Her most recent release, Going There, was described by music critic Bob Protzman as “piano trio jazz of the highest order.” Laura Caviani’s personal website can be found at. in 2010, Laura was selected to be one of five finalists at the Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. As composer, she has created numerous works for jazz ensembles and orchestras. She also appears on the Seattle based Origin Label with vibes player Ben Thomas. She is regularly featured with Pete Whitman’s Xtet, vocalists Lucia Newell and Prudence Johnson, and guitarist Joan Griffith, with whom she released Sambanova in 2008. Recent projects include her tributes to Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams and Alec Wilder. Now based in Minneapolis, she has five acclaimed recordings to her credit, and a long list of supporting roles with local musicians. Ms Caviani is a veteran of two decades of performing, recording and composing, including appearances with Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, and Dave Liebman, and touring and recording with star vocalist Karrin Allyson. Thomas, and many middle schools in Minneapolis through the “Harman How to Listen Program,” an outreach program co-founded by Wynton Marsalis. John’s University, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the University of St. She also studied with renowned composer JoAnne Brackeen and at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Japan. in Improvisation from the University of Michigan. in Composition from Lawrence University and the M.M. LAURA CAVIANI (Jazz Piano) received the B.M. He is also co-author of the history of rock textbook What’s that Sound (W.W. Working directly with Universal Records, Andrew has served as consultant for several recent Motown reissues. His book, I Hear a Symphony: Listening to the Music of Motown, is forthcoming from The University of Michigan Press. He has written extensively about American rhythm and blues, and is an expert on the music of Motown. Andrew has written articles, encyclopedia entries, and reviews on the music of Marvin Gaye, the Beatles, African-American pop singers and balladeers, and Bang On a Can. He has also been invited to speak nationally and internationally at institutions such as the University of Surrey, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan. Andrew has read papers at the national meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Society for Music Theory, the Society for Ethnomusicology, and the Society for American Music. Andrew was a member of the Royster Society and was awarded the John Motley Morehead Fellowship to complete his dissertation, which was awarded the Glen Haydon Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Musicology from the UNC Music Department. Andrew teaches courses in American music, focusing on rock, rhythm and blues, and jazz. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. from the City College of New York and the M.A. ANDREW FLORY (American Music, Music History) received the B.A.
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