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John Medeski Joins List of Guiding Artists for CMS’ 40th

“Keyboard wizard” John Medeski has been added to the list of guiding artists who’ll be on hand for the Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat: MAY 20 – 24, 2013 @ The Full Moon Resort Just Outside of Woodstock. In this 2004 vid from an appearance at the State Palace Theater in New [...]

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Lotte Anker/Marilyn Crispell/Harvey Sorgen Trio

Gonna be in Woodstock this Saturday, March 9? Don’t miss the Lotte Anker/Marilyn Crispell/Harvey Sorgen Trio, performing at the Photosensualis Gallery. Two of those folks (Crispell and Sorgen) will be part of the Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat, May 20 – 24, 2013 @ The Full Moon Resort Just Outside of Woodstock. [...]

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Don Byron

Don Byron is promoting love, peace, and soul in his new album “Love, Peace, and Soul.” You can get behind that, can’t you? Hell, yeah! This is from Don’s New Gospel Quintet project. “Don Byron’s newest project grows out of his in-depth studies of gospel music. Gospel pioneer Thomas A. Dorsey is a major inspiration, [...]

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Ken Filiano

Ken is a guy I’m looking forward to meeting in May. When he comes to Ann Arbor, my friend Leigh Daniels lends him his bass. And he has worked with the man with whom I study piano–the genius, the maestro, the incomparable Tad Weed. Here’s Ken in action with Michael Attias (baritone sax), Tony Malaby(tenor/soprano [...]

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Ken Wessel and Steve Gorn

I’ve met Steve Gorn. Interviewed him for the book Music Universe, Music Mind. But Ken Wessel is new to me. You can check them out together here beautifully interpreting Miles Davis’s “In a Silent Way” with a decidedly Indian flavor. Nice. Miles alumni Dave Liebman, Michael Henderson, and Badal Roy are on this, too. Sadly, [...]

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Attention CMS Alumni and Guiding Artists

Did you attend CMS as a student or as a guiding artist (or maybe both)? The CM Foundation is trying to obtain acquire contact information for as many members of the CMS community as possible. Please send your information to creativemusicstudio@gmail.com. It will be greatly appreciated.

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Oliver Lake

Oliver Lake will be at the Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat, May 20 – 24, 2013 @ The Full Moon Resort Just Outside of Woodstock . Many of you have heard Oliver, but have you read him? He has a book of poetry, If I Knew This, and another book titled Breakin’ [...]

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Harvey Sorgen

As far as I know, even though drummer Harvey Sorgen has been around Woodstock for a long time, he has not had an affiliation with CMS. That’s about to change in May. Harvey will be one of the guiding artists at  the  Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat: MAY 20 – 24, 2013 [...]

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Steven Bernstein

I’m looking forward to getting acquainted with Steven Bernstein at the Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat: MAY 20 – 24, 2013 @ The Full Moon Resort Just Outside of Woodstock. I’ve spoken to him on the phone, but never met him. Slide trumpet! Whaddaya think o’ that?

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Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat: MAY 20 – 24, 2013

Oh, folks, you don’t want to miss this. Will I see you there? Creative Music Studio’s 40th Anniversary Workshop and Retreat: MAY 20 – 24, 2013 @ The Full Moon Resort Just Outside of Woodstock Four Days of Intensive Workshops, Master Classes, Presentations and Exciting Jam Sessions with an Amazing Roster of Guiding Artists: Oliver [...]

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