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SOURCE: PRNMEDIA California Jazz Conservatory
The California Jazz Conservatory (CJC), is the only music private school, solely devoted to Jazz, the only private music school in the country solely devoted to jazz and related music genres, it´s the brainchild of Susan Muscarella, a jazz pianist who started the Jazzschool in 1997, and in a quarter of a century has become a jazz hallmark.
In the seventies, Susan Muscarella, the mind behind the CJC, recorded an album in 1979 called “Sunflower” and she studied with Wilbert Baranco, who had worked with Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie among many other famous jazz musicians and in the late forties became a teacher, he died in 1983.
The CJC announced a celebration of its first 25 years, with celebratory concerts form September 10 to September 16, in the conservatory’s renowned Rendon Hall, further information to get tickets and schedules, click here.
Branded as «JAMBAR Presents CJC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration,» the series continues an ongoing partnership between the iconic Berkeley-based educational institution and JAMBAR Organic Artisan Energy Bars, founded by CJC’s Lead Philanthropic Partner Jennifer A. Maxwell, creator of Powerbar, and a jazz drummer in her own right.
The week-long silver anniversary celebrations kick off on Saturday (9/10), as «JAMBAR Presents Opening Night» with an all-star CJC faculty group: Drum Department Chair Gerald Cleaver on drums; Dean of Instruction and Bass Department Chair Jeff Denson on bass; CJC Associate Professor Edward Simon on piano; and CJC Associate Professor Dann Zinn on sax.
The celebratory concert series will feature groups led by CJC faculty, including Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, led by Erik Jekabson, appearing with vocalist Kalil Wilson (9/11); multi-Grammy-nominee and CJC Associate Professor Kate McGarry performing with Keith Ganz, also a Grammy-nominee, and a longtime member of the Jazzschool faculty (9/12); guitar legend Mimi Fox – CJC Associate Professor and founding member of the Jazzschool faculty – leading a B3 organ trio (9/13); CJC Brazilian Jazz Department Chair and Associate Professor Marcos Silva and his quartet presenting a set of Silva’s original Brazilian music (9/14); CJC Associate Professor John Santos leading his famed Jazz Latino in original compositions and arrangements (9/15); and, rounding out the series, longtime CJC and Jazzschool participant Akira Tana & Otonowa celebrate the release of their fourth recording.
In addition to presenting concerts and workshops throughout the year, the California Jazz Conservatory offers Bachelor of Music and Associate of Arts degrees in Jazz Studies, and will be launching a new degree program, Master of Music in Jazz Studies: A Master’s degree for the 21st Century Composer-Performer. Applications for all degree programs are available at cjc.edu/apply. The Jazzschool is the Conservatory’s community music education program, offering over 100 Classes and Workshops each quarter, both online and in-person, depending on the Class or Workshop.
For more information about tickets, workshops and the California Jazz Conservatory, visit the CJC website (cjc.edu). Information is also available by phone (510.845.5373) and at the Conservatory’s two Berkeley locations, 2087 and 2040 Addison Street, or by contacting Paul Fingernote at 831-373-3343 or 343269@email4pr.com.
