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Jazz festival gives students freedom to put their own stamp on music

By Mark Coddington
mark.coddington@theindependent.com
Published: Monday, February 8, 2010 10:46 PM CST
At Grand Island Senior High on Monday, you could hear plenty of sounds and styles that were different from what you're used to hearing from high school bands.

New Orleans-style Dixieland. Piano, cowbells and tambourines. Muted, swooping horns. Even a little funk.

But there was one element that made the music at Monday's Jazz Band Festival truly distinct: freedom.

"Most people think that swing is jazz, and that's not all there is to it," said GISH band director Louie Eckhardt. "It's the improvisation that defines jazz."  Full Story

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