Tucson: PCC Center for the Arts - PCC Jazz Improv Combos 11/22

 

 

From: Carder, Carol [mailto:ccarder@pima.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:21 PM
Subject: Press release: Pima Community College Center for the Arts - PCC Jazz Improv Combos 11/22

 

PimaCommunityCollege
Center for the Arts

contact:
Carol Carder, marketing/pr director
2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709
520-206-3062
ccarder@pima.edu <mailto:carol.carder@pima.edu>
 
Mike Kuhn, music faculty
520-881-8469
kuhnatnoon@theriver.com
 
October 29, 2010
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Pima Community College Jazz Improv Combos in Concert

what: Pima Community College Jazz Improv Combos Concert
where: PCC Center for the Arts Proscenium Theater, West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ
when: Monday, November 22, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
tickets: $6 with discounts available  
information: 520-206-6986, centerforthearts@pima.edu, www.pima.edu/cfa
 
Tucson, Arizona--Pima Community College performing arts department is pleased to present the PCC Jazz Improv Combos in concert, under the direction of Mike Kuhn. The concert features two jazz combo groups, each with a rhythm section, several horns and a vocalist. Each group plays its own set of repertoire, drawing from jazz and rhythm and blues standards and the Great American Songbook. The program includes pieces by Miles Davis, Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Horace Silver. Kuhn will perform his newest composition, “Love & Warr.”
 
The PCC Jazz Improv Combos are formed out of the weekly improvisation class. Besides this performance, several combos perform at a variety of additional venues. Each combo also has the opportunity to cut a demonstration CD recording of several music compositions at a professional recording studio.
 
In addition to instructing jazz ensemble and improvisation classes at PCC, Kuhn plays the jazz saxophone with the Arizona Jazz Orchestra and performs in a variety of venues around the greater Tucson area.
 
The Jazz Improv Combo concert is open to the public. Tickets are available at the Center for the Arts box office, located on West Campus at 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson, (just west of downtown and I-10 on St. Mary’s Road, which turns into Anklam Road). Box office hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. and one hour prior to performance. For more information call 520-206-6986, e-mail centerforthearts@pima.edu <mailto:centerforthearts@pima.edu> , or go online at www.pima.edu/cfa <http://www.pima.edu/cfa> .
 

 

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