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Nyerges Performed at Rochester International Jazz Festival


John Nyerges, assistant professor, VaPA, Music, and jazz pianist, appeared in the Rochester International Jazz Festival four times at three different venues. Nyerges performed with New York city-based saxophonist Dave Glasser (Quartet) at the George Eastman House on June 10, and again at the 'Mondavi' Festival Tent on June 11 to standing ovations. Nyerges also performs on Glasser's new CD to be released later this summer.

Nyerges also performed two sets with 'The Rick Holland/Evan Dobbins Little Big Band' at 'High Fidelity' (formerly 'Milestones') on Wednesday June 13. Nyerges is one of the main soloists on that band's CD entitled "In Time's Shadow", which is on the blujazz label, a large independent record label from Chicago. it was picked as one of the best 10 modern large ensemble releases for 2006 on one of the main internet jazz review sites - www.allaboutjazz.com.



John Nyerges
VaPA
06/15/2007