Thank you for a great year

December 21, 2011

Thank you for sharing another inspiring year of new trumpet music with FONT.

In 2011, your donations helped support more than 20 performances, workshops and commissions, including the October tribute to Kenny Wheeler at Jazz Standard.

As we begin to plan our next season, your support will assist us in pushing the boundaries of brass music and support working with artists in New York and around the world.

We thank you for your support, and wish you the best in the new year.

The Festival of New Trumpet Music

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Come celebrate the year of music by Dave Douglas at the Jazz Standard this Thursday through Sunday.

Thursday marks the US debut of the Key Motion Quintet, a group co-led by Dave Douglas and Donny McCaslin combining the Douglas’ Keystone and McCaslin’s Perpetual Motion electric bands. Two sets: 7:30 & 9:30.

Friday night finds Dave with the avant-classical So Percussion ensemble to play music from GPS, V3: Bad Mango. Three sets: 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30.

Saturday brings the debut of the Orange Afternoons Quintet with Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, and E.J. Strickland. Three sets: 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30.

And finally, Brass Ecstasy takes the stage Sunday fresh off their 3rd release, Rare Metals.Two sets: 7:30 & 9:30.

Come support this great music. We hope to see you.

Reserve your tickets here.

Kind Folk

November 7, 2011

Thanks to everyone who participated and attended the Kenny Wheeler Celebration at Jazz Standard for making it an absolute success! Here are some pictures and writings. We are very grateful to Kenny Wheeler for having flown over and shared his music with us. Join us in September 2012 for the next big three week New Trumpet Music Blow Out!

Best to all.
Dave

NY Times Review

Kenny Wheeler takes New York (guest post by Paul Rushka)

Nice short piece by Fred Kaplan on Stereophile’s blog

Photo by Zak Shelby Szyszko

Photo by Geoff Countryman

Photo by Geoff Countryman

Kenny Wheeler: Profile of an Incredible Career

October 10, 2011

Kenny Wheeler: Profile of an Incredible Career By Douglas Detrick For more information, read Douglas Detrick’s interview with trumpeter Nick Smart about Kenny Wheeler. Still a prolific performer and composer into his eighties, Kenny Wheeler is among the most influential trumpet players in jazz. The Festival of New Trumpet Music is proud to present Kenny [...]

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Interview with Nick Smart: On Kenny Wheeler

October 10, 2011

Interview with Nick Smart: On Kenny Wheeler from a conversation that took place 9.19.11. By Douglas Detrick For more information, read Douglas Detrick’s Profile of Kenny Wheeler on the FONT blog. Introduction: Nick Smart is a trumpet player and educator based in London. When he moved to London in 1999, Smart initiated a relationship with [...]

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Ted Daniel Quartet Performance and Jam Session in Ossining, NY

October 8, 2011

TED DANIEL QUARTET Enjoy music from the renowned trumpeter Ted Daniel and his “Trumpet and Rhythm Quartet” Ted Daniel’s “Trumpet and Rhythm Quartet” is back at the Karma Lounge in Ossining, New York Sunday, October 9th. Join Ted for this Sunday in before he leaves on a tour of Spain, playing in the cities and [...]

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Celebrate Kenny Wheeler

October 6, 2011

The 9th annual Festival of New Trumpet Music celebrates Trumpeter/Composer Kenny Wheeler at the Jazz Standard, October 20 – 23, 2011 THURS, OCT 20: Ingrid Jensen + Brass featuring Kenny Wheeler Ingrid Jensen – trumpet, Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet, Tony Kadleck – trumpet, Shelagh Abate – french horn, Elliot Mason – trombone, Jennifer Wharton – [...]

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Kenny Wheeler BBC Documentary from 1977

September 12, 2011

This 1977 documentary, originally aired on BBC Omnibus and rebroadcast in 2005 for Wheeler’s 75th birthday, shows the Kenny Wheeler Big Band recording for a radio broadcast. Kenny Wheeler brings his latest music for big band to New York City for FONT in October! Hear Kenny Wheeler’s continuing creative vision at the Jazz Standard October [...]

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ON THE HORIZON – New Yorker Magazine

September 7, 2011

NIGHT LIFE WHEEL OF LIFE Oct. 20-23 The ninth Festival of New Trumpet Music, at the Jazz Standard, pays tribute to Kenny Wheeler. The eighty-one-year-old trumpeter, making a rare New York appearance, will be joined by Ingrid Jensen’s + Brass band and the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble and will play with his own quintet. (fontmusic.org.) [...]

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CELEBRATE KENNY WHEELER AT THE JAZZ STANDARD

August 24, 2011

THE 9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC CELEBRATES TRUMPETER/COMPOSER KENNY WHEELER AT THE JAZZ STANDARD (New York City, NY) – JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, presents the 9th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) series, “Kenny Wheeler Celebration,” from Thursday, October 20, through Sunday, October 23, 2011. Program schedule and [...]

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