Finalists Announced for 2009 Generations International Competition for Emerging Jazz Combos

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Generations Band to play two full sets at Yoshi’s SF on Wednesday, May 6

Two New York City-based quintets have been announced as finalists for the second annual Generations International Competition for Emerging Combos sponsored by the International Center for the Arts (ICA) at San Francisco State University. The finalists are the Ken Fowser/Behn Gillece Quintet, a band that originally coalesced within the Jazz Studies Program at the State University of New York – Purchase, and the Bruce Harris Quintet, a group with roots at the Julliard School of Music.

The two young bands to compete for a year-long fellowship in a “Battle of the Combos” at Yoshi’s San Francisco on Wednesday, May 7, in a concert also featuring the Generations Band: Jimmy Cobb, Ray Drummond, Eric Alexander, Terrell Stafford, David Hazeltine and Andrew Speight

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Contact: Matt Itelson, (415) 338-1442, matti@sfsu.edu, College of Creative Arts c/o San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132

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