Contact Info
Tom Teasley can answer your questions or give further information on programs and performances: tom@tomteasley.com
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Popular programs touring Virginia schools now:
The Drum: Ancient Traditions Today
Drumming in a Digital Age
World, Wind, and Percussion
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As always, Tom values his collaboration and support from his industry sponsors including
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Warm Reception DC to NYC
Thanks
to your support here and great reviews nationally, we're
performing, recording and bringing schools more new music than ever.
Here at home, Washington Area Music Award (WAMA) members just nominated Word-Beat: The Soul Dances for Best World Music Release.
And they love us in New York City: The
IAJE -- International Association for Jazz Education -- lauded
Word-Beat as one of the all-time best examples of the integration of
poetry and music. And NYC wants us back! Read more below...
Come out and enjoy some live performances -- as soon as next week! Enjoy Word-Beat live, FREE in DC on Tuesday, February 13 at 12:30 (surprise your Valentine) -- see Upcoming Events.
Your enthusiasm truly makes us look good! Thank you -- come enjoy a concert, share this with a teacher or a friend!
Peace -- Tom
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 Double Wammie Nominations
Word-Beat's Soul Dances has been nominated for a Wammie Award for Best World Music Release. The Washington Area Music Association recognizes the achievements of local artists -- WAMA members recommend local performers.
Tom as a soloist has received his own nomination -- for Best World Music Instrumentalist.
Hall-of
Fame Wammie winners include Duke Ellington, Patsy Kline, and
"Mama" Cass Elliot -- Tom and Charles Williams are honored and
delighted to be nominated in world music for 2006.
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 Big In New York
At the 2007 International Association for Jazz Education conference in New York, Word-Beat's CD Poetry, Prose, Percussion and Song was hailed as one of the 12 most important recordings of its kind.
IAJE's
round-table panel singled out Word-Beat as a leading collaboration in
the integration of poetry and music. Tom and Charles's work is in
the same genre made famous by the partnership of Langston Hughes
and Charles Mingus.
IAJE's
panel described Word-Beat's two recordings as "must-haves." It's a
great honor and we are delighted with IAJE's recognition.
Free samples are at iTunes, CDBaby,www.word-beat.com and www.tomteasley.com.
Hear Word-Beat: The Soul Dances at iTunes or CDBaby
Hear Poetry, Prose, Percussion and Song at iTunes or CDBaby
Other Teasley CDs:
Global Groovalization, hip West African/Indian/Middle Eastern combinations, bent on driving the groove: on CDBaby or iTunes
Global Standard Time: Standards, as in jazz, with world percussion: on CDBaby or iTunes
Time Travel: eclectic mix of mainstream jazz, solo percussion and sequenced synthesizer with live performance: on CDBaby
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 Top NYC Jazz Club Invites Tom and Word-Beat
New York Is Calling: The Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village has invited Tom and Word-Beat to perform in their Po'Jazz series.
Tom
will join host Golda Solomon, the "Medicine Woman of Jazz" in
performance on June 21. Charles Williams will join him for a Word-Beat
performance on September 20.
 Going to New York? Visit the Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, 10014. Golda curates Po'Jazz events, and she'll be glad to welcome you.
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 New CD Renamed
Painting Time
There's so much enthusiasm around Tom's forthcoming CD that he's renamed it.
Formerly Time Tonic, the new project is Painting Time. In
this collaboration, Nasar Abadey (drums), Chris Battistone (trumpet),
John Jensen (trombone), James King (bass), and Bruce Swaim (saxophone)
perform all-original tunes using different qualities of sound -- or
tone-painting.
When it's out, you'll know first!
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 Just Released: Canciones Argentinas
Canciones Argentinas: It's here! Linda Teasley's first solo album of Argentine Songs is now available from Linda Teasley: contact LFTeasley@hotmail.com. Samples are on her new Web site: www.lindateasley.com, and the CD is soon to be available on CDBaby.
This
project is especially valuable because recordings of Argentine art
songs are rare. Linda selected these pieces for their high quality and
as a resource for voice teachers, students, singers, and anyone who
appreciates Argentina's culture.
The poetry sung in these pieces is outstanding. Lyrcs
include poetry from Gabriela Mistral, a poet laureate of Chile
(and the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize for
Literature).
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Upcoming Events
Feb 13, 12:30PM, Word-Beat Free Performance for UDC's JazzAlive:
Word-Beat
delivers the inspirational texts of Martin Luther King Jr., Langston
Hughes, African American proverbs and more, infused with bold solo
percussion from cultures all over the world. Tom
Teasley and Charles Williams perform Tuesday February 13 as part of the
University of the District of Columbia's new Jazz Alive program, 12:30
PM in the Recital Hall Building, 46-West. Admission is free.
Word-Beat Feb 27, 10:30AM and 12:30PM: THEARC, 1801 Mississippi Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 202-833-9800
Sterling 3rd Friday Series Starts March 16:
Tom Teasley and Word-Beat join with the Unitarian Church of Sterling to present a concert series and fundraiser. The 3rd
Fridays are March 16, April 20 and May 18, 7:30PM, 22135 Davis Drive,
suite 104, near Route 28 and Church Road in Sterling, Virginia,
Admission is $10.
Second Sundays, Inspirational Offerings in DC:
Tom Teasley and Word-Beat continue to perform as Artists-in-Residence at the historic All Soul's Unitarian Church in Washington, DC, 1500 Harvard St., NW., at the corner of 16th and Harvard St. They present live music during services the 2nd Sunday each month and adding more appearances in 2007.
Concert and Clinic March 4 and 5:
March
4, 3:00PM concert, March 5, 11:00AM clinic, Virginia Highlands
Community College, Abingdon, VA - 11:00 am - (276) 739-2447.
Sponsored in part by Virginia Commission for the Arts
 Drum and Dulcimer March 18:
Tom in Concert with dulcimer artist Maggie Sansone and fiddler Andrea Hoag: March 18, 2007 - St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, Montgomery CO., MD - 410-867-0642
Word-Beat at Strathmore Music Center March 31, 4:00PM:
The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda, MD. 301-897-5100
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