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| Diane Moser's Composers Big Band Annual Peace Concert: Tribute to Daniel Pearl Diane Moser's Composers Big Band Annual Peace Concert: Tribute to Daniel Pearl World Music Days Sunday, October 14th 7pm-8:30pm One Set Only @ Trumpets Jazz Club 6 Depot Square Montclair, NJ 07042 Diane Moser's Composers Big Band presents their annual Peace Concert with a tribute to Daniel Pearl World Music Days. Beginning in 2011, Diane Moser's Composers Big Band has presented a peace concert in the month of October as part of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days. Daniel Pearl, from Princeton, NJ and later Los Angeles, CA, was the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan February 22, 2002. Following his murder, Danny's family and friends established the Daniel Pearl Foundation to carry on his legacy, using music and words to address the root causes of the hatred that took his life, with an entire month of worldwide "Harmony for Humanity" concerts. Diane Moser's Composers Big Band Celebrating 21 Years of Developing and Presenting New Music for Big Band! We dedicate this concert to all peoples, reminding us of the principles by which Danny, the universal power of music and our shared humanity. For more information on the Daniel Pearl Foundation please go to http://www.danielpearl.org The members of the CBB are: Saxes: Barbara Cifelli, Marty Fogel, Craig Yaremko, Tom Colao, Rob Middleton and Ed Xiques (emeritus). Trombones: Erick Storckman, Ben Williams, Matt Haviland and Dennis Argul. Trumpets: Mike Spengler, Jim Cifelli, Chris Rogers and Rob Henke. Rhythm Section: Diane Moser-piano, Larry Maltz-guitar, Andy Eulau-bass and Scott Neumann-drums. Their resident composers include: Dennis Argul, Barbara Cifelli, Jim Cifelli, Marty Fogel, Matt Haviland, Rob Henke, Rob Middleton, Diane Moser, Chris Rogers, Erick Storckman, Russ Vines, Ed Xiques, and Craig Yaremko. "You can always hear jazz big bands that play the classic repertoire, where the music has been. To hear where big band music is going, check out the Composers Big Band." – George Kanzler – Star Ledger Newark NJ "…big band lives…barroom or church, it's all the same to this band of musical trail-blazers. Most amazing are the crowds that are flocking to hear [this] new music- a pivotal point if jazzis to survive and grow" – Jim Beckerman – Bergen Record New Jersey "Big, swinging, and Mingus-esque!" – admin – Lucid Culture-Wordpress " …this stellar band is as good as it gets" – Zan Stewart – Star Ledger Newark NJ write your comments about the article :: © 2018 Jazz News :: home page |