The 2011 Jazz Lecture Series Kicks Off with Marvin Stamm

Jazz trumpet virtuoso and UNT alum Marvin Stamm gets the 2011 season of the Jazz Lecture Series started this Tuesday, January 25 with a lecture at 9:30AM and 2:00PM in the COM Recital Hall. As an extension of the Lecture Series, our partnership with McDavid Studio in Fort Worth continues as well. Marvin will be performing with UNT Jazz Studies faculty Stefan Karlsson (piano), Ed Soph (drums), and Fred Hamilton (bass) beginning at 8:00PM at the Fort Worth venue.

The Denton Record Chronicle recently ran an article about the series and Mr. Stamm specifically. For a complete listing of this year's artists click here. And to take a look at the wonderful tradition of artists who have appeared over the years at the Jazz Lecture Series, click here.

From: http://jazz.unt.edu/blog/7

Marvin Stamm - Alone Together

"Alone Together" "We have played this lovely Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz tune many times, but not in this fashion. Rufus started vamping on this "feel," and the tune just took its own direction. Much of the music in our performances happens this way."

http://www.marvinstamm.com presents "Alone Together," featuring Marvin Stamm, trumpet; Bill Mays, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; and Ed Soph, drums.

These video clips are from the new Marvin Stamm Quartet DVD and CD set, "Alone Together." The concert from which this DVD and CD were filmed and recorded took place in California on November 5, 2006, following a week of performing concerts on the Jazz Cruise. One can talk and write about music, but in reality, it is all in the listening - and in this case, the seeing. As expressed by reviewer Dave Miele in JazzImprov magazine Jazz is a live music. "It's meant to be heard and seen in person."

Marvin Stamm: "I have much love and respect for these marvelous friends - Bill Mays, Rufus Reid, and Ed Soph - and for the music we create together. After my many years as a professional musician and these last seventeen years concentrating only upon performing as a Jazz artist, it is most rewarding to be at this place in this time in my life. It is a good place to be."
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