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SUMMARY:Theo Czuk at Shelton McMurphey Johnson House
DESCRIPTION:Price: $30 / $25\nAge Limit: All Ages\n\nDetails: THEO CZUK: \n\nTHE FERAL JAZZ CAT\n\nA jazz NOVEL LAUNCH and jazz CD RELEASE  event.\n\nAward winning novelist and critically acclaimed songwriter Theo Czuk's latest literary effort, The BLACK BOTTOM: The Measure Of Man, is a novel steeped in the origin of jazz. The where, the when and the why-for that jazz became jazz.\nTheo wrote this latest novel symbiotically with his recent CD release, The BLACK BOTTOM: Cultivating Jazz; The Full Measure. \nBetween these two artistic releases, the novel and the CD, Theo explores the full breath of whence jazz germinated to where it has ventured since its inception.\nAn extremely unique artistic undertaking, the symbiosis between these two distinct artistic expressions, literature and songwriting, presents a full reckoning of jazz history.\nWith aural illustrations Theo's Quartet will explore songwriting composition in general and jazz songwriting in particular. Discover the working parts of the song and the tools at the songwriter's disposal as he/she crafts a song.\nTheo will discuss and detail a variety of jazz writing styles including swing, fusion, beat jazz, bossa nova, blues and, of course, the classic AABA song structure. Theo's ensemble will perform examples of these song structures as he flushes out jazz in its myriad of manifestations.\nFor the interested novice, this presentation/performance will be a great introduction to what to listen for in jazz. \nFor the seasoned professional, this is a great review of where jazz took root to where it presently dots the contemporary musical landscape. These releases, the novel and the CD, will connect the dots.\nThis will be a unique presentation from an artist that has garnered acclaim as a novelist, a songwriter and a poet.\n\nTheo’s Quartet is:\nTheo: Vocal/Piano/Guitar\nDavid Lloyd; Flute/Vocal\nAlexander Pabst: Upright Bass\nHendrick Valera: Congas\n
LOCATION:Shelton McMurphey Johnson House - 303 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR, 97401, US
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