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
