Ann E. Ward
Ann E. Ward (* 1949 in Chicago ; † July 18, 2016 there ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , vocals , percussion , composition ) and music teacher. In her hometown of Chicago, she had been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1981 .
Live and act
Ward came from a musical family and began playing the piano at the age of four. She began her career as a concert pianist at the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University. After completing her composition studies at Kentucky State University , where she was supported by Frederick Tillis, she appeared for three years as a singer with Ken Chaney's band Experience , with whom she also toured Europe in 1976. She then worked as both a pianist and musical director for Chicago theater companies such as Steppenwolf and North Light . In the AACM she became a member of the Great Black Music Ensemble , in which she a. a. with Dee Alexander , Douglas Ewart , George Lewis , Nicole Mitchell , Mwata Bowden and Ed Wilkerson . She has taught in the cultural studies program at Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools in Chicago's South Side and has served as church music director for the Chatham Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. She also volunteered as the director of the AACM School of Music on the Chicago State University campus .
In the field of jazz she was involved in two recording sessions in 2009/10, with the flutist Janice Misurell-Mitchell ( Uncommon Time: Music for Voice, Flute and Percussion ) and the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble on a live recording of the Umbria Jazz Festival 2009 (a.o. with Ernest Dawkins , Tomeka Reid , Art Turk Burton ). In 2015 she performed as part of the AACM Vocal Ensemble (with Dee Alexander, Taalib-Din Ziyad, Saalik Ziyad) at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt.
literature
- George E. Lewis A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music The University of Chicago Press: Chicago 2010, pp. 461-464
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary in ( Memento from 6 August 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Down Beat
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 6, 2016)
- ↑ SWR2 Jazz Session Ancient to the Future - The AACM Vocal Ensemble and the AACM "Now" Generation at the German Jazz Festival Frankfurt 2015 (program information)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ward, Ann E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (piano, vocals, percussion, composition) and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th July 2016 |
| Place of death | Chicago |