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Paul Hemmings at Center Stage Theater
UKULELE WORKSHOP 6:30 PM
The Music of Miles Davis: Modes and the Making of Kind of Blue
The 1959 Miles Davis album Kind Of Blue is a masterpiece of modern Jazz. By focusing on pieces such as So What, Flamenco Sketches, Freddie Freeloader, and other tunes on this landmark album, youll learn how to incorporate some of the improvisational concepts and techniques used in its recording into your everyday playing.
CONCERT 7:45 PM
Paul Hemmings (ukulele), Gaku Takanashi (uBass)
Viewing music through a wide-angle lens, Paul Hemmings utilizes the unassuming ukulele to fuse together elements of modern jazz, free improvisation, and American roots music. His proclivity for crossing musical boundaries led All About Jazz to write, "Hemmings' mixture of cultures, influences, and genres, exploring the edges of harmony and rhythm, is remarkably fresh and a complete success." Paul has released six albums on Leading Tone Records, including critically acclaimed recordings with saxophonists John Tchicai and Eric Alexander. His latest album, The Blues And The Abstract Uke, features Gaku Takanashi, Rudy Royston, Greg Tardy, and Curtis Fowlkes. The album earned a four-star review from Down Beat magazine and a place in the CMJ Jazz Charts Top 100. Paul lives in New York City where he has been a faculty member at the Third Street Music School Settlement, the nation's oldest community music school, since 2001.
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LocationCenter Stage Theater (View)
1001 Center Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
United States
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