadena Jazz Institute and on Sunday January 20th, 2008 at The Sea Bird Jazz Lounge in Long Beach.

12/7/07

Barbara Morrison put on a New Year's Eve 80th Birthday Celebration for Ernie Andrews, featuring jazz greats Ernie Andrews and Houston Person, Monday Dec. 31st,  8pm, Hollywood Park Casino 3rd Floor, Info: Barbara Cooper
bcooper412@hotmail.com

9/27/07

7/18/07

The Gerald Wilson Orchestra and Barbara Morrison will be at the Long Beach Jazz Festival this year. Click here for more information.

7/17/07

5/10/07

Emeritus Professor Nazir Jairazboy will be one of the featured artists in the Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 from 11am to 4pm in the UCLA Faculty Center

4/1/07

Allyn Miner teaches Indian music courses, made possible by the Sambhi Endowed Chair

12/06

11/06

11/06

11/06

ASCAP interview with Kenny Burrell on the occasion of his 75th birthday

9/06

8/06

JDI Feels the 'Joy': Label Celebrates 10th Year; Founder [James Roberson] Releases Debut Album

8/06

Drummer Clayton Cameron announces the release of his new double DVD package, Brushworks. This is the followup to his award-winning book of the same title. Disc 1 includes instruction that mirrors the book. Disc 2 features six new compositions performed by his trio, which includes Grammy-winning pianist Billy Childs and bassist Joe Sanders. Clayton also stretches out on some eye popping solos on the West African djembe and Peruvian cajón. Published by Carl Fischer. http://www.carlfischer.com/Fischer/nraug2006.html#DVD17

5/06

On Mon, May 15,^th JDI recording artist DeNetria "Aretha" Champ will be debuting her new single "When God Gets Through" on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Recorded live at Oprah's Legend Ball, "When God Gets Through" is the brand new single from DeNetria's debut album, "I Really Love You", which has earned her 3 Stellar Awards nominations including Female Vocalist of the Year and Best New Artist. James Roberson is Founder and CEO of JDI Records.

5/06

Tzvetanka Varimezova and "Super Devoiche" - The UCLA Balkan Women's Choir - performed on May 11, 2006 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. They opened a performance by Bulgarian-born popular singer, Krassimir.

4/06

Timothy D. Taylor will present a lecture entitled, "The Commodification of Music at the Dawn of the Era of 'Mechanical Music' " on Thursday, April 20, from 4:00 - 5:50 in Haines Hall, Room 352. This lecture is sponsored by the Culture, Power, and Social Change Working Group of the Anthropology Department.

3/20/06

The work of Amy-Catlin Jairazbhoy with the Sidis of Gujarat, India is discussed in this article, "Indian's African Past" by Fatima Chowhury (November, 2005)

3/14/06

Timothy Taylor, recent activities:
Discussant, "Locating Cultural Sites in the Transnational Circulation of Music Recordings," American Anthropological Society, Washington, D.C., November 30, 2005

Discussant, "Women on the Verge of a Gender Breakdown," Society for Ethnomusicology, Atlanta, November 19, 2005

"Old and New (Ethno)musicologies." Invited presentation, 11th International Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, January 27, 2005

"World Music Revisited." Invited presentation, 13th Internationaler Kongress der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, Weimar, Germany, September 20, 2004

1/31/06

1/31/06

"Llegaron Los Camperos, Concert Favorites Of Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos," by Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos (Smithsonian Folkways, 2005) was recently nominated for a Grammy award (Mexican regional category, 2006). Jesus Guzman, Musical Director of Mariachi Los Camperos, did most of the arrangements.

1/28/06

Amy Catlin and Nazir Jairazbhoy 'rejuvenate musical notes of Africa in India.'

1/19/06

Cheryl L. Keyes spoke on a panel called "Historicizing the Roots of Hip-Hop" on January 19 at the UCLA Hip-Hop Festival. The panel, moderated by graduate student Christina Zanfagna, also included Charlie Ahearn (director of Wild Style), Anthony Marshall (co-creator of Lyricist Lounge), Brian Cross, aka B+ (hop-hop photographer and filmmaker), and Professor Sohail Daulatzai of UC Irvine.

1/19/06

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje has been appointed Chair of the Program Committee for the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, in November 2006. In recent months, she also has presented scholarly papers at several conferences (see below).

"Performance Style and Identity: Form, Melody and Rhythm in West African Fiddling." Second International Symposium on the Music of Africa. Princeton University, December 10, 2005.

"Survival and Renewal: Gospel Music in the Los Angeles Black Community." Symposium on Community and Religion in Los Angeles, University of La Verne, October 8, 2005.

"William Grant Still in Los Angeles: Context and Creativity." A Symposium and Festival on Composition in Africa and the Diaspora. Churchill College, Cambridge University, August 4, 2005.

12/15/05

Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy helped to organize the conference "The Sidis in India and African Diasporas in Asia," held January 9-20, 2006 in Goa, India

10/18/05

A.J. Racy presented a lecture, "Musical Instruments of the Near East," sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America

Kenny Burrell Named a 2005 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts