You are invited to a day-long event focused on the music and

life of jazz pianist (and Worcester native) Jaki Byard. The event is free and open to the public.

DATE: SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

LOCATION:

ALDEN HALL, WPI CAMPUS

100 INSTITUTE ROAD

WORCESTER, MA 01609

The day will start at 3:00 p.m. with a symposium with the following guests:

panelists:

CHET WILLIAMSON

JEROME HARRIS

KEN SHAPHORST

GEORGE SCHULLER

RAN BLAKE

JOHN SERGENIAN

ED SHAMGOCHIAN

5:00 p.m.: Dinner Break

The evening concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. and will consist of the following:

-The reading of the "Jaki Byard Day" proclamation by Mayor Joseph M. Petty

-A solo composition performed by Ran Blake and dedicated to Jaki Byard

-A concert performance by "Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project"

-The CD release of "Inch by Inch" by Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project


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