Following up on her first two suites, last summer Alison completed Suite No. 3: L'Chaim, and then last month Conversation #1, her first orchestral piece. Both works are now posted on the original music page. These recordings are computer realizations of the scores, but you get the idea! (Best to listen using headphones or decent speakers if possible). We're hopeful that Suite No. 3 will be performed informally this spring at FAU. Please take a listen and give us your honest review!
...home for some great jazz and original music based in Carrboro NC, also fondly known as Paris of the Piedmont.
We've been around the block and crossed the ponds a few times and we're just getting started, folks, so come visit us in person or at this site often to check out our ever-increasing offerings. We're having great fun and we want to share it all with you...
CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS
Coming up is the third annual CottonWood Jazz summer solstice house concert! mahaloJazz4 (Alison, Louis, Ben and David) is so looking forward to this fabulous event on Friday June 18th! Seating is limited, so give us a shout to let us know if you want to come share this special event with us. On Saturday June 19th, Alison will join Sawyer-Goldberg on the patio at Caffé Driade in Chapel Hill for some great jazz music outside on a summer's eve!
VIDEO PERFORMANCES
January 2010: Alison and Randy joined Chloe Dolandis at Upstairs at The Van Dyke.
November 2009: tenor saxophonist Rochelle Frederick invited Alison to join her for a Lauderdale Jazz Series performance, sponsored by the great folks of Women in Jazz South Florida.
October 2009: mahaloJazz 3 (Alison, Bill, and Matt) and Chloe Dolandis offered up two sets' worth of jazz standards and Chloe's original jazz•soul•pop tunes at The Orange Door in Lake Park! Check out video clips 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,and 10!
July 2009: mahaloJazz 2 (Alison and Bill) accompanied Chloe Dolandis at the Willow Theater in Boca Raton!
PIANO/THEORY LESSONS
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new works now available for your listening pleasure
Chloe Dolandis and mahaloJazz 3 on Sunday, October 4th!
We're keeping a good thing going following the fabulous Spanish River Library event! 200 folks came out to enjoy our renditions of jazz favorites, so we're moving on to The Orange Door in Lake Park, with a pit stop earlier in the morning at the CBS 12 (early) morning news show!
Chloe Dolandis and mahaloJazz 3 on Sunday, September 13th!
Alison, Bill and Matt are SO excited to be performing with our friend and fabulous vocalist Chloe at Boca's Spanish River Library, which has become a fantastic venue for live music! Hosted by the multi-talented arts impressario Lisa Mansell, this event is not to be missed! It's free, come early, and enjoy some great jazz music!
CottonWood Jazz 2: "a magical evening"
Dianne and Neal are surely becoming successful house concert impressarios as they hosted another fabulous event in their home last night. With complete serenity, they groomed the gardens, completed the deck bench, prepared the food, brought in the wine, arranged for the chairs, and obviously spoke to someone about the weather as the rains ceased the day before so that folks could enjoy the entire evening moving between house and garden. Louis, Ben, David and I had a blast playing music together once again in the acoustically wonderful space of Dianne and Neal's home, this time being joined by guest vocalists Kate Briner and Susan Cohen. The 70+ folks in the audience were wonderfully receptive and shared in the joy of music. Once again, enough funds were raised for Burlington-Alamance Sister Cities to offer a scholarship...
Steve Bromberg, unbeknownst to us, was taking some awesome photos! Click on the photo to the right to view his gift to us for the evening...
We were successful recording this event using a Zoom H2 recorder. It is available for your listening pleasure on the mahaloJazz music page...
Mahalo nui loa (thank you so very much) to everyone for sharing in this music!
Steve Bromberg, unbeknownst to us, was taking some awesome photos! Click on the photo to the right to view his gift to us for the evening...
We were successful recording this event using a Zoom H2 recorder. It is available for your listening pleasure on the mahaloJazz music page...
Mahalo nui loa (thank you so very much) to everyone for sharing in this music!
CottonWood Jazz 2 coming up
mahaloJazz 4 is so looking forward to its return visit with Neal and Dianne. If you've made your reservation, hope you are excited as we are about enjoying a wonderful evening of music, food, gardens and conversation! If you can't join us, hopefully we will be able to offer the recording of it on the website!
