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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 09:15 am: | 
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If you have HBO Family, please please please make it a point to see the program featuring the Louisville Leopards Percussion ensemble. These are young kids playing some of the most complicated jazz pieces--by ear. From the HBO Family website:
HBO Family presents "The Leopards Take Manhattan: The Little Band that Roared," the final installment of "The Music in Me" -- three documentaries that profile young musicians ages 7 to 12. The Louisville Leopards Percussionists are a group of 52 young people from various racial and economic backgrounds. Though most have had no musical training, they come together with the shared desire to learn how to play percussion instruments and perform as a group. Under the leadership of founder and teacher Diane Downs, the Leopards show themselves to be a dynamic musical force, dazzling us with their special arrangements of sophisticated jazz songs. This 30-minute film follows the Leopards from Louisville on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to NYC to perform at the International Association of Jazz Educators Annual Conference.
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRcWMY0Lwr4 |
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