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Eclectic saxophone player welcomed at The Jazzhaus
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By Tom Winter
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The sound of middle-of-the-
music will be able to appreciate what I do." Piccolo said.
He said that although he wasn't usually known by the college crowd, people usually became
lower of jazz tradition.
Piccolo said that he always received a good response when he played at The Jazzhaus.
Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice,
an East coast band, will play at
The Jazzhaus, 926/1 2 Massachusetts St., tomorrow night. The
show will start at 10 p.m., and the door charge is $4.
"The people there always dig my music." Piccolo said.
the street this weekend.
Piccolo said that although his music was blues-based there were many other genres symbiotically intertwined through the chords, rhythms and notes that made the songs eclectic.
Piccolo, a saxophone player, will be playing tunes from his newest album "Red Lights."
fans once they
heard his
music.
Rick McNeely,
owner of The
Jazzhaus. has
Piccolo has been in the blues scene for more than 25 years as a saxophone and guitar player and a singer, spending the bulk of his musical career being the front man of the band Room Full of Blues.
"I think anyone who likes
McNeely said the music was influenced by Duke Ellington, Joe Turner and Little Richard.
"It's in the '40s and '50s rhythm and blues tradition," McNelyl said. "It's definitely not Pearl Jam and Soundgarden."
McNeely described Piccolo's music as jump blues integrated with swing jazz and modern rock and roll.
Piccolo said he was not a big alternative music fan, but a fol-
already brought Piccolo to Lawrence four times.
"People love him," McNeely said. "He's really good."
McNeely said that Piccolo's former band highlighted musicians who were considered some of the most famous rock and roll blues players.
Now, there are glints of stardom found in Heavy Juice. The keyboard player used to play with Matt 'Guitar' Murphy.
McNeely said. "It's great music for anybody who likes music." "Greg is one of those musicians who's fully qualified to play here and he plays whenever he wants."
Ensembles jazz it up at Lied
University of Kansas students can listen to the KU Jazz Ensemble II and III play at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center along with the Hard Bop combo.
Kansan staff report
Tickets are $5 for the general public and $4 for students, children and senior citizens.
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The students performing in the ensembles audition every semester to play in the groups. Talent and skill determine placement in the ensembles. The best performers play in Ensemble I.
Tina Claussen, doctoral student in music, will direct the second jazz ensemble. The group consists of fifteen horns and a rhythm section. She said the second ensemble usually consists of juniors and sophomores.
Clausen also said her experience this year had been different from last year.
"It's different in that the third ensemble doesn't have the same experience level and so the music is not quite as complex," she said.
Each of the two big-band groups is scheduled to play four songs for the concert; the Hard Bop combo will play three.
One of the arrangements which Claussen's group will play is "Isotope" by Joe Henderson.
Another arrangement that they will be playing is "Evanes
cence" by Maria Schneider.
"We play quite a few of her works here," Clausen said. "Evanescence', is something that's real...for lack of a better word... modern. It's not a swing tune and it's not bepop."
Claussen said that last year's audience was a diverse group: there were high school students, older patrons and some people who came after seeing the Lied Center sign.
Schneider is scheduled to come to the KU Jazz Fest this spring as a guest director.