tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21120798947960906992024-02-22T09:13:46.094-05:00Flipped Kitty in the CityLibra Zebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07199364259313841207noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-29565476342503886182016-10-26T11:33:00.001-04:002016-10-26T11:33:35.397-04:00Oct 26th, 2016 Diane Moser's Composers Big Band Annual Peace Concert and Tribute to Daniel Pearl World Music Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since 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. A classically trained violinist and an avid mandolin and guitar player
(whether it be classical, rock, bluegrass or jazz), Danny used his
passion for music to form friendships across cultural divides; he
connected musical groups the world over, through every community that he
lived in.<br />
<strong>We dedicate this concert to all peoples, reminding us of the
principles by which Danny lived, the universal power of music and our
shared humanity.</strong><br />
For more information on the Daniel Pearl Foundation please go to <a href="http://www.danielpearl.org/" target="_blank">http://www.danielpearl.org</a><br />
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We have amazing guest composers for this evening: <a href="http://cynthiahilts.com/listenshop/lyric-fury-listening-page/" target="_blank">Cynthia Hilts </a>, <a href="http://www.allymacmusic.com/" target="_blank">Allison McKenzie, </a><br />
<a href="http://www.charliedougherty.com/index.html" target="_blank">Charlie Dougherty</a>, and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/calebrumley" target="_blank">Caleb Rumley</a>..who has been composing special pieces for our last 2 peace concerts, and has composed another beautiful composition entitled "Pearl". We also have amazing music from our resident composers: Marty Fogel, Matt Haviland, Rob Henke, Rob Middleton, Erick Storckman, Ed Xiques and yours truly.<br />
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Sets are 8PM & 10PM<br />Tickets $20<br />Trumpets Jazz Club<br />6 Depot Square<br />
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Please give her a couple of days before you call to check in. Diane appreciates your interest and concern, so stay in touch through email, FB posts and the like.
I'll post updates here as I get them.
Diane had a lot of questions for her doctors about whether anything she was doing may have triggered the problem. They didn't seem to think that her activity level--driving, swimming, lifting, gigging, etc.--had anything to do with the clots.
I saw her on Saturday, and though she was in pain Diane seemed to be in pretty good spirits. I even heard that famous laugh a few times.
Keep her in your thoughts and send good wishes her way! Thanks! Libra Zebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07199364259313841207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-63001244275160315582015-07-17T07:29:00.000-04:002015-07-17T07:29:18.607-04:00Send healing thoughts Diane's wayPianist/composer Diane Moser had unexpected surgery July 3rd to clear arterial blockage in her left leg. She had several procedures to alleviate the blockage, followed by a week of physical therapy at a rehab center. She's mending now, but please continue to send healing thoughts her way.
Contact Diane through Facebook, PM, email, texts or snail mail, but please keep phone contact minimal for now. She needs to rest and recuperate.
Because of the surgery, Diane had to cancel her July 5 gig at the Cornelia Street Cafe. That was one of the toughest parts of this ordeal, especially since the date had earned mentions in the NY Times, Hot House and elsewhere. She was so disappointed that she didn't get to play, it was one of the first things she mentioned when coming out of anesthesia.
The July 29 Diane Moser's Composers Big Band gig at Trumpets has been canceled too, also disappointing as it was her birthday gig and she had a lot of great material lined up.
Let's hope both gigs will be rescheduled when she's securely back on her feet.
In the meantime, send good thoughts Diane's way, and keep an eye on this site for more info on her recuperation, upcoming gigs and events, and all things D-Mo.Libra Zebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07199364259313841207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-458942483476581952015-06-04T10:54:00.000-04:002015-06-04T10:54:19.095-04:00John Curry Memorial Concert June 13, 2015 6PM-10PM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">In December of 2008, my young friend Johnny Curry was murdered in his apartment in Troy, New York.</span></span></span></div>
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was a talented violist and just an all around wonderful soul. You can
tell by this photograph and his big smile, that he made everyone smile
whenever he was around. </span></span></span></div>
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the time of his death, he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, and had just finished his last final for the semester and was
gathering up his stuff to come home for Chirstmas. The investigation
into his death is still ongoing, but it's pretty clear that someone had
broken into his apartment, trying to rob him, and he was shot. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Johnny
was one of those people that if you needed a hand in something, he was
there to help. I remember him coming to one of my gigs in NYC, and he
volunteered to carry the drummer's massive "trap case" down several
flights of stairs and onto the street. That case was so heavy, and
Johnny just picked it up like it was a picnic basket. </span></span></span></div>
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remember the hundreds of conversations we had on music. He was
constantly checking out new music and new ideas. One night I took him to
a concert at the new music performance space <a href="http://roulette.org/" target="_blank">"Roulette"</a> in NYC, to hear the innovative <a href="http://www.michaelharrison.com/Pure_intonation.aspx" target="_blank">pianist Michael Harrison</a>.
Michael uses "just intonation", or pure tuning, the universal
foundation for harmony which is constructed from musical intervals of
perfect mathematical proportions as in the days of Pythagoras. He has a
special way of tuning the piano to achieve this. As Johnny and I sat and
listened, we immediately looked at each other after the first few notes
were played, with that "what is that sound" look. But after a few
minutes, it sounded completely normal, and magical. When we got back in
the car to drive home, we were listening to some music on the radio, and
again, our ears were in shock, we had to turn the radio off, we wanted
to stay in the "just intonation" mode for the ride home. We talked all
the way home about Pythagoras, Music of the Spheres, where does music
come from, it was a really wonderful night.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Since his death, his family, friends and the orchestra that he played in, <a href="http://nnjyo.blogspot.com/p/2011-2012-nnjyo-schedule.html" target="_blank">The Northern New Jersey Youth Symphony, </a>has
held a concert in his memory, and created the John F. Curry 3 Music
Fund to support orchestra participation and the purchase of instruments
for deserving young musicians. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Program:</span></span><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The evening begins at
6:00 with solo performances (my son and I will play on this segment of the program)</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> and small ensembles. Students of the <a href="http://www.njsymphony.org/education-community/njso-champs" target="_blank">CHAMPS NJSO</a> program, directed by Michelle Hatcher will perform:</span></span><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Pachelbel, Beethoven Lullaby, and Bile em' Cabbage. There is a break for dinner at 7PM, provided by Johnny's family and firends, and a time for sharing memories of Johnny. At</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> 8 p.m., the Northern<a href="http://nnjyo.blogspot.com/p/2011-2012-nnjyo-schedule.html" target="_blank"> New Jersey Youth Orchestra </a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> with alumni and friends, directed
by Todd Van Beveren, will perform the Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe, St. Paul's Suite by Holst and Elgar's Elegy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For the concert in 2011, the Curry family gave me recordings that Johnny had made of his compositional sketches, music he was composing for his mother. From those sketches I created a solo piano piece which you can see and hear, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRYedHNAPMk" target="_blank">here</a>. This year, my son, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/twolegtakedown?fref=ts" target="_blank">Chad Moser </a>will join me on bass, playing those sketches.</span></span> <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Refreshments
are served before, during and after the event, hosted by family and
friends. These are not ordinary refreshments, but tables and tables of
hor s d'oeuvres, entrees and desserts, with lots of beverages, and
everyone talking and laughing and remembering Johnny.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The concert is open to the public, so please come and enjoy the music, and the fellowship.<br />These young musicians are wonderful, and many of Johnny's teachers perform with them side by side.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">6:00PM-10PM<br />Union</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Congregation Church</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">a $10 donation is requested</span></span></span>Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-40382863326117325192013-07-23T17:35:00.001-04:002013-07-23T17:37:22.251-04:00Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpT-jBPDX9mIOOZuOIkyoVz2cyModPutmRcJ6GWY6o8DKnxjys0gGPpZQGUt2Wz8uU6Faulqilwodja5JT5F7PeXmuY8zpxFTIrDNldAwSvZeN4SRJlThlvetwehnIt7x8AWZVTF8zd-m/s1600/CF279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpT-jBPDX9mIOOZuOIkyoVz2cyModPutmRcJ6GWY6o8DKnxjys0gGPpZQGUt2Wz8uU6Faulqilwodja5JT5F7PeXmuY8zpxFTIrDNldAwSvZeN4SRJlThlvetwehnIt7x8AWZVTF8zd-m/s1600/CF279.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44954#.Ue71R4WEMTC" target="_blank">Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments</a><br />
<div class="personnel_box"><span class="personnel_tit">Personnel:</span><br />
<span class="personnel"> <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=434">Denman Maroney</a> (p), <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=120">Mark Dresser</a> (b), <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=366">Michael Dessen</a> (tb), <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=344">Michael Sarin</a> (d), <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=378">Rudresh Mahanthappa</a> (as), <a href="http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/artista.asp?intID=203">Tom Rainey</a> (d), </span></div><br />
Just letting everyone know that my dear friend Mark Dresser has a new cd out! Above you'll find a link to a wonderful review on "All About Jazz" by Robert Bush.<br />
I haven't heard the recording yet, but I did hear the group live and they were fantastic. <br />
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Here's the info from Clean Feed....<br />
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A singularly accomplished bass innovator in the fields of jazz, free improvisation and new music, Mark Dresser has devoted himself in recent years to pushing the capacities of solo bass performance even further. In “Nourishments,” his first quintet recording in almost two decades, he shifts his attention back to another longtime creative commitment, ensemble exploration with a team of master improvisers possessing unmistakable sounds. Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa, Michael Dessen, Denman Maroney, and, in turns, Tom Rainey or Michael Sarin--all leaders in their own right and players deeply versed in Dresser’s music--the quintet delves headlong into his richly suggestive compositions. More than anything, Dresser creates vehicles for beautifully modulated interaction via counterpoint, cyclical organization, timbre sculpting, and all the unexpected combinations of pitch and noise or meter and texture. He developed several pieces with trombonist Michael Dessen while they were in different cities through telematics, fiber optic-facilitated remote performances that have opened up new astounding new possibilities for international collaborations. By whatever means, “Nourishments” is the work of artists who connect musically, emotionally and intellectually with unusual power and grace. This is it! Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-9851848200271009502013-03-10T14:04:00.000-04:002013-03-10T14:04:02.931-04:004th Year Anniversary of Cancer SurgeryToday is my 4th year anniversary of my cancer surgery. On this day I went into Englewood Hospital at around 7AM, accompanied by my son. Rev Carolyn Keith, my dear friend Karin O'Connell and my son's friend (also mine) James White. What followed you can read on this blog, but for the important part I will quote my wonderful oncologist Dr Forte who said "you walked into the hospital in stage IV cancer, and you left in stage 0"!<br />
Once again, I want to thank everyone for your support then and the support that you continue to give me! You have all played a part in my recovery and my return to the music..I will be forever grateful to all of you.<br />
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I've already started the celebrations!<br />
Part 1 <br />
I just made my mother's famous recipe called "No Bake Cookies" which are now called the "It's You Cookies". We call them that because as I was making them during the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2002, a tune came into my head, complete with lyrics...which I now call "It's You". I recorded it in December of 2002 with the soulful singer Marguerita Page, drummer Duncan Moore, bassist Rob Thorsen, guitarist Peter Sprague and percussionist Will Parsons, and it is on my new cd "Diane Moser WDMO". The cd will soon be up on my website and CDBaby, but in the meantime you can go to....<a href="http://dianemoser.bandcamp.com/">http://dianemoser.bandcamp.com/</a><br />
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These are super easy to make and are sooooo delicious!<br />here's the recipe...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbiO_DCVzEjCuNopdQfLQV6s6twI5b-vEXPoXrCN_7Ba_I7TM_DIMOt9qgM95p1II1Pr24cwMNRBskwgLetvtvyqHCA4jd29QFW2leOc4o9maPlJpllEpCy1xrqkNykJOTVHYrFZZFfdB/s1600/ScottAndy2264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbiO_DCVzEjCuNopdQfLQV6s6twI5b-vEXPoXrCN_7Ba_I7TM_DIMOt9qgM95p1II1Pr24cwMNRBskwgLetvtvyqHCA4jd29QFW2leOc4o9maPlJpllEpCy1xrqkNykJOTVHYrFZZFfdB/s320/ScottAndy2264.jpg" width="214" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I get to perform with 2 of my favorite musicians tonight, bassist Andy Eulau and drummer Scott Neumann on a concert at Luna Stage Theater Co. in West Orange, NJ in a tribute to my former teacher, the amazing Jaki Byard. I've written about my experiences with Jaki on my new website...<a href="http://dianemosermusic.com/2013/02/09/diane-moser-trio-tribute-to-jaki-byard/" target="_blank">http://dianemosermusic.com/2013/02/09/diane-moser-trio-tribute-to-jaki-byard/</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.generalsurgerynews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=In%2Bthe%2BNews&d_id=69&i=March+2013&i_id=940&a_id=22688" target="_blank"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblTitle">"Study Strengthens Case for Surgery After Imatinib Therapy for GIST</span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblSubTitle">-Nearly Double the Progression-Free Survival When Surgery Is Performed"</span></a><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblSubTitle">Of course, I did it the other way around, we had to get that 13 lb. tumor out, but I've been on 400 mg of Gleevec daily for almost 4 years now and am NED! There are side effects, and all of us on Gleevec have become quite creative in dealling with them..which we happily do because it is keeping us cancer free.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblSubTitle">Enjoy the music...enjoy the cookies!<br />much love to you all,</span><br />
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Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-17294996246077514652013-01-21T12:53:00.000-05:002013-01-21T13:03:12.690-05:004 years ago today........while watching the historic Presidential Inauguration of our nation's first African-American president, Barack H. Obama...I received a phone call from the Jazz Foundation of America, telling me that they had found an oncologist who would work with me and the hospital where I would get my biopsy....that doctor was Dr Francis A. Forte and the hospital was Englewood Hospital, in Englewood, NJ....and I continue to see him every 3 months and continue to have cat scans done at Englewood Hospital.<br />
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This photo comes from an article about Dr. Forte and the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund (Dr. Forte was Dizzy's doc!), written by my dear friend and fabulous writer Carla Baranaukas, and you can read her article <a href="http://eotmblog.com/Celebrity%20News,%20Breaking%20News/dr-francis-forte/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Dr. Forte also funds Jazz performances in the lobby of Englewood Hospital, which I gotta tell you is something I look forward to every time I visit. On days I have cat scans appointments, and on coming down from radiology, I'll hear the music as soon as I step off the elevator. Many times I see Ron Naspo on bass, <span class="st">Bob DeBenedette on piano, and Fred Stoll on drums...playing softly, but swinging!! Sometimes I stay and have lunch with them, bonus!</span><br />
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So as I started watching the inauguration today, I had to come to this blog so that I could express my deepest gratitude to all of you for your help and support and prayers for rescuing me in my darkest time of need, and assisting me in my recovery. It sounds cliche, but not a day goes by that I don't give thanks to all of you, you are always on my mind and in my heart.<br />
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I also made a donation to the Jazz Foundation of America just now, and if you feel so moved to do so, I know they would greatly appreciate that. The JFA helps all musicians who are in need of medical help, financial help...recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina...food..or just someone to talk to. You can visit their website <a href="http://jazzfoundation.org/about-jazz-foundation-america" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Peace,<br />
Diane<br />
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<br />Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-5889207449048498972012-06-15T10:34:00.001-04:002012-06-15T10:34:55.665-04:00John Curry Memorial Concert this Sat, June 16th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">In December of 2008, my young friend Johnny Curry was murdered in his apartment in Troy, New York.<br />Johnny was a talented violist and just an all around wonderful soul. You can tell by this photograph and his big smile, that he made everyone smile whenever he was around. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">At the time of his death, he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and had just finished his last final for the semester and was gathering up his stuff to come home for Chirstmas. The investigation into his death is still ongoing, but it's pretty clear that someone had broken into his apartment, trying to rob him, and he was shot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Johnny was one of those people that if you needed a hand in something, he was there to help. I remember him coming to one of my gigs in NYC, and he volunteered to carry the drummer's massive "trap case" down several flights of stairs and onto the street. That case was so heavy, and Johnny just picked it up like it was a picnic basket. <br />I also remember the hundreds of conversations we had on music. He was constantly checking out new music and new ideas. One night I took him to a concert at the new music performance space <a href="http://roulette.org/" target="_blank">"Roulette"</a> in NYC, to hear the innovative <a href="http://www.michaelharrison.com/Pure_intonation.aspx" target="_blank">pianist Michael Harrison</a>. Michael uses "just intonation", or pure tuning, the universal foundation for harmony which is constructed from musical intervals of perfect mathematical proportions as in the days of Pythagoras. He has a special way of tuning the piano to achieve this. As Johnny and I sat and listened, we immediately looked at each other after the first few notes were played, with that "what is that sound" look. But after a few minutes, it sounded completely normal, and magical. When we got back in the car to drive home, we were listening to some music on the radio, and again, our ears were in shock, we had to turn the radio off, we wanted to stay in the "just intonation" mode for the ride home. We talked all the way home about Pythagoras, Music of the Spheres, where does music come from, it was a really wonderful night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Since his death, his family, friends and the orchestra that he played in, <a href="http://nnjyo.blogspot.com/p/2011-2012-nnjyo-schedule.html" target="_blank">The Northern New Jersey Youth Symphony, </a>has held a concert in his memory, and created the John F. Curry 3 Music Fund to support orchestra participation and the purchase of instruments for deserving young musicians. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Refreshments are served before, during and after the event, hosted by family and friends. These are not ordinary refreshments, but tables and tables of hor s d'oeuvres, entrees and desserts, with lots of beverages, and everyone talking and laughing and remembering Johnny.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">6:30PM-10PM<br />Union</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Congregation Church</span></span></div>
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</span></span></div>Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-15729425114408304232012-05-28T10:16:00.000-04:002012-05-28T11:51:00.624-04:00more Jaki Byard storiesThis story comes from Susan Brink when she was interviewing Jazz club owner Amos Kaune<br />
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"Amos Kaune, who recently passed, was the proprietor of a number of jazz
rooms - The Clifton Tap Room and Gulliver's, to name a few. Amos
respected the music and he insisted his patrons do the same. One night,
he made a sign with a marking pencil and posted it at the door <b>" You
have to be quiet or you will have to leave and your music charge will
not be refunded" </b>. A few weeks later, someone mentioned they'd seen his
sign, near the door at a club in Boston. Turns out that Jaki Bayard had
made a copy of the sign and put it up wherever he was playing."<br />
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Also....<br />
On the website of pianist Jeremy Kahn...a page dedicated to Jaki Byard.<br />
<a href="http://kahnman.com/byard.php">http://kahnman.com/byard.php</a><br />
and from his blog...a story about playing with the Apollo Stompers<br />
<a href="http://kahnman.com/blog/o-jaki/" target="_blank">http://kahnman.com/blog/o-jaki/ </a>Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-84778372725882168252012-05-21T15:51:00.000-04:002012-05-21T15:52:37.876-04:00Diane Moser's Composers Big Band plays the music of Jaki Byard June 13th!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Diane Moser's Composers Big Band <br />plays the music of Jaki Byard</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday June 13th</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">8PM-11PM</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">$15 cover</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trumpets Jazz Club</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">6 Depot Square</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Montclair, NJ 07043</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">973.744.2600</span><br />
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Wednesday June 13th, Diane Moser's Composers Big Band dives into the
big band music of Jaki Byard. Mr. Byard, who died in 1999 and who would
have been 90 on June 15th, was considered one of our most ingenious and
influential pianists in the history of Jazz. It is unusual that we
feature the music of a composer who has passed on. We featured Oliver
Nelson's music twice, back when we were in residence at Tierney's
Tavern, and we have a few Mingus charts in the book, but there are two
connections to Jaki Byard in the band that makes
this a special night. Our lead alto saxophonist Ed Xiques played with
Jaki and his big band in the 1950's in Boston and I studied with Jaki in
the late 80's while attending graduate school at the Manhattan School
of Music. Most of these arrangements have not been played or heard since
before his death, so this indeed will be a very special night.<br />
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Here are some memories from Ed Xiques...<br />
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"As I recall, it was the Fall of 1958 that I began playing with Jaki in Boston into possibly the fall of 1960. Jaki
was very important to me. His creativity was extraordinary and I am
still in awe of his musicianship to this day, when I hear his recordings
or play one of his compositions. I think he is a very important part of
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I was 19 years old and honored to be a part of his band and never missed a rehearsal even when ill.<span style="font-style: italic;"> He also played alto and tenor on the gigs and was amazing, again, with his sound and swing feel and creativity. </span><i>We played at a club in Roxbury, Mass.[ did a few radio shows from
there] and I remember a concert in Worcester, Mass, and the concert at
Boston University where the photo (above) was taken </i><i>by Jaki's wife, Louise. This is the only photo I have, thanks to John Sergenian.</i><i> By the way, Jaki used to carry a small copy of that photo in his wallet."</i> </div>
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I'll be posting more memories from myself, Mark Levine and John
Sergenian in a week or so, but I wanted to tell you the wonderful story
of how we came to be in possession of this music, if only for a little
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Since Jaki's death in 1999, I have been searching for his big band
music, but each lead would end up with nothing, until this past summer. I
was attending a performance of the Hudson Valley Jazz Workshop in
Hudson, NY when a chance encounter with saxophonist John Sergenian led
to a discussion about the music of Jaki Byard. John had also played in
Jaki's big band in the 1950's along side Ed Xiques. When I told him of
my years of searching, he told me he had several of the big band charts,
and would be happy to share them with us. I remember grabbing John, who
I had only just met, giving him a big hug and a kiss and told him I
couldn't believe that we were finally going to get to play this music! <br />
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Stay tuned for more memories...but in the meantime...here are some links for you...<br />
<a href="http://www.jakibyard.org/">http://www.jakibyard.org/</a><br />
and a recent concert of Jaki's big band music by the New England
Conservatory Jazz Orchestra...along with a recording of the performance<br />
<a href="http://www.instantencore.com/concert/details.aspx?PId=5091128">http://www.instantencore.com/concert/details.aspx?PId=5091128</a><br />
Also, if any of you have memories that you would like to share...send them to me and I will post them on my blog.<br />
More soon.......Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-18678942216384673882012-03-22T14:46:00.000-04:002012-03-22T14:46:24.450-04:00"Duetto" new cd is out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGkIt7LcJSrbSEPXa0_AsBX7MDl10V20ubOoVgWKjvRGaY44zvRzlH9Y29jjkpH9Hr-3qabA8mO0QP1VTgsLPm1rN19IwfnbP7tOLzufhvCbAG3AAIzm2aTbZZKVEdsAx02x0kLclT7Bh/s1600/Duetto+cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGkIt7LcJSrbSEPXa0_AsBX7MDl10V20ubOoVgWKjvRGaY44zvRzlH9Y29jjkpH9Hr-3qabA8mO0QP1VTgsLPm1rN19IwfnbP7tOLzufhvCbAG3AAIzm2aTbZZKVEdsAx02x0kLclT7Bh/s320/Duetto+cover.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The recording that I did with bassist Mark Dresser, recorded by CIMP records is out-the box of cd's arrived yesterday. Mark and I recorded this in August 2008 at the Central Presbyterian Church of Montclair, NJ. Then..as you all know...and the reason for the blog..I was diagnosed with stage IV..end of the line.. GIST cancer and my life took a big turn. So this release, is very special to both of us. Two of my birdsongs are on this recording, Hello (based on the chickadee's song) and If You'll Call Me, Then I'll Call You (based on the robin's song and Mark...you'll have to read the liner notes for that ;-) along with my composition For My Mother. Also on this recording, is a piece that Mark composed for me called Big Mama Heart, along with his compositions Para Waltz, Yeller Grace, Mattress On a Stick and Star Melodics. More details to follow soon......but in the meantime...thank you Mark Dresser for getting this together! Thank you Bob Rusch, and Marc Rusch for driving to Montclair to record this..to Susan Rusch for the delicious birthday cake that day and for calling Novartis inquiring about Gleevec..just in case my insurance would not cover it, and to Kara Rusch for the beautiful cover, to Gaylord French and the Central Presbyterian Church for allowing us to use that beautiful sanctuary and to Bob Dowling for tuning the piano and making it sing!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-5535296392013567962012-03-22T14:28:00.000-04:002012-03-22T14:28:08.078-04:00Millay Colony for the Arts Residency Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTxDl-AoCZMQzFfHlX49is0AsBRX6YMiZXX5XYDanhVgZrALAxy8jfWISNTnbV70REbvnumB7RvVtvQQLvGChKr_ymYhP044E1rdq6lbcAsaWytX9208Fh5EGSk9MiK4KQjA6tysWwrw7/s1600/Zi6_1418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTxDl-AoCZMQzFfHlX49is0AsBRX6YMiZXX5XYDanhVgZrALAxy8jfWISNTnbV70REbvnumB7RvVtvQQLvGChKr_ymYhP044E1rdq6lbcAsaWytX9208Fh5EGSk9MiK4KQjA6tysWwrw7/s320/Zi6_1418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Well finally,I have some time to finish what I started this past September...sharing my residency experience at the Millay Colony for the Arts from August 2011. I know, quite a bit of time has passed, and lots of exciting things have been going on, but I have a little breather right now, so here we go!<br />
The photo to the left is the main house of the Millay Colony for the Arts, where the shared kitchen, living room, library, offices, dark room, laundry room and 2 artists studios (one of which I was in) are located. If you're interested, here are the rest of the photos of the <a href="http://gallery.me.com/dianemoser#100708" target="_blank">Millay Colony Ground. </a><br />
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Vincent is what Edna St Vincent Millay preferred to be called, and her pile of gin bottles and other old cans were in an area off of the trail. It was like being on a scavenger hunt, walking over tiny streams of water, ducking under branches, at times sinking into mud...and then...there they were. They have been there since before the 1950's. The folks who maintain the estate have left them there for the rest of us to hunt down.<br />
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Austerlitz, NY, where the colony is located, not far from Chatham, is a beautiful area, nestled in the BeBe State Forest, about 15 minutes from Tanglewood, with lots of artists hidden down winding roads or sometimes right on the main highway.<br />
I thought the location was perfect for exploring, meeting interesting people, hearing music, seeing art, and having some wonderful food in town. I was there for 3 1/2 weeks, and spent most of the time working, but would take a day every week to explore the area. I kept a record of all the places I visited and there were 14 new places that I went to. That seems like a lot, but many of these places were only 15 minutes away...Hudson NY, and Athens, NY being the furthest I traveled to the south, (about 40 -60 minutes)and New Lebanon being the furthest I traveled to the north (about 25 minutes).<br />
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I went to the Hudson Music Festival to hear the young guitarist, and son of one of my colleagues at the New School, <a href="http://jessestatman.com/" target="_blank">Jesse Statman</a>, do a solo set, and then to the <a href="http://www.hudsonjazzworks.org/index.html" target="_blank">Hudson Jazz Workshop</a>, to hear another New School colleague and great jazz pianist,<a href="http://www.armenjazz.com/" target="_blank"> Armen Donelian</a>, along with saxophonist and co-leader <a href="http://www.armenjazz.com/" target="_blank">Marc Mommaas</a>, the wonderful guitarist and New School colleague <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vicjuris" target="_blank">Vic Juris</a>, and the workshop participants. It's also where I met John Sergenian, who told me about the big band charts of Jaki Byard...which our big band will now be performing June 13th at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair. I called Susan Brink about the workshop event, and she came down to film it which you can see <a href="http://vimeo.com/28404024" target="_blank">here</a>. The photo above is of BeBe State Forest...the colony is on the other side of the mountain that I am standing on (behind me).<br />
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Tanglewood! Heard the incredible pianist <a href="http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=ursula-oppens" target="_blank">Ursula Oppens</a> one morning and then went back to the New Music Festival and ran into one of my fellow MacDowell Colony composers, <a href="http://andrewnormanmusic.com/music.html" target="_blank">Andrew Norman</a>, whose piece<span style="font-size: small;"><i> "drip blip sparkle spin glint glide glow float flop chop pop shatter splash" </i></span><br />
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Going into Chatham was always a nice little break in the day, especially on the weekends. It's not very big, but there are some interesting used book stores, places to eat, a movie theater, a very cool store called "American Pie" which had everything from fanciful kitchen doodads, to cards, journals, clothing, jewelry, toys, and CANDY!...the kind we used to buy back in the day when it was a penny or a nickle a piece (you know that's not the price now ;-).<br />
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His sculptures are either marble, or steel and cement, like this on in the photo on the right. That one is so big, that there's a huge ladder behind the head so that he can go up and make repairs. His marble work is beautiful, and walking around the grounds I was surrounded by mythic images and felt transported to another time.<br />
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This jem was found by my dear friend Dennis Connors, who came up to do some filming one day...<a href="http://cargocollective.com/circlemuseum" target="_blank">the Circle Museum.</a>..about 15 minutes down the road from the colony. I hadn't traveled south on Rt 22, so I didn't know it existed until Dennis (who was traveling north on Rt 22) asked me about it. I went over a couple of times to check out the sculptures and talk with the artist Bijan.<br />
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Once again, i would like to thank the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation for naming me a <a href="http://www.midatlanticarts.org/news/pr_110511_CFMillay.html" target="_blank">Creative Fellow at the Millay Arts Colony</a>, and making this residency possible, and all of the great staff at the Millay Arts Colony, Calliope and especially chef Donna!<br />
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Also, a big thank you once again to photographer Chris Drukker for all of these photos, they are just wonderful! You can view the rest of them <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/106922157937963842271/DianeMoserSComposersBigBand15thAnniversaryShow" target="_blank">here<span id="goog_1373338754"></span><span id="goog_1373338755"></span></a>.<br />
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I'd also like to thank The Montclair Times, Joan Finn and George Wirt for including me and the band in their <a href="http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/141862093_Montclair_women_make_their_mark_in_the_jazz_world.html" target="_blank">"Women In Jazz" article,</a> which also included interviews with pianist Gerri Allen, and vocalist Melissa Walker.<br />
And.. a thank you to Tim Wilkins of the Star Ledger for getting the <a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/03/diane_moser_tsuruga_and_cassit.html" target="_blank">word</a> out, as well!<br />
All of us in the band are so appreciative of your support!<br />
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We also want to thank Enrico Granafei and Kristine Massari, owners of Trumpets Jazz Club for giving us a home and making it so easy for us to come play the music!<br />
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A big thank you to Judy De'Angelis...otherwise known as "Judy..at the bar!"...for holding it all together! And all of the staff there as well.<br />
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Another big thank you goes to my son Chad Moser, who came in and subbed for Natascha at the last minute!<br />
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Thank you to Allwood Community Church for giving us rehearsal space.<br />
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And a huge thank you to Dennis Connors for creating the new video on us...which you can see <a href="http://vimeo.com/38220871" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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As you can see, performing a concert of music involves not only the band...it also involves all of these folks who help to make it happen, and of course a very wonderful audience......yes...there was a lot of love in the house that night!<br />
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Tonight I was sorting music and "cleaning out the books" as we call it...discovering hidden treasures of old set lists and such..sometimes I find photographs and notes about this and that...and while I'm doing that I can hear the band rehearsing the music (in my head) and what was said and sections that were worked out..and how the performances went...and the hang after the rehearsal and after the gig....<br />
It is amazing to me that we have been together for 15 years and I feel so honored to be working with these outstanding musicians and wonderful souls who come together to create what Jim Cifelli calls a Sonic Party.... because it is absolutely that...a Sonic Party! And you are all in invited!<br />
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Our brilliant friend and photographer/film maker Dennis Connors has been working on a documentary about the big band, and has put together a short preview of that ...which you can view <a href="http://vimeo.com/38220871">here</a>.Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-11858942468347332712012-03-11T17:10:00.000-04:002012-03-11T17:10:21.720-04:003rd Anniversary and continued good health! Thanks to all!Yesterday was the 3 year anniversary of my surgery for the removal of GIST tumors...one 13 pounder and several satellite tumors. I celebrated by going out to dinner with my son and his girlfriend to <a href="http://www.thegrandsichuan.com/chelsea">The Grand Sichuan </a>on 9th Ave and 24th street in NYC. With the exception of weight gain and some muscle issues I am in very good health. I go for my next round of cat scans on Friday and I am confident that everything will be just fine.<br />
I wrote a few months ago that I had the opportunity to speak at Novartis for their Oncology Kick Off meeting and that I met one of their oncologists, Dr Christopher Keir who I later spoke with a week later.<br />
Dr. Keir is the one who wrote the new labeling information for Gleevec and updated the time to be on Gleevec to <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757880">three years</a> and more if needed. This was recently in the news.<br />
I asked Dr. Keir how long I would need to be on Gleevec, and he said that due to the rather large size of my tumor I would need to take Gleevec for a very long time. Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I understand the reasoning. In the meantime, I am finding new solutions to deal with the side effects, and counting every day as a true blessing!<br />
Thank you all, once again, for helping me and Chad through that incredibly difficult and scary time.<br />
We will never be able to thank you enough! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTZCDvotOaFt7hnu-rUjPuQIA03_fUNV9Bu18LWUN_L7gSkiG1m-cClTviSX0JY0kYKBm0Sc_JVRqh_SnJw2u93kqxBpYsxD8wn8azVDtph8OvobUh9Wzf_htMi9CUKSx9ovc0aLVjzpK/s1600/_EWR3762.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTZCDvotOaFt7hnu-rUjPuQIA03_fUNV9Bu18LWUN_L7gSkiG1m-cClTviSX0JY0kYKBm0Sc_JVRqh_SnJw2u93kqxBpYsxD8wn8azVDtph8OvobUh9Wzf_htMi9CUKSx9ovc0aLVjzpK/s320/_EWR3762.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Photos are courtesy of Novartis. To the right of me is the amazing Tricia McAleer, who is the Program Director at <a href="http://liferaftgroup.org/index.html">Life Raft Group</a> an organization that not only assists all of us who have GIST, but is also very much involved in the research and development for a cure. To the left is Tracy Furey, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communication at <a href="http://www.us.novartis.com/index.shtml">Novartis</a>.Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-50610312893008391892012-02-02T12:52:00.002-05:002012-02-02T15:02:03.989-05:00February NewsletterDear Friends,<br />
Some of you are on my regular email list, but just in case you are not, I thought I would post this newsletter here. Lots of goings on are happening so let's get started!<br />
I have several new recordings that will be released soon...Duetto with Mark Dresser, WDMO with Duncan Moore, Rob Thorsen, Marguerita Page, Will Parsons, Peter Sprague, Mary Redhouse and my son Chad Moser, Inside/Out Trio with Tim Ferguson and Rob Henke. All of these are in various stages of production so as soon as I have dates on that I will pass it along. And just as a side note, <a href="http://www.imaydis.com/">Chad</a> has a new recording out....his first..it's called IMAYDIS, you can check it out on <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chadmoser">CD Baby!</a><br />
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This past August I was awarded a <a href="http://d-mo-zone.blogspot.com/2011/09/millay-colony-for-arts-residency-part-1.html">residency</a> at the <a href="http://www.millaycolony.org/about">Millay Colony for the Arts</a> made possible by a grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and I was named the <a href="http://www.midatlanticarts.org/news/pr_110511_CFMillay.html">Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation-Creative Fellow, Millay Colony for the Arts, 2011. </a><br />
The fruits of that labor will be a recording of my birdsong project in the next month or so, and a premiere of my work for big band "Music of the Spheres" Fall 2012.<br />
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This past November I was awarded the CAP Recording Grant from <a href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/cap-recording-awards-announced/">New Music USA</a><a href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/cap-recording-awards-announced/"> </a> to record my composition "Music for the Last Flower" with my quintet in partnership with <a href="http://planetarts.org/">Planet Arts</a>. This composition is inspired by the James Thurber book "The Last Flower" and created with a grant from Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation program (now called <a href="http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/recipients.html#new_works">New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development Program</a>). I received the grant in 2003 and the work was premiered in 2004 and has had several performances since that time...but we never got the chance to record in a studio setting...and now we do! This will be happening late spring/early summer....more soon...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Save these dates for Diane Moser's Composers Big Band</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">March 14th</span> <a href="http://www.trumpetsjazz.com/main.html">Trumpets Jazz Club</a> Montclair, NJ 8PM $15<br />
Performing new works of our resident composers and some of our favorites from the book!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 13th </span><a href="http://www.trumpetsjazz.com/main.html">Trumpets Jazz Club</a> Montclair, NJ 8PM $15 <br />
Presenting the big band music of <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/byard.html">Jaki Byard!</a><br />
I cannot tell you how excited I am about this project! I have been searching for this music for years and finally found it through the wonderful John Sergenian.<br />
More soon.......<br />
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Events coming up soon....<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/13806744">Breaking Boundaries:The Art of Alex Masket</a> <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wed Feb 8th 7:15 PM</span> <a href="http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/films/special-events#46542">Jacob Burns Film Center</a>, Pleasantville, NJ, showing, panel discussion and reception $6 (members) $11 (non-members)<br />
This is the documentary that I composed the music for and recorded along with my quintet. It continues to tour around to different film festivals, centers and special showings with Alex's incredible art.<br />
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<a href="http://www.allwoodcommunitychurch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=68">Music for the Soul Concert Series</a> presents: Roger Verdi, trombone and Martha Locker, piano<br />
Saturday Feb 11th 8PM suggested donation $15<br />
This is a series that I produce at the Allwood Community Church in Clifton, NJ. Both Roger and Martha are incredible musicians and will be performing a diverse program of music that dates back to the 17th century up through the present. Go to the link above and you can hear samples of their music as well as more information on this concert.<br />
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Projects for you to consider.....<br />
<a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Oliver-Lake-Big-Band">Oliver Lake Big Band Recording </a>A new project by my dear friend and incredible musician/composer <a href="http://www.oliverlake.net/">Oliver Lake,</a> to create a new recording with his big band. I have supported this and am asking you to take a minute and check out his project on <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Oliver-Lake-Big-Band">INDIE GOGO</a> Also, please consider subscribing to his newsletter by emailing him at olla@aol.com. <br />
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<a href="http://www.usaprojects.org/project/biyuu">Liz Phillips Biyuu</a> Another new project by another dear friend, and exceptional artist , <a href="http://www.lizphillips.net/biography.php">Liz Phillips</a> who creates interactive muti-media installations. This project will have a premiere at <a href="http://roulette.org/">Roulette (Brooklyn, NY</a>) this spring, and is on the support website <a href="http://www.usaprojects.org/project/biyuu">USA Projects</a>. I have supported this project as well and again asking you to take a minute to check it out!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-55860749613764338852012-01-27T14:20:00.000-05:002012-01-27T14:20:37.910-05:00Novartis Oncology Kick-Off MeetingJust returned home from speaking, along side with <a href="http://liferaftgroup.org/about_board.html">Tricia McAleer</a> from the <a href="http://liferaftgroup.org/index.html">Life Raft Group</a>, at the Novartis Oncology Kick-Off Meeting. This is a meeting at the Novartis campus where they talk about all of the research they are doing, and they like to hear from patients and other groups who are affected by or involved with said research...as in GIST and Gleevec. It was held in a fairly large auditorium, <br />
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Before Tricia and I sat in those chairs, we watched a short video of their meeting from last year in Dallas, featuring the Pulitzer Prize winning author <a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Siddhartha-Mukherjee/49784674">Siddhartha Mukherjee</a>, who won the prize for his book.."The Emperor of All Maladies..A Biography of Cancer"...which I found to be very inspiring!<br />
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Their moderator, Tracy, asked me about my symptoms, the various stages of the diagnosis, everything leading up to where I am now which is coming up to year 3...cancer free!<br />
When I told the audience that the tumor was 13 lbs there was a huge collective gasp in the auditorium. Now, if you've ever heard several hundred people gasping at once, it can be quite a jolt, so I kinda laughed after I said that and said.."yes, that's like having twins or one really huge baby"...which of course they all laughed and the tension in the room was gone...and we continued.<br />
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I talked about the need for Novartis to educate us more about the science behind Gleevec, and what exactly is it doing in our bodies, what causes the side effects, are there nutritional deficiencies, and more information on the studies and stats of adjuvant therapy.<br />
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After we spoke and left the auditorium, a doctor from Novartis came up to me, handed me his card and told me to get in touch with him and he would help me with a lot of the questions I had posed, so I hope to be talking with him in the very near future.<br />
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I also thanked all of them for their work on GIST cancer and on Gleevec...I don't think we Gisters could ever thank them enough. <br />
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They asked me for photos so I sent them photos of me at Lake George (very short hair), the recording session with the Inside/Out Trio (hair is curly and longer) the big band gig at Trumpets in 2011 (hair is still curly and much longer)...thought it would be good for them to see the healthy transformation.<br />
They were ecstatic to hear that I was back to performing, composing and teaching.<br />
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Tricia talked about the role of the Life Raft Group, their research, and their outreach. She also talked about the need for more information from Novartis and perhaps personal contact with patients to guide them through the process. <br />
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It was a really great morning, and a big shout out and thank you to Leslie Fields, their Associate Director of Patient Advocacy, for making it so easy and laid back for Tricia and I to participate (not to mention the yummy breakfast!)Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-62383128672951141982011-10-13T20:24:00.002-04:002011-10-13T20:29:02.068-04:00Photos from last nights show..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We had a wonderful performance last night-the band sounded great-tributes to Frank Foster, Daniel Pearl and Elzy Kolb.....guest composer Russ Vines.... a great audience...a lot of love in the house!<br />
These photos are from the wonderful photographer Chris Drukker...with lighting by another wonderful photographer/film maker Dennis Connors who was there filming with his crew.<br />
<a href="http://gallery.me.com/dianemoser#100693">http://gallery.me.com/dianemoser#100693</a><br />
Our sincere thanks to everyone who came out-we loved playing for you!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-5815364744897094872011-10-10T01:11:00.000-04:002011-10-10T01:11:45.669-04:00All About Jazz Concert Review of Perry Robinson,Max Johnson and yours truly.....Back in August-post Hurricane Irene-the wonderful bassist Max Johnson invited me to play with him and the ever astounding clarinetist Perry Robinson. It was a magical night of music-lots of quiet intensity and lyrical playing by all of us. This is a review of that concert from the All About Jazz (online version) newspaper that was posted just a few days ago.<br />
Enjoy! <br />
<div class="meta"> By <div id="author"> <span><a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contrib.php?id=23607">MARTIN LONGLEY</a>, </span> </div>Published: October 7, 2011</div>Perry Robinson/Diane Moser/Max Johnson<br />
The University Of The Streets<br />
August 30, 2011<br />
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Native New Yorker <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=10767">Perry Robinson</a> is not one of the better known free improvisers, but his stature is no less significant as a result. Within a certain scene the clarinetist has accrued importance, his activities stretching back to the early 1960s. This low-key set involved a trio with pianist <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=31867">Diane Moser</a> and bassman <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=18898">Max Johnson</a>, making up a mixed generational spread. They all have connections, but hadn't played together for quite some time. There was no sheet music in sight, but their improvisations existed within the realms of chamber composition, mostly being of a sensitively harmonious nature. <br />
These three possessed a strong sense of instant composition, masterfully evolving ideas in a gradually linear flow. It appeared that the small gathering who witnessed this session were gripped by the music's concentrated aura. Though the medium-length improvisations were mostly serene, this didn't impede a recurring mood of thoughtful, introverted tension. All three players were expert at alternating sudden emphatic clumps of notes with contrasting streams of calm flotation. This was particularly apparent as Johnson's bruising bass lines, fingered with hardness in a gloriously unamplified state, were regularly alternated with groaning, bowed stretches, establishing a sequence of percussive bullishness, entering into hovering sustain. Moser, too, initiated sections where she was hammering with gusto, building up rippling blocks. Robinson maintained a superbly articulate clarinet poise, dancing loquaciously, only becoming more fragmented and strident during the closing piece. All three players were completely immersed in the music—much like their audience. This set's quieter, introverted methods were all the more poignant when set beside its fleeting outbreaks of aggression.Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-73857644253465681762011-10-08T22:37:00.000-04:002011-10-08T22:37:04.763-04:00Massaged Kale SaladJust returned home from a 50th bday party that was fabulous-great food and great friends!<br />
I brought Massaged Kale Salad...which everyone always loves so I figured I would share the recipe...it's a variation of a recipe that I found on a wonderful blog called <a href="http://iheartkale.blogspot.com/2009/01/massaged-kale-salad-with-grated-root.html">http://iheartkale.blogspot.com/2009/01/massaged-kale-salad-with-grated-root.html</a> <br />
I do the "massaging of the kale"-with olive oil and sea salt...then as I add in the ingredients I massage it some more....<br />
1 grated (small) beet grated<br />
(2 or 3 baby)carrots<br />
minced red onion (about 1/4 cup),<br />
kalmata olives (about 1/3 cup)<br />
1 diced (small) tomato<br />
1 diced (small) avocado<br />
.....then I add lemon juice...more massaging and a little bit of balsamic vinegar-the vinegar was only for tonight-I was just in the mood for it!<br />
As I said to someone who asked for the recipe...to me it's about the kale...everything else just adds a little bit of seasoning.<br />
From start to finish it takes less than 30 mins (depends on how fast you can chop and dice).<br />
Go to the blog...really fantastic recipes on there!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-72288559487392059102011-09-27T13:39:00.000-04:002011-09-27T13:39:21.492-04:00Breaking Boundaries;The Art of Alex Masket online and free to everyone!Dennis Connors has uploaded his movie <a href="http://vimeo.com/13806744">Breaking Boundaries:The Art of Alex Masket </a>to Vimeo for the world to see! As many of you know, Dennis asked me to compose music for this 18 min documentary-which I did-and recorded with bassist <a href="http://andyeulau.com/">Andy Eulau</a>, drummer <a href="http://www.scottneumannmusic.com/">Scott Neumann</a>, Trombonist <a href="http://www.myspace.com/benwilliamstrombone">Ben Williams</a> and trumpet player <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rob-henke-p292188">Rob Henke</a>-a stellar quintet indeed! I had a wonderful time composing and recording the music-and these guys are just incredible to play and record with.<br />
It was a team effort-or as Dennis likes to call us " Team Alex"-and it was very exciting to see the film win so many awards and to see Dennis win the <a href="http://www.cine.org/winners/golden-eagle-award-recipients/fall-2010/independent-winners/">2010 Golden Cine Eagle Award</a> as well as the <a href="http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/06-06-2010_berkshire-international-film-festival.htm">Berkshire Bank Next Great Best Film Maker Award </a>(as part of the Berkshire International Film Festival).<br />
And it was especially exciting to introduce the art of Alex Masket to the world!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Kb4MgdE9alH4294N-5oDQvMO5_Ak37jhN6R2h7mxl7UCZQ4wFnddN3zNL30j1J6q3eGwLwN7wY_oTmVIB9aTaYcSRvfXmqO5ciL7uFEMYM1cfqvv4cbcJFWYth8s8Jgk-LIXWUWcIi4E/s1600/Alex+and+Dennis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Kb4MgdE9alH4294N-5oDQvMO5_Ak37jhN6R2h7mxl7UCZQ4wFnddN3zNL30j1J6q3eGwLwN7wY_oTmVIB9aTaYcSRvfXmqO5ciL7uFEMYM1cfqvv4cbcJFWYth8s8Jgk-LIXWUWcIi4E/s1600/Alex+and+Dennis.jpg" /></a></div>Now...onto the next project!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-85775812936652178792011-09-26T15:12:00.000-04:002011-09-26T15:12:45.202-04:00Diane Mosers Composers Big Band<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-IJcgs00bGSA6XzzT21eAMSbwIKpSfLf7QIPlsrXYJZirRP3oR317KoXGdcSVz_0EDLTpVUSr2zsQyxLDXw2HM9u5Pr9C4aQs5-MieKHT6qbmAkGzUU_e0etZlSLaD-OBpKZ9ivvduP_/s1600/Daniel+Pearl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-IJcgs00bGSA6XzzT21eAMSbwIKpSfLf7QIPlsrXYJZirRP3oR317KoXGdcSVz_0EDLTpVUSr2zsQyxLDXw2HM9u5Pr9C4aQs5-MieKHT6qbmAkGzUU_e0etZlSLaD-OBpKZ9ivvduP_/s1600/Daniel+Pearl.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org/events.php?id=7970#.ToDKXHUWsvs.blogger">Diane Mosers Composers Big Band</a> is participating in the Daniel Pearl World Music Days. <span class="text3">10th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days - October 1st - 31st, 2011</span><br />
When I registered our event-they asked for a dedication and this is what I wrote...."We will be dedicating this concert to the memory of Daniel Pearl and to the belief that we are all music and that music can bring us together! "<br />
Our concert will be:<br />
Wed Oct 12th<br />
8-11PM<br />
$15 cover<br />
Trumpets Jazz Club <br />
6 Depot Sqaure<br />
Montclair, NJ 07043<br />
973.744.2600<br />
<a href="http://www.trumpetsjazz.com/main.html">http://www.trumpetsjazz.com/main.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/dianemoserscomposersbigband">http://www.myspace.com/dianemoserscomposersbigband</a><br />
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<b>Daniel Pearl</b> (October 10, 1963, Princeton NJ – February 1, 2002) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> who was kidnapped and killed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>.At the time of his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping" title="Kidnapping">kidnapping</a>, Pearl served as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> Bureau Chief of the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i>, and was based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. He went to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> as part of an investigation into the alleged links between <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid_%28terrorist%29" title="Richard Reid (terrorist)">Richard Reid</a> (the "shoe bomber") and Al-Qaeda. He was subsequently <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation" title="Decapitation">beheaded</a> by his captors.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-0"> </a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-1"></a></sup>In July 2002, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh" title="Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh">Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">British national of Pakistani origin</a>, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl's abduction and murder.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-2"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-3"></a></sup> In March 2007, at a closed military hearing in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantánamo Bay, Cuba</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed" title="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed">Khalid Sheikh Mohammed</a> said that he had personally <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behead" title="Behead">beheaded</a> Pearl.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-4"> </a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle070315_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-HoustonChronicle070315-5"></a></sup> Current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> leader <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saif_al-Adel" title="Saif al-Adel">Saif al-Adel</a> has also been connected with the murder of Daniel Pearl.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Pearl&printable=yes#cite_note-6"></a></sup> <br />
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</span></b></div></h2><b><a href="http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org/dpf.php">Daniel Pearl World Music Days</a> is an international network of concerts that use the power of music to reaffirm our commitment to tolerance and humanity. Since 2002, Daniel Pearl World Music Days has grown to include the participation of more than 6,700 performances in 111 countries. World Music Days is an awareness-raising program, not a fundraiser.</b>Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-23205830606181557972011-09-14T02:04:00.000-04:002011-09-14T02:04:20.077-04:00Millay Colony for the Arts Residency part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKAx5RTHrYr-QFwYnh_YLIxojOs0EaJYvT0bibuo2-RZRaXTXcnscXMokqRlbSleILxwTheryYSQKU2Du_gpQ6KT83s9aOL5KvdZvNawcXypcJ6mFB17Q7GPxLsZuRsqFEtX-7ghw_Coh/s1600/Zi6_1419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKAx5RTHrYr-QFwYnh_YLIxojOs0EaJYvT0bibuo2-RZRaXTXcnscXMokqRlbSleILxwTheryYSQKU2Du_gpQ6KT83s9aOL5KvdZvNawcXypcJ6mFB17Q7GPxLsZuRsqFEtX-7ghw_Coh/s320/Zi6_1419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo-Rlh2Hz9FaH9afyDfSzIPGk2l-9DqWgwkb_NUHP0Z9TzsYCUWh-Rsm-s_MdrjuMnLxvV1m5EersK9y-iMgK6vqAitbYu7M4hNg_atGaqANGf8TgoL3IGxkEUfaL920c6nILmGR5IqoC/s1600/Zi6_1496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo-Rlh2Hz9FaH9afyDfSzIPGk2l-9DqWgwkb_NUHP0Z9TzsYCUWh-Rsm-s_MdrjuMnLxvV1m5EersK9y-iMgK6vqAitbYu7M4hNg_atGaqANGf8TgoL3IGxkEUfaL920c6nILmGR5IqoC/s320/Zi6_1496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV4rKLH0tN33ek9JBkU0LZC-N-VdN-3GZVPMhbPIqUKmWajvmc_gVkIVOH1WP5jpeQp8ge84aPS1mCQ5ykn93Q0-4o9iWAXIQC962yejvQF-JxREqiS2zpe-C2tew6Gl_OJ8Mgwm91ODU/s1600/MA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKV4rKLH0tN33ek9JBkU0LZC-N-VdN-3GZVPMhbPIqUKmWajvmc_gVkIVOH1WP5jpeQp8ge84aPS1mCQ5ykn93Q0-4o9iWAXIQC962yejvQF-JxREqiS2zpe-C2tew6Gl_OJ8Mgwm91ODU/s1600/MA.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIntGXj9lKG-JkdjNjHwzKHJoPIsbvPV63hNqWFLsnpsX5UCd-UH5474uubPtAyU4zRaiHcYJYD1SAMgcx-EgEdcE5xiFMbaQRiRWbwkajco1HCiYkxcxi_V6t70U6cdCn3SWYocThAaJ/s1600/Zi6_1408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIntGXj9lKG-JkdjNjHwzKHJoPIsbvPV63hNqWFLsnpsX5UCd-UH5474uubPtAyU4zRaiHcYJYD1SAMgcx-EgEdcE5xiFMbaQRiRWbwkajco1HCiYkxcxi_V6t70U6cdCn3SWYocThAaJ/s320/Zi6_1408.JPG" width="320" /></a>Just finished a month long residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts made possible by a grant from the <a href="http://www.midatlanticarts.org/news/pr_110511_CFMillay.html">Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation</a>-finished transcribing the last 2 compositions of The Birdsong Project and one more movement for the Music of the Spheres Project-which will be scored for the big band! It was an amazing residency...filled with wonderful encounters with nature, exploring new territory with my music as well as the environs. Situated on top of a mountain and surrounded by a state park, I had the perfect setting to work on the music of the spheres project. My studio door led out to an open space with perfect viewing of the night sky! It's been a while since I've been able to see the Milky Way-I haven't been camping lately-and I haven't been in areas that aren't surrounded by light pollution. It was very dark at night outside my studio door-and very quiet-I just loved it! What a luxury to be able to just step outside a door and see the heavens-with the Perseid meteors zooming across the sky!Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-91564920919423703692011-06-20T01:06:00.000-04:002011-06-20T01:06:58.281-04:00"Bivio" Tom and Jackie Colao's new restaurant!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEuPeBfyJIR7aCrB1xMXe9_edpzRhovwcv417TZZIbm2LnvYzRIwffkuqwj3L-Y0j92yZgy6pyuVckHb-CzS5ZZz320sgKr4sVG0CdS4dPvO32l0Ghw4eg9TNqBRnLTRSWuX5wpqMrfb6/s1600/378463687045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEuPeBfyJIR7aCrB1xMXe9_edpzRhovwcv417TZZIbm2LnvYzRIwffkuqwj3L-Y0j92yZgy6pyuVckHb-CzS5ZZz320sgKr4sVG0CdS4dPvO32l0Ghw4eg9TNqBRnLTRSWuX5wpqMrfb6/s320/378463687045.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <br />
They did it-they finally did it! Tom and Jackie have been talking about opening up a little place-and now it's a reality!<br />
It's called <a href="http://www.biviopizza.com/index.htm">Bivio</a> which stands for "fork in the road"-and that is exactly where they are-at a fork in the road off of Main St in Little Falls, NJ. Tom told me that they had picked out the name of the restaurant several months before they found this location-synchronicity at work again!<br />
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They designed the place themselves-and it is absolutely beautiful. They even have a sliding barn door in the back. I felt like I was back in Italy-in a little rural village where the locals walk into town and have leisurely lunches.<br />
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For those of you who know our big band-you'll recognize Tom Colao as one of our alto saxophonists. But what many of you may not know-Tom-who we also call Chef Tomasso-is an incredible chef-and is as passionate about food as he is music. What a wonderful combination of passions! <br />
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Tom is making Neapolitan Pizza in a brick oven that was built especially for Bivio by the Italian master Nobile Atti. Tom pointed his infrared thermometer into the oven for me to see-and the temperature was well over 1,200 degrees. He throws in some wood,stokes the flames, makes the pizza,lays it in the oven and in a manner of minutes it's done!<br />
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He uses "00" flour from Naples, San Marzano tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil, fior di latte or bufala mozzarella and sea salt as his prime ingredients. There are 5 different kinds; Marinara, Margherita,Bianca,Porcini and Filettti. I had the Porcini-(because I love Porcini mushrooms!)-which also had San Marzano tomatoes,fior de latte mozarella, fresh basil. extra virgin olive oil and sea salt. It was wonderful! My understanding about this style of pizza is that 'it's all in the dough' and this dough was scrumptious!<br />
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They also have 3 kinds of salads...arugula,mixed greens and fresh mozzarella with roasted peppers.<br />
Beverages range from mineral water, Italian sodas, and of course espresso and cappuccino, and there are desserts.<br />
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They are open Tuesday-Saturday, 5PM-10PM. The phone is 973.256.0090. <br />
Benvenuto!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LgK8Ga4ESzDAWgaQwtacmFyfvon5NcbV4LwHcATn2pKrv4n3hyphenhyphenPFaQ6RR6JGYJDZmy5P8Na6Bbr39JRwNdFmjRsgHYC9v1X2QP8sVWacVVXgDSuS7WfEGP2MrEPWMtXQA5pfgozv9SmA/s1600/378463796485.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LgK8Ga4ESzDAWgaQwtacmFyfvon5NcbV4LwHcATn2pKrv4n3hyphenhyphenPFaQ6RR6JGYJDZmy5P8Na6Bbr39JRwNdFmjRsgHYC9v1X2QP8sVWacVVXgDSuS7WfEGP2MrEPWMtXQA5pfgozv9SmA/s320/378463796485.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Diane Moserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05064392870011479078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112079894796090699.post-26336841191326440122011-06-08T13:39:00.000-04:002011-06-08T13:39:58.569-04:00Breaking Boundaries;The Art of Alex Masket on public television!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NdkdfZ-CLul1iU9byFZaXrl1aF5xP_KVpSklzB6WpPG09Nw6HONbnLSXQWwBdgixj89EHiyHOnJt69LWIk4FrTsWUxKheQ7iXNltJE-AH9fdGdbfekS8uuwqPt3sO3WmrTGVE_kuLasS/s1600/Breaking+Boundaries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NdkdfZ-CLul1iU9byFZaXrl1aF5xP_KVpSklzB6WpPG09Nw6HONbnLSXQWwBdgixj89EHiyHOnJt69LWIk4FrTsWUxKheQ7iXNltJE-AH9fdGdbfekS8uuwqPt3sO3WmrTGVE_kuLasS/s1600/Breaking+Boundaries.jpg" /></a></div>For all of you who did not see the film-you can see it on public television station NJN on June 23rd at 10PM and June 29th at 1AM. This is part of the Black Maria Film & Video Festival and there are many wonderful films that will also be shown.<br />
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You can view the trailer to Breaking Boundaries <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngs5-wvSO9I">here</a><br />
You can also connect on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dmojazz#%21/pages/Breaking-Boundaries-the-Art-of-Alex-Masket/343697924163">here </a><br />
This video is from our recording session and the music is from the end of the film.<br />
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It was very exciting to be a part of this project and we are all amazed at the reception it has received not to mention the thousands of folks who are now seeing Alex's work. <br />
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Film maker <a href="http://www.dennisconnors.com/">Dennis Connors</a> filmed <a href="http://aemcreations.com/">Alex</a> at work for over 18 months as well as interviews with his family and many others. I came on board as composer, and brought my quintet along for the ride in late August of 2009, and we finished everything in 10 days! Phew, what a ride that was-thoroughly enjoyable, charged with creativity.<br />
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Here's a description of the film from Dennis Connors youtube site:<br />
This film by Dennis Connors is a short documentary that chronicles the story of Alex Masket, a unique and extraordinary artist who has created a deep and varied body of work despite a disability that inhibits what most might consider to be 'normal' human interaction. Containing interviews with art experts and a community of supporters, Breaking Boundaries documents the kinetic energy and wholly individualistic style of a young artist, and brings into sharp focus the notion of what artistic communication and the creative impulse is all about.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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