This week Madison Jazz is featuring a selection from a Madison Music Collective (MMC) CD called Gathering. The CD is a compilation that was put together in 1996 and showcases some of the members from that time. It is still available and sold at MMC events to raise funds for the organization. I don’t know much more about it, maybe Joan, Jane, or Marilyn can comment on the history behind it.
Tracks on the CD are by the Joan Wildman Trio, Matt Turner, Don Linke, Harmonious Wail, Doc DeHaven, Doug Brown & Marilyn Fisher, the Diedre Buckley Trio, Al Jewer, Dangerous Odds, and the Scott Fields Ensemble.
The track I chose to feature is called Unbridled Song, written and produced by Jane Reynolds, and performedby the Jane Reynolds Trio. The musicians are:
Jane Reynolds – piano
Hans Sturm – bass
Vincent Davis – drums
At 9 pm tonight WYOU (Charter Channel 95 or Digital 991) will air Part 2 of a Lecture/ Demonstration by Joan Wildman and Friends that occured April, 2008 as part of an MMC presentation. The musicians include:
Joan Wildman, pianist
Richard Lottridge, bassoon
Willy Walter, bassoon
Laurie Lang, bass
Ben Karetnick, drums
MMC Presents events are broadcast on WYOU every Sunday evening at 9 p.m.
Upcoming MMC events:
2/12/09 El Clan Destino performance
3/19/09 Jane Reynolds/Fabu Carter Brisco on Mary Lou Williams
4/02/09 Joan Wildman/Joe Fonda/Ben Karetnick performance & animations
5/21/09 Randall Harrison Trio performance
MMC Presents is presented in the Capitol Lakes Grand Hall, 333 W Main
St., Madison, WI.
The upcoming spring concert series of the Madison Music Collective (MMC) is featured in this week’s 77 Square. It’s nice to see the MMC get some publicity for the good work they’re doing for Madison jazz.
The MMC was once an important part of the Madison jazz scene: it sponsored a weekly series, had it’s own jazz festival, and most of the local players were members. Then member involvement dwindled and the organization hibernated for a number of years. Now the MMC is back as a prominent promoter of local jazz. It is sponsoring concerts and other jazz events, growing, getting stronger, and working on adding additional programs.
