The Clackamas print., January 31, 2007, Page 5, Image 5

Clackamas Print
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Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
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Jazz Jams ready to groove
tla Dickerson
Ju Clackamas Print
Jazz musicians, young and old,
invited to attend the Monday-
it, weekly jam session, held in
Leroy Anderson Room in the
ineyer Center.
As well as the regular special
sts. Clackamas faculty will be
earing. Music instructors Tom
ieling, Clay Giberson, Charlie
»gett and Eli Reisman will be
ying bass, piano, drums and gui-
tespectively.
The invitation to come jam is
n to everyone. It is expected that
fasional musicians, as well as
dents and community members,
(attend the sessions to play and
he purpose of the jams is to
nr great musicians, such as
ts Davis and Charlie Parker,
e joining together musicians
from the Portland-metro area.
Clackamas student and bassist
Zach Sears hopes that the jams will
be a good learning experience for
younger musicians.
“The best way to get good is to
play with good musicians,” said
Sears.
Jazz
Ensemble
Director
Wakeling wrote a grant, which
was later approved, to have these
jam sessions. According to a recent
press release, this may be the begin­
ning of a new era for the music and
arts scene in Oregon City.
There is no entry fee to play.
The first jam session is Jan. 29,
and the sessions, which commence
at 7 p.m., will run until 10 p.m.
Recordings of the individual ses­
sions will be available for pur­
chase.
For more information, e-mail
Wakeling at wakelingt@clackamas.
edu, or contact the music depart­
ment at 503-657-6958, ext. 2434.
AU photos by Juno Dean Clackamas Print
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Music Instructors Clay Giberson, Charles Doggett and Tom Wakeling
jammed out Monday night at the Jazz Jams in the Neimeyer Center. The Jazz Jams are open
to the public every Monday night from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. and are free of charge.
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