Bakersfield College will be holding a free jazz workshop on Tuesday, May 4th, beginning at 1 PM. The visiting artist will be guitarist G.E. Stinson, known to many as one of the co-founders of Grammy Award winning Shadowfax, a new age / electronic / jazz fusion group who soared to popularity in the mid-eighties and nineties before disbanding following the untimely death of Chuck Greenberg.
Following his appearance at BC, he will be appearing later that evening at Dagny's Coffee Co. with BC Jazz Director and trumpeter, Kris Tiner.
Both appearances are free and open to the public.
In 1988 Shadowfax won the Grammy for Best New Age Performance for "Folksongs for a Nuclear Village." Stinson left Shadowfax after recording "The Odd Get Even" (1989) and went "underground" in Los Angeles to work on his "extended technique" and "frequency manipulation." Since then he has worked with a number of musicians on various projects, including duets with Nels Cline, Miya Masaoka, Napalm Quartet, Splinter Group, L. Stinkbug, and others.
Here is the schedule of events:
Bakersfield College, BC Band Room SAM-2, 1801 Panorama Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93305
BC Jazz Workshop, with visiting artist G. E. STINSON:
1:00-2:30: Performance/discussion - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
2:45-4:00: Workshop with BC guitarists
4:15-5:30: Improv workshop with BC Jazz Ensemble
(If you are a student musician and would like to observe or participate in the workshop portion of this event, please contact director Kris Tiner at krtiner@bakersfieldcollege.edu)
Dagny's Coffee Co, 20th and Eye St, Bakersfield, CA
G.E. Stinson and Kris Tiner,
7 - 8 PM. All ages welcome.
For more details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109549075753983&index=1
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