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News from The Department of Music, Dance and Theater Arts at Lane Community College
January 8, 2009
THE OREGON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009
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Don Braden |
The Oregon Jazz Festival 2009
January 23rd & 24th, 2009
Main Performance Hall
Lane Community College
Main Campus, 4000 E. 30th St.
Eugene, Oregon
Don’t miss the brightest Jazz lights in the Pacific Northwest as Lane Jazz and UO Jazz jam it up again for the 2009 Oregon Jazz Festival at Lane Community College!
This year’s Oregon Jazz Festival’s Special Guest Artist is tenor saxophone player and High Note recording artist Don Braden. Braden has worked, recorded and performed with jazz greats Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis and renowned groups like the Mingus Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie All- Stars and the Carnegie Hall Jazz band. He has released 13 CDs with his own bands, including his latest “Working’- Live at Cecil’s” for High Note Records.
Don Braden’s music has been reviewed as “…Brilliant and Assured…” by The New York Times’ Peter Watrous.
Join us for these special concerts in the main Performance Hall at Lane. This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear national jazz greats here in Eugene. Only a limited number of tickets are available to the public so get yours today.
Friday, January 23rd at 7:30pm
The Lane Jazz Ensemble and the Oregon Jazz Ensemble with Guests Artists
Dan Gailey- tenor sax, Vern Sielert - trumpet, Dave Glenn - trombone, and Oregon Jazz Festival Special Guest Artist Don Braden - tenor sax!
Ticket prices:
$10 Adult
$7 Student (must have valid Student ID at the door!)
Saturday, January 24th at 7:30pm
Oregon Jazz Festival Special Guest Artist Don Braden brings that sax back for a hot concert with the Oregon Jazz Festival Trio: Randy Porter- piano, Dave Captein- bass and Gary Hobbs- drums.
Ticket Prices:
$18 Adult
$12 Student (must have valid Student ID at the door!)
Tickets go On Sale January 15th. Order your tickets in advance by going to 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/tickets and clicking on the “Buy Tickets” link under the Jazz Festival Information section. Tickets for this event go fast, so buy on- line to guarantee yourself a seat! General Admission only; no Reserved Seating!
For More Information:
John Watson (LCC) @ 541- 463- 5161 watsonj@lanecc.edu
Scott Barkhurst (UO) @ 541- 346- 1163 scottb@uoregon.edu
Lane is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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PIO: Joan Aschim, aschimj@lanecc.edu, (541) 463- 5591
CONTACT: John Watson, watsonj@lanecc.edu, (541) 463- 5161
