Masters of Jazz: The Next Generation
Meet jazz musician, teacher and mentor Thara Memory and find out how he is training the next generation of jazz masters.
Masters of Jazz: The Next Generation
Feb. 19, 2013 1:49 p.m.
Meet musician, teacher and mentor Thara Memory, and two of his previous students, Spalding and Hailey Niswanger. Enjoy a concert at Portland Center Stage featuring all of these artist, plus Thara Memory’s American Music Project band - where it all begins for aspiring jazz musicians.
Thara Memory Educates The Next Generation of Jazz Musicians
OPB | Feb. 14, 2013 7:15 a.m.
Portland-based jazz musician, educator and recent Grammy winner Thara Memory is an important mentor for an up-and-coming generation of jazz musicians, including Esperanza Spalding.
Young Pianist Charles Brown III On Auditioning For Thara Memory
OPB | Feb. 12, 2013 7:15 a.m.
Sixteen-year-old jazz pianist Charles Brown III talks about what it's like to audition for the prestigious American Music Program's Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra.
Watch Esperanza Spalding Sing "City of Roses"
Feb. 13, 2013 12:37 p.m.
The Portland native sings her Grammy award-winning song at a 2012 benefit concert for the American Music Program. Spalding and her co-arranger and mentor Thara Memory won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists for the song, which is on her album "Radio Music Society."
Esperanza Spalding: I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Feb. 19, 2013 1:49 p.m.
Watch Esperanza Spalding and the Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra perform Ray Charles' classic tune, "I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town." The musician/composer appeared with her longtime teacher and mentor, trumpet player Thara Memory, at a 2012 benefit concert for Memory's music school, the American Music Program.
Five Questions for Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger
OPB | Jan. 02, 2013 7:15 a.m.
The 22-year-old Portland-born alto/soprano saxophonist answered five questions from KMHD's Deborah DeMoss Smith.
