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Announcing! Will Scruggs - Bluebari Jam CD Release
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| Jazz Fellowship - Track Listing |
| 01. Anthesis | 6:02 | W. Scruggs |
| 02. The Voice | 8:35 | W. Scruggs |
| 03. High Road | 6:12 | W. Scruggs |
| 04. Beersheba | 3:47 | G. Kurz/W. Scruggs |
| 05. Blue in Green | 5.22 | Bill Evans |
| 06. O Lamb | 3.57 | Adapted by W. Scruggs |
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Event News Journal:
2008-05-05 @ 4:24am
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Big MAY Shows - NC and ATL :|: [Posted by Willis] |
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On May 23 and 24 the Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship heads back to North Carolina for a pair of shows. On Friday May 23rd the band returns to Speakeasy Jazz in Winston Salem, a fantastic club with a friendly, intimate vibe. On Saturday May 24th the guys hit at Yancy's on the new Fayetteville Street in Downtown Raleigh. We're expecting big crowds at both venues, so make sure you get reservations early. .....
Contact Info -
Speakeasy: www.speakeasyjazz.net - 336.722.6555...
Yancy's: 919.821-7171...
Then on Friday AND Saturday, May 30-31, the Jazz Fellowship returns to Churchill Grounds, Atlanta's premier jazz venue. There will be two shows each night, at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. Churchill Grounds is located next door to the FOX Theater, on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. For more info visit www.churchillgrounds.com - Churchill Grounds does not accept reservations, so come early!
All these shows will feature music from the new record, BlueBari Jam, and copies of the CD will be available for sale each night. |
2007-06-20 @ 5:14am
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BlueBari Jam on Summit Records :|: [Posted by Willis] |
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BlueBari Jam, the newest album from the Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship, is officially set for release on Summit Records on October 9th, 2007. Thanks to Summit, BlueBari Jam will be available at record stores nation-wide with a major radio push to coincide with the release. The full length album features Brian Hogans on piano, Zack Pride on bass, and Marlon Patton on drums, plus special guests Wes Funderburk, Chris Duarte, and Sid Wolf. There will be an official CD release party at Churchill Grounds in Atlanta on Saturday, October 6th. Please stay tuned to www.willscruggs.com for addional tour dates, and don't forget to call your local jazz radio station to request some BlueBlari Jam!!! |
2007-06-20 @ 5:03am
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Will Scruggs is now a Conn-Selmer Artist :|: [Posted by Willis] |
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In June 2007 Will Scruggs became an official Conn-Selmer Artist. Having played vintage Conn and Selmer saxophones for many years, the endorsement came naturally and opened up some great new opportunities for travel, promotion, and work as a clinician. For more information on Conn-Selmer instruments, please check out www.conn-selmer.com. To inquire about clinics, performances, or master classes at your school, please contact will@willscruggs.com. |
2006-11-08 @ 6:36am
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Funderhorns Live at the Apollo :|: [Posted by Willis] |
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On Nov. 10 Wes Funderburk, Ken Watters, and Will Scruggs will join Natalie Cole at the Apollo Theater in New York City! After the success of the Funderhorns at the Variety Playhouse show in Atlanta, Ms. Cole requested that the guys fly up for her performance at Harlem's legendary venue. Check out www.apollotheater.com for more details. |
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Featured Performances:
| Fri May 9, '08 | Will Scruggs Trio
Ray's in the City
240 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 |
6 PM - 10 PM |
| Sat May 10, '08 | Will Scruggs Quartet
Private Party
Emory University |
2:30 PM - 5 PM |
| Sat May 10, '08 | Kingsized
Private Party
Atlanta, GA |
7 PM - 11 PM |
| Mon May 12, '08 | Andrew Black
Pisces Seafood and Jazz
4120 Old Milton Pkwy, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005 |
tba - tba |
| Fri May 16, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Martini's and IMAX @ Fernbank Museum
767 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30307 |
6:30 PM - 10 PM |
| Sat May 17, '08 | Will Scruggs Quartet
Ray's Killer Creek
1700 Mansell Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30004 |
7 PM - 11 PM |
| Thu May 22, '08 | Will Scruggs Trio
Private Party
Atlanta, GA |
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
| Fri May 23, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Speakeasy Jazz
410 W. 4th St., Winston Salem, NC 27107 |
9 PM - 12 AM |
| Sat May 24, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Yancy's
319 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC 27601 |
9 PM - 12:30 AM |
| Fri May 30, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Churchill Grounds
660 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30308 |
9 PM - 12:30 AM |
| Sat May 31, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Churchill Grounds
660 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30308 |
9 PM - 12:30 AM |
| Fri July 18, '08 | Will Scruggs and AUDREY SHAKIR
Callanwolde's Jazz on the Lawn Series
980 Briarcliffe Rd, Atlanta, GA 30306 |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
| Fri September 5, '08 | Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship
Jazz on Main Concert Series - FREE
Greenville, SC |
6 PM - 9 PM |
| Fri September 12, '08 | CC Booker III
TWINS Jazz
1344 U St. NW, Washington, DC |
9 PM - 1 AM |
| Sat September 13, '08 | CC Booker III
TWINS Jazz
1344 U St. NW, Washington, DC |
9 PM - 1 AM |
On-Going Performances:**
| Mondays | Open. | |
| Tuesdays | Open. | |
| Wednesdays | Will Scruggs Trio
Ray's on the River
6700 Powers Ferry Rd. Sandy Springs GA, 30339 |
7 PM - 11 PM |
| Thursdays | Open. | |
| Fridays | Open. | |
| Saturdays | Open. | |
| Sundays | Open. |
| **these dates valid if there isn't another performance listed in Featured Performances! |
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Will Scruggs: A Life of Jazz
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Born in Atlanta, Will Scruggs began playing sax at the age of 8 before going on to be voted Most Outstanding Member of the Enloe High School Jazz Band in Raleigh, North Carolina, and selected as the First Chair Baritone Sax in the 1998 Honor Band of America.
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At Emory University, Will was named the top college jazz musician of 2001 in Alabama and Georgia by the Alabama Jazz and Blues Federation. While attending Emory he studied saxophone with Nathanael Fareed Mahluli and was mentored by Gary Motley and Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews. After becoming the first student ever to graduate from Emory with Highest Honors in Jazz Performance, "Mr. Scruggs" joined Teach for America to teach first grade in Southeast Atlanta.
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Will has recorded two full-length albums of original music with Cadillac Jones, an original jazz/funk band out of Atlanta. Their second record, Junk in the Trunk, was released in 2003 by Harmonized Records, a subsidiary of Leeway's Homegrown Music Network. During his time with Cadillac Jones, Will had the opportunity to sit in with both the Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Bands, open shows for Charlie Hunter and Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and perform at the Knitting Factory in New York, NY. During this time he also made regular guest appearances with Perpetual Groove throughout the Southeast and as far as California, where he shared the stage with Skerik, Jessica Lurie, and Umphrey's McGee's Jake Cinninger at the 2003 High Sierra Music Festival.
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In 2004 Will left Cadillac Jones to lead his own band, the Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship, releasing a self-titled CD in early 2005. The independent album received airplay on over 50 radio stations nationwide, quickly turning a profit. After touring the East Coast and bringing messages of peace, justice, and unity to audiences from Florida to Washington, DC, the Jazz Fellowship performed at the 2006 Atlanta Jazz Festival as winners of the 2005 Future of Jazz Competition. The second original Jazz Fellowship album, BlueBari Jam, is set to be released by the end of 2006.
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In addition to his success as a bandleader, Will Scruggs is quickly making a name for himself as one of the top-call saxophonists in the Southeast. In 2002 he was featured as a special guest soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the Emory Symphony Orchestra. Since 2003 he has appeared on over 20 albums, including records produced by Dallas Austin, Noel Alphonso, and Oliver Wood. As a member of the Funderhorns, Will can be heard on LeavinŐ, the newest record from Eight-time Grammy ¨ Award winner Natalie Cole. He also performed with Ms. Cole at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta and the Apollo Theater in New York City. Scruggs has appeared multiple times on Good Day Atlanta and the Cartoon Network as a member of the Kingsized Orchestra, traveled to Detroit with the roots-reggae band Revelation, and completed an extensive Southeast College Tour with singer/songwriter and Red Drum Records artist Chris Cauley. He also performs regularly with vocalist Audrey Shakir.
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Will Scruggs currently lives in Atlanta, GA. In December 2006 he completd a MasterŐs of Music in Jazz Studies at Georgia State University. When he is not traveling or recording, he serves as music manger, booking agent, and leader of the house band at RayŐs Killer Creek in Alpharetta, GA. He also volunteers regularly as a tutor and mentor with his former students from Teach for America and tours in a 1990 Diesel Ford van that runs on 100% waste vegetable oil. |
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Will Scruggs plays Conn/Selmer Saxophones exclusively.
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