The Jazz:From the mailbag
by admin on Jun.21, 2009, under Jazz
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Catching up on a couple of e-mails, and passing along the goodies.
Chops
A new jazz documentary about one high school jazz band’s experience at the Essential Ellington high school jazz competition.
The trailer:
Chops Trailer from B-Side Entertainment on Vimeo.
Follow updates on this film and find out where it is screening near you on Facebook.
Giving back
Berklee’s Gracenotes Volunteer Committee is sponsoring its third annual trip to New Orleans. Four staff members and four faculty members will travel to Louisiana with two Gracenotes administrators June 22 – 28 to help build the New Orleans Musicians’ Village, an ongoing Habitat for Humanity project to create new and affordable homes in the city’s Upper Ninth Ward for musicians and other residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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