e-mail from Camille Thurman

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Hello,

March is here! The weather is getting warmer and there's lots of great music happening this month. I hope you are having a great month so far and would love to see you.

February Month In Review

Late Night Host at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
This past February I had the privilege of becoming the Late Night host at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. It was great performing with the many talented bands featured each week and hearing musicians young and old coming together to play. Special thanks to everyone who came out and helped spread the word, making it a successful residency.

I also visited my alma mater Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School  MS74 and conducted a saxophone clinic with 30 saxophone students. It was amazing to go back to where it all started but this time share and give back to the next generation of musicians.

Tappin Through Life
I also performed with the great tap legend Maurice Hines featuring the Diva Jazz Orchestra in the show  Tappin' Through Life. It was great getting to perform with Maurice one more time.

Looks who's on the cover for Binghamton University's Spring Concert Season...
Springing Forward into March...

4Tet Goes to Central America: NicaraguaThis month the quartet and I are flying out to Nicaragua to perform in the Nicaragua International Jazz Festival. We're thrilled to be touring the next 10 days throughout the country conducting workshops, clinics and concerts in the cities of Bluefields, Leon, San Marcos and Managua. This trip will be a joint collaboration with the US Embassy reaching out to women, young students and musicians of the communities.

New Brunswick Jazz Project  March 24th
Save the date, March 24th I'm excited to debut new music for an upcoming collaborative project with the great drummer Darrell Green. If you're in the New Jersey area, please come out and join us at the  New Brunswick Jazz Project's celebration of Women's History Month.
Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Trio. Photo: www.hottonemusic.com

Thursday March 24th, 2016
The Hyatt, 2 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ

Bi-Monthly Residency Smoke Jazz Club. Our bi-monthly residency continues at Smoke Jazz Club. Come out and hear some great music. Wednesday March 23, April 13 & 27.

Panelist in the Women's History Month Film Festival
On March 31st I will be joining Amina Figarova, Bertha Hope & Mimi Jones in a panel discussion celebrating women in film, art and music. We'll also be screening  the documentary "The Girls in the Band". Come join us!

WBGO Radio Station
March 31, 5:00-9:00pm
54 Park Place, Newark NJ

March 11-21: Nicaragua Tour  feat. Camille Thurman Quartet  (Bluefields, Leon, San Marcos & Managua, Nicaragua)

March 23: Smoke Jazz Club feat. Camille Thurman Quartet  (New York, NY) 11:30pm

March 24: The Hyatt Camille Thurman w/ the Darrell Green Trio (New Brunswick, NJ) 8:00 & 10:00pm

March 31: Women's History Month Film Festival -Panel Discussion (Newark, NJ) 5:00pm

April 2: Berks Jazz Fest   w/ Five Play (Reading, PA) 9:00pm

April 16: WBGO Children's Series Concert Camille Thurman w/ the Darrell Green Trio (Newark, NJ) 12:00pm

April 13: Smoke Jazz Club feat. Camille Thurman Quartet  (New York, NY) 11:30pm

April 19-23: Dizzy's Club Coca Cola  Camille Thurman w/ the Darrell Green Trio (Newark, NJ) 12:00pm

April 27: Smoke Jazz Club feat. Camille Thurman Quartet  (New York, NY) 11:30pm

Camille Thurman teaching

As a dedicated educator eager to share the rich legacy of jazz with the upcoming generation, Camille presents lectures, teaches ensembles and conducts masterclasses in various schools, colleges, camps and community centers. She believes that teaching the younger generation to appreciate good music and understanding it’s history is key in ensuring that the future of good music will live on. 

Camille’s masterclasses gives students an awareness of the society surrounding them as well as a sensitivity to various disciplines that exist; music, art, history, science and various elements of culture. Camille has worked with all ages ranging from pre-school to college level students.

Camille Thurman conducting a masterclass with Doo-Bah Jazz; an all female jazz band. (Lima, Peru)

Camille Thurman

'Origins' is more than just a solid debut for Camille Thurman; it's our introduction to a musican/person who is spirited, formidable and dedicated to the myriad possibilities that modern music presents." 

- RICHARD KAMINS, STEP TEMPEST

"'Origins' comes bursting in with the power of virtuosity tempered by tradition, understanding and great feeling."

 - DONALD ELFMAN, NY JAZZ RECORD

"A rich, multifaceted work of art that is never boring and is at times, outstanding."

 - CURT'S JAZZ CAFE

“Origins shows that Thurman should be talked about with the same level of praise as other young saxophonists.”

 - CHRIS ROBINSON, OUTSIDE-INSIDE-OUT

Tour > http://www.camillethurmanmusic.com/#!tour/c1kq4

Letter from Camille Thurman

Hello,

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. November was an exciting month. From traveling to Australia and hitting at the Sydney Women's Jazz Festival to performing at the Wilbur Ware Institute honoring Bob Cranshaw, I've had a great time!

December is here and I'm looking forward to performing in some great concerts coming up. I hope to see you.

This Saturday, December 12th my quartet will be performing at Minton's Jazz Club. I'm very excited about this performance because the band consists of some amazing musicians -Steve Williams on drums, James Weidman on piano and Essiet Okon Essiet on bass. Come through to hear some great music and celebrate the holiday with us.

Minton's
206 W. 118th Street, New York, NY 10026
Two sets -7:30pm & 9:30pm

December 18-20, I'll be performing with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra for their Ella Fitzgerald Swingin' Christmas.  I'm excited about singing and playing selections from the iconic Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas album "Ella Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas". This band will feature some incredible musicians. Please come and celebrate with us.


Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
10 Columbus Circle, New York , NY
7:30 and 9:30 sets


For reservations, click here (http://camillethurmanmusic.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40356cd296d3382a4a862a630&id=eeeaeecbc8&e=a4139efa35)

Camille

Camille Thurman ....

Camille Thurman "Origins" Live at the Kennedy Center (Mary Lou Williams Jazz Fest)

Published on Aug 23, 2015
Camille Thurman performing at the 2015 Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival

Camille Thurman (Tenor Saxophone) 
Anthony Wonsey (Piano) 
Rashaan Carter (Bass) 
Darrell Green (Drums)

Camille Thurman ....

Camille Thurman, multi-talented saxophonist, flutist, vocalist, composer and educator, is a young musician emerging on the horizon, acquiring an impressive list of accomplishments that extend well beyond her years. Her lush, velvety, rich & warm sound on the tenor saxophone has eluded others to compare her sound to the likeness of tenor greats Gene Ammons and Dexter Gordon to name a few. Camille’s ability to sing 4 octaves and perform vocalese has given her the capability to influence audiences with melodies reminiscent to the sounds of Minnie Riperton, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Her gift of taking the sounds evocative of yesteryear’s legends and creatively pair them with the nuances, edge and freshness of today’s music, has not only expanded the possibilities of jazz in the upcoming generation but also gained her the respect of audiences in Israel, Peru, Switzerland and around the world.

Camille was a runner up in the 2013 International Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. She was a two-time award winning recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers award. Her compositions were featured and performed by her quartet in the ASCAP/ Kennedy Center "Songwriters: The Next Generation" showcase. She has appeared on BET’s Black Girls Rock as the saxophonist in the All Star Band led by music director, Kim Burse.

CDs by Bassist Mimi Jones, Saxophonist Camille Thurman, and Drummer Shirazette Tinnin on Feb. 4

The Hot Tone Music label was founded in 2009 in order to provide support for jazz artists--very much including women--who may have been overlooked and who need additional opportunities to advance their careers and their music. In line with their mission, Hot Tone puts the spotlight on three outstanding female instrumentalists and bandleaders with the simultaneous release, on Feb. 4, of new CDs by Mimi Jones, Camille Thurman, and Shirazette Tinnin.

The simultaneous release on February 4 of new Hot Tone Music CDs by Mimi Jones ("Balance"), saxophonist Camille Thurman ("Origins"), and drummer Shirazette Tinnin ("Humility: Purity of My Soul") places the label at the forefront of bringing recognition to the increasing prominence of world-class female musicians in the jazz arena.

“Hot Tone Music was created to give chances to those who may have been overlooked and denied the necessary support and knowledge to develop,” says bassist Jones, who founded the label in 2009. “Women are a big part of that group, and so I always look out for them.

Women have come a long way but are still a minority in jazz, so we’ve formed a network of sorts where we can call on each other for support and recommendations.

“As it is a great desire of mine to free myself of remembering that we are ‘women in jazz’ instead of musicians,” she adds, “we are still in times where it remains seen as ‘special’ for women to be really doing it—and doing it well.”

Women have come a long way but are still a minority in jazz, so we've formed a network of sorts where we can call on each other for support and recommendations.

Jones, Thurman, and Tinnin had already established impressive track records as instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, and bandleaders. The three women make appearances on each other’s Hot Tone CDs and also call on the services of top players such as Ingrid Jensen, Luis Perdomo, Enoch Smith Jr., and Justin Faulkner (Jones); Corcoran Holt, Rudy Royston, and Brandee Younger (Thurman); and Rachel Eckroth, Willerm Delisfort, and Tia Fuller (Tinnin).

Genre-blending is a hallmark of Mimi Jones’s music—on both her 2009 debut "A New Day" and her brand-new "Balance." The disc features seven of her own compositions, one by band member Marvin Sewell, and striking arrangements of tunes by Adele (“Someone Like You”), Roy Ayers (“Everybody Loves the Sunshine”), and Bob Dorough (“Nothing Like You”) as well as the children’s favorite “The Incy Wincy Spider.” She plays acoustic bass on nine tracks and electric bass on three and sings on six (Jones added singing to her bass playing seven years ago).

Read more: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11442192.htm