Jazz Ambassadors 2003
Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope
Freddie Bryant, guitarist, is presently a faculty member at the Interplay
Jazz Camp in Beverley, Massachusetts and leader of the Jazz quartet
Andrew Eulau, bassist and adjunct professor of jazz bass at New Jersey
City University is also a doublebass and bass instructor at Rutgers
University and The Rudolf Steiner School.
Tom Aalfs, violinist, conducts a variety of workshops
from grade school to college in subjects including
jazz improvisation, Latin percussion, and interactive poetry.
Willard Dyson, drummer, works with a diverse group of musicians including Regina Belle, Grady Tate, Jimmy Scott, The New York Voices, Dakota Staton and Cassandra Wilson, New York clubs as well as various Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
Over 75 Royal Oman Police band musicians attended the Jazz Ambassadors
workshop on musical styles.
Ambassador Baltimore receives the Jazz Ambassadors quartet in his office, accompanied by Control Officer Nicholas Griffith.
Kevin Schafer, Director of The American International School in Muscat (TAISM) introduces the Jazz Ambassadors at a workshop for students and music teachers.
TAISM hosted
students from five local schools to attend the Jazz Ambassadors workshop
in their gymnasium.
Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope perform before an audience of 550 guests at the Grand Hyatt Muscat
Two more intimate performances took place at the Ambassador's residence before selected audiences of Omani dignitaries.