Cape Fear Jazz Appreciation Society Jazz Scholarship Concert

Friday April 21, 2006
The UNCW Big Band and guest vocalist Laura McFayden will be featured in this year's Cape Fear Jazz Appreciation Society Jazz Scholarship Concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 21 in Kenan Auditorium.

Stay tuned for more program details.

UNCW JAZZ ENSEMBLES

The UNCW Jazz Ensembles consist of both big bands and combos. Over the years the jazz ensembles and its musicians have garnered numerous awards and accolades. Since 1995 some of these awards and honors have included a Down Beat award for “Outstanding College Performance” in the “Jazz Instrumentalist Soloist” category, and a gold award (first place) for the best university combo at JazzFest U.S.A. (sponsored by Down Beat magazine). The UNCW Jazz Ensembles have also been invited to perform at various prestigious jazz festivals, including the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and the Graz Jazz Festival in Austria. In addition to their concert schedule, the UNCW Jazz Ensembles have produced several recordings, including four compact disc recordings (On the Edge, Portraits of Swing, Travelin’ Light, and Summation), a compact disc play-along for Jazz Player magazine, as well as a videotape called Sing Like a Pro.

Finally, the UNCW Jazz Ensembles host an annual guest artist jazz festival each spring that provides an opportunity for the ensembles to perform with world-class jazz artists such as Ingrid Jensen, Ralph Bowen, Bob Berg, Marvin Stamm, Rufus Reid, David Baker, Ed Shaughnessy, Chris Vadala, Denis DiBlasio, and Slide Hampton, to name a few.

ABOUT THE CAPE FEAR JAZZ APPRECIATION SOCIETY

Founded in 1997, the Cape Fear Jazz Approciation Society is a non-profit group devoted to the promotion of Jazz in southeastern North Carolina. The group presents an annual concert which has featured such greats as Monty Alexander and Sheila Jordan. They also sponsor multiple outdoor free concerts featuring outstanding local Jazz musicians. The society offers two annual scholarships in Jazz studies at UNCW and holds monthly free programs featuring performances, lectures, and films to educate the public and develop a local audience for Jazz.

PHOTO CREDIT: UNCW/Jamie Moncrief