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(02/15/95 11:00am)
In one of the finest jazz performances of the year, the Barbary Coast and New York-based Latin jazz band Libre gave a spirited, energetic and electrifying performance on Saturday night before an enthusiastic audience.
(02/10/95 11:00am)
The red hot Latin jazz band Manny Oquendo and Libre will join the Barbary Coast tomorrow night for a concert that promises to be one of the highlights of Winter Carnival weekend.
(02/07/95 11:00am)
After playing in his brother Wynton Marsalis' shadow for the past few years, Branford Marsalis has stepped into the limelight with a new album titled "Buckshot LeFonque."
(02/02/95 11:00am)
Lane Von Herzen '84 returns to Dartmouth tonight for a public reading, after recently completing two extremely successful works, "Copper Crown" and "The Unfastened Heart."
(02/02/95 11:00am)
The Hopkins Center has a treat in store for classical music fans tonight. Critically acclaimed cellist Anner Bylsma and fortepianist Malcom Bilson will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, Duport and Wolff on authentic period instruments.
(01/10/95 11:00am)
The Dartmouth Film Society, one of the most unique student organizations on campus, started off the winter term with a block of popular and controversial films. The focus this term, the "art of cinematography," highlights the technical genius behind the creation of films.
(01/09/95 11:00am)
In a heartwarming concert at Faulkner Recital Hall, saxophonist and pianist Fred Haas along with guitarist David Newsam staged an impressive treatment of some unusual standards and ballads.
(01/05/95 11:00am)
On Friday, Jan. 27, The Dave Matthews Band together with Big Head Todd and the Monsters will perform at Leede Arena. The Programming Board sold 1400 tickets at registration yesterday, and is expecting to sell out fast. The band, led by South African expatriate Dave Matthews, is a quintet that plays an inventive blend of rock and acoustic rock. Featuring an unusual blend of instruments, including violin and saxophone, the band has released one of the most promising debuts of 1994, "Under the Table and Dreaming." Together, the Dave Matthews Band and Big Head Todd should be one of the most interesting and well-attended concerts of the year. Tickets are $16 and are on sale at the Collis information desk, Strawberries and J.B. Jammin.'
(01/05/95 11:00am)
While most students returned home over interim, the Hopkins Center hosted "Revels North", a Christmas celebration of story and song, for the local community. For three days, Dec. 16-18, hundreds of families attended matinee and evening shows at Spaulding Auditorium, adding plenty of life to the otherwise serene Hanover.
(01/04/95 11:00am)
Though architecture is one of the most technically and artistically demanding disciplines, it merits little attention from students at Dartmouth. Consisting of just three courses, the architecture "program" is nestled into the Studio Arts Department course list along with printmaking, photography and sculpture.
(11/01/94 11:00am)
In a tribute to modern music, Sally Pinkas performed the world premiere of Kathryn Alexander's progressive composition "A Moment, A Kind of..." Thursday night in Spaulding Auditorium. Pinkas, the College's pianist-in-residence since 1985, also performed other classical works spanning two centuries of piano composition during her first solo recital this year.
(10/11/94 10:00am)
In perhaps the most initmate setting for a concert, Rollins Chapel, the duo of Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff dazzled a full house with two hours of classic jazz last night.
(05/16/94 9:00am)
Perhaps one of the most heartwarming and exciting events of a busy Green Key weekend was the annual Barbary Coast "Senior Feature" concert.
(04/25/94 9:00am)
It is not often that the Dartmouth community, and New England in general, have the opportunity to attend a live performance of a "down-home" blues band. On Friday, however, the Hopkins Center hosted "A Tribute to Muddy Waters," a concert that brought together some of the most prominent contemporary blues artists to honor the late Muddy Waters, one of the true innovators and developers of the musical form known as the "blues."
(02/11/94 11:00am)
Ray Anderson, called "the best trombone player on the planet," by Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble director Don Glasgo, will perform with his quartet this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium.
(02/10/94 11:00am)
Ray Anderson's acrobatic "trombonisms" have been described as "breathtaking, death-defying, highly dramatic and full of grand gestures," by Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble director Don Glasgo.
(02/01/94 11:00am)
"And that's kind of our motto...to swing at all cost," declared Wynton Marsalis to the eager crowd of over 600 before his septet began their first set. Through loud applause, Marsalis snapped out the tempo for the first song, "Louisiana," and with the opening notes from his trumpet, set the tone for the entire concert. During the next two hours, the septet played music with energy, enthusiasm, vigor, and of course, plenty of swing.
(01/31/94 11:00am)
When real ground is broken in jazz, it rarely happens in the study hall or the practice room. It is carved out slowly, during nightly jam sessions and club dates, those once-in-a-lifetime, live performances when everything finally comes together. And if the Wynton Marsalis quintet plays in Webster Hall tonight the way they have in the past, this concert will certainly be one to remember.
(01/27/94 11:00am)
Jackie McLean, one of the true greats of the alto saxophone will perform with his sextet on Thursday, January 27 at 8 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium. Accompanying him will be his son, Rene McLean (saxophones, flute), trumpeter Raymond Williams and trombonist Steve Davis. The rhythm section includes Alan Palmer (piano), Nat Reeves (bass), and Eric McPherson (drums).