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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz Piano电子邮件: ebyrd@zl0745.com
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2021教育历史:
B.A., Western Maryland College; M.M., Lancaster Bible College; M.A., Morgan State University
专业 Highlights:
For twenty years, the 埃里克·伯德三人组 (EBT), pianist/vocalist 埃里克·伯德, bassist Bhagwan Khalsa and drummer Alphonso Young, Jr., have traveled the world as enthusiastic ambassadors of jazz. Rooted in swing and be-bop, the trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. Their body of work spans seven unique studio and live recordings on which they shine as a trio and as collaborators with an expanded 8-piece ensemble they call the 埃里克·伯德三人组: Brother Ray Band, in tribute to the Genius of Soul icon Ray Charles. 每次录音, 他们采取严格的, modern approach to standards as well as original compositions, playing with great acuity within the broad and rich jazz tradition.
In 2020 the Maryland State 艺术 Council bestowed upon the 埃里克·伯德三人组 a $10k Independent Artist Award (IAA) for notable artistic achievement.
Their new recording “20” has just been released. It is available on all streaming platforms. “20,” 10 songs they’ve re-recorded and updated and 10 brand new songs, celebrates their 20 years together as a jazz trio.
The 埃里克·伯德三人组 is part of the prestigious Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster, a listing of Maryland-based performing artists who are experienced, organized and professional. Artists who are appointed to the touring roster have been selected through a peer-review process in which they are rated on artistic merit and on a demonstrated history of successful touring engagements. The Maryland Touring Grant is available to eligible Maryland nonprofit organizations that may apply for funding to help defray costs associated with presenting artists listed on the Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster.
集体, the trio has played with jazz trumpeters Wynton Marsalis and Randy Brecker, jazz guitarists Charlie Byrd and Mike Stern, jazz saxophonists Bob Berg, 巴克山, David “Fathead” Newman, 还有塞西尔·佩恩, jazz pianists George Colligan and Kenny Drew, Jr., jazz saxophonists and 横笛吹奏者s Sonny Fortune and Gary Thomas, be-bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, 横笛吹奏者, and saxophonist Ira Sullivan, jazz steel pan player Othello Molineaux, jazz vibraphonist Warren Wolf, gospel harpist Jeff 专业, jazz vocalists Vanessa Rubin and Rebecca Parris, gospel vocalist Yolanda Adams, and Cuban American singer/songwriter Jon Secada.
埃里克, Bhagwan, and Alphonso are educators with advanced degrees in music history, African American music and jazz performance. They frequently give clinics on music history, jazz and the relationship between the spirituals/gospel, 蓝调和爵士. Because of their immense knowledge of music, commitment to music education, and ability to teach diverse and international audiences, they have been sponsored by the Untied States Embassy as Kennedy Center/U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassadors touring South America, 中美洲, 加勒比海, Eastern and Western Europe, 以及中东地区. The trio has also delighted audiences across the globe at the historic Montreux Jazz Festival and in Bolivia, 智利, 哥伦比亚, 迪拜, 爱沙尼亚, 洪都拉斯, 意大利, 秘鲁, 苏格兰, and Trinidad and Tobago.