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Pete Zimmer Quartet

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Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, 8:00 pm
New York City-based drummer and Waukesha native,
Pete Zimmer has been gaining worldwide recognition
as a bandleader, sideman, composer, and record-label entrepreneur.
His latest release, Chillin’ Live @ Jazz Factory, has earned him a comparison to famed American jazz drummer Art Blakey.

"Crackle-and-snap drummer Pete Zimmer spoke volumes with a few thumps of his snare."
—Financial Times
"Pete Zimmer has learned his New York lessons well, as his dry tone, meaty swing beat and subtle accents make him an old hand on Chillin' Live @ Jazz Factory"
—DownBeat
 
Master Class with Pete Zimmer
Saturday, May 7, 3:00-5:00 pm
Area jazz students will work with the pros to develop their skills. The general public is invited to watch and enjoy!
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Eric Alexander with We Six Trio

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Thursday May 5th, 2011 - 7:30 pm

Dubbed “Alexander the Great,” tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander boasts a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination. Starting his jazz education at Indiana University and continuing at William Paterson College in New Jersey, he advanced his studies under the tutelage of Harold Mabern, Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid and others. During the 1990s, after placing second behind Joshua Redman in the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, Alexander threw himself into the whirlwind life of a professional jazz musician.

Currently based in New York, Eric has recorded over 20 albums as leader and has played all over the United States, Europe and Japan with all the jazz greats: Ron Carter, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, Joe Farnsworth, Peter Washington, Cedar Walton and WCM alumnus David Hazeltine.

Tickets for the 2010-2011 season are $22 per concert for general admission and $20 for seniors and students. A Quartet ticket package is also available for $70 general admission and $65 seniors and students. You choose four concerts from the Prometheus Trio, Philomusica or We Six concert series. Call 414/276-5760 to order tickets.

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Jon Faddis with The Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra!

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Presented by the Bob Kames Foundation, in partnership with Jazz Studies at UWM
Saturday, 04/02/2011 – 7:30pm

Location: Helen Bader Concert Hall
Cost: $28 general/$25 seniors, students, UWM faculty, staff and alumni
Contact: 414-229-4308
Sponsor: Peck School of the Arts

Clinics with Jon Faddis free with advanced ticket purchase.
Friday April, 1st 2:30 - 3:30, UWM Music Building Room 180
Saturday April 2nd 3:00 - 4:00, Zelazo Center - Bader Auditorium

To view the Facebook Event, click HERE>>

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