[Dixielandjazz] Free DVD/CD Set 2004 New York JVC Jazz Festival Play IT'S A HARDBOP LIFE

[Steve barbone]

For Music Educators, Parents, wannabe young jazz musicians and folks who
want to get hip to today's generation.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Order your free copy! At http://www.hardboplife.com

It's a Hardbop Life  DVD/CD SET  The First Play to Feature a Cast of Top
Jazz Musicians

Made possible by an in-kind grant from The American Youth Symphony (while
supplies last) The American Youth Symphony presents this entertaining yet
educational production that examines the importance of jazz through the eyes
of today's generation.

"Where might this and other traditional forms of music be in 30 years when
the baby boomers are no longer around to support them?"
Retail List price: $24.95 Through American Youth Symphony $0.00
Just pay shipping and handling of $7.95 (U.S.domestic see website for
Canadian and international shipping) Ships within 24 hours! Great for
Schools, Libraries and Parents. A great way to introduce and prerserve the
legacy of Jazz! 

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NOTES: This DVD/CD Set of the Historic Jazz Play It's a Hardbop Life, which
debuted at the 2004 New York JVC Jazz Festival, was written by one of the
most talented trombonists in the world today, Gregory Charles Royal. Called
"One of the Important Guys on the Instrument" by Slide Hampton, Royal has
created a "new" vehicle for live jazz performance and _expression- the
theatre. His play, the first to feature actual top jazz musicans as the main
cast, lets the audience hear and see up close and personal the musicians in
a very private way, while also entertaining and educating those that may not
have been exposed to jazz. Musically, the play features an era of jazz most
often ignored by traditional plays and musicals which primarily feature 30's
and 40's jazz-- 1960's Hardbop. This soulful swinging jazz is the backdrop
for the plot which attempts "in part" to stress the importance of jazz's
Black roots and intrisic sound.  Info? Visit  http://www.hardboplife.com

Gregory Charles Royal has been a part of many legendary groups over the
years, including Slide Hampton's World of Trombones, The Duke Ellington
Orchestra, and onstage in the Broadway hit Five Guys Named Moe. As a
teenager, Royal was also the protetge of legendary drummer Art Blakey who
brought him to New York to live with him in his 45th Street apartment. It
was his relationship with Blakey and his teacher, trombonist Curtis Fuller,
that shaped the concept for the music in It's a Hardbop Life- the funky
brand of jazz made famous by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

Gregory Charles Royal has many interests including football (he played at
the semi-professional level as a wide receiver and kick returner)and track
and field. He hold's a Master degree in Jazz Studies from Howard University
and is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Leonard Feather,
Oxford University Press 1999). It's a Hardbop Life DVD/CD Soundtrack
Licensed by The American Youth Symphony© 2005 GCR Music Company