Andre Matos at Cornelia Street Cafe

At New England Conservatory, jazz runs hot in young musicians' veins. It means the blaze of improvisation and individual creativity, the warmth of interaction in small ensembles. Experimentation is encouraged. And that's cool!

This tradition goes back 40 years, when NEC launched the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. In celebrating the 40th anniversary of this creative first, NEC dips into the past, present, and future, with a week of club dates in New York. A similar series of club appearances set Boston's jazz clubs ablaze back in October.

This evening at the Cornelia Street Cafe celebrates the release of the CD Quare by guitarist Andre Matos '08 M.M., with sets at 8:30pm and 10pm. Matos's bandmembers are Sara Serpa, vocals; Noah Preminger '08, saxophone; Leo Genovese, piano; Thomas Morgan, bass; Ted Poor, drums....

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At New England Conservatory, jazz runs hot in young musicians' veins. It means the blaze of improvisation and individual creativity, the warmth of interaction in small ensembles. Experimentation is encouraged. And that's cool!

This tradition goes back 40 years, when NEC launched the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. In celebrating the 40th anniversary of this creative first, NEC dips into the past, present, and future, with a week of club dates in New York. A similar series of club appearances set Boston's jazz clubs ablaze back in October.

This evening at the Cornelia Street Cafe celebrates the release of the CD Quare by guitarist Andre Matos '08 M.M., with sets at 8:30pm and 10pm. Matos's bandmembers are Sara Serpa, vocals; Noah Preminger '08, saxophone; Leo Genovese, piano; Thomas Morgan, bass; Ted Poor, drums.

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