From top: Oscar Brashear, Joe Lovano, Patrice Rushen, and Lew Soloff. 2004 Musicians’ Performance Histories With Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert Oscar Brashear 2000, ’02, ’04 Lew Soloff 1975, 2004 Donald Harrison 2004 Joe Lovano 2001, ’04 Mark Whitfield 2001, ’04 Patrice Rushen 1987, ’89, ’95, ’97, 2004 George Mraz 2004 Idris Muhammad 1979, ’80, ’83, ’85, ’89, ’92, ’95, ’98, 2004

Pitt celebrates its 34th Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert Nov. 3-6. Jazz Week will include a lineup of internationally renowned jazz musicians, free on-campus seminars and lectures, appearances in Pittsburgh-area schools and other community venues, a free film screening, an exhibition, and the annual concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 6 in Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.

Jazz Week guest performers include Lew Soloff, trumpet; Oscar Brashear, trumpet; Donald Harrison, alto saxophone; Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Patrice Rushen, piano; George Mraz, bass; and Idris Muhammad, drums. These legendary musicians will perform with and under the direction of saxophonist Nathan Davis, head of Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program and founder of the annual event.

Concert Details

The Nov. 6 concert will feature arrangements by Davis, and the diverse playing styles and impromptu nature of the gathering will make this a one-of-a-kind performance. Tickets, $18 for general admission and $8 for students with a valid ID, are available at any TicketMaster location, by phone at 412-323-1919, by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, or at the William Pitt Union (WPU) box office.

Allegheny County Councilman William R. Robinson will serve as the evening’s master of ceremonies. At intermission, Rushen will receive the 2004 Jazz Seminar Committee Award, and two new members will be inducted into Pitt’s International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame. The concert and lectures will be recorded, and the audio- and videotapes will be added to the University of Pittsburgh Sonny Rollins Jazz Archives.

Jazz Photo Exhibition and Display

The piano that once belonged to jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams will be on display in the WPU Assembly Room, as will photographs of jazz artists taken by freelance photographer Ralph Echols. Some recorded concerts of past years, housed in the University of Pittsburgh Sonny Rollins Jazz Archives at Pitt’s Hillman Library, will be available for listening.

For additional information about the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, call the Pitt Jazz Studies Program at 412-624-4187.

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Film, Lectures/Demonstrations
(Free and open to the public)

Nov. 3
WPU Assembly Room, 7 p.m.
A Great Day in Harlem
Directed by veteran radio producer Jean Bach, this 1995 film documentary tells the story behind the famous group photo of 57 jazz musicians on 126th Street in Harlem. The 1958 photo, taken by Art Kane, appeared in Esquire and represents three generations of jazz history.

Nov. 4
Heinz Chapel, 7 p.m.
“Inside the Music Business: Jazz, Business, and Television”
A lecture by Paul Silverthorn, associate producer/director for New Jersey Public Television and former personal manager for Grover Washington Jr.

Nov. 5
WPU Assembly Room
9-10 a.m., “A Tribute to Lester ‘Prez’ Young,” a lecture/demonstration by Donald Harrison and Joe Lovano.
10:30-11:30 a.m., “A Special Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie,” a lecture/demonstration by Lew Soloff and Oscar Brashear.
1-2 p.m., “Rhythmic Explosion: Dedicated to Kenny Clark, Art Blakey, and Max Roach,” a lecture/demonstration by Idris Muhammad.

Nov. 6
WPU Assembly Room
10-11 a.m., “The Rhythm of Jazz: Dedicated to Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, and Django Reinhardt,” a lecture/demonstration by George Mraz and Marc Whitfield.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., “A Tribute to Art Tatum, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans,” a lecture/demonstration by Patrice Rushen.