Take Note

Take Note by NCCU Vocal Jazz Ensemble CD

Copyright - North Carolina Central University Jazz Studies / North Carolina Central University Jazz Studies (888295559034)

About the recording:
Take Note, North Carolina Central University Vocal Jazz Ensemble’s 2017 CD release includes favorites from the vocal jazz standard repertoires of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Heath, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Take 6, and on Flamenco Sketches, lyrics from the pen of NCCU Jazz Studies alum, vocalist Eve Cornelious. Produced by Lenora Helm Hammonds and Dr. Ira Wiggins, Take Note features the talented students of the NCCU Jazz Studies program. Two of the selections are from the pen of saxophonist/composer, Jimmy Heath from the recording featuring vocal selections he had written, some with lyrics by vocalist Roberta Gamberini. Mr. Heath has been a frequent guest artist of the program. In honor of Mr. Heath’s legacy to jazz and our gratitude for allowing us to record his music, and specifically to his longstanding commitment and support of the NCCU Jazz Studies program and our NCCU Jazz Studies Director, Dr. Ira Wiggins, we dedicate Take Note to NEA Jazz Master, Mr. Jimmy Heath.