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Northeast Jazz
Band Members Excel
Two members of the Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC)
Jazz Band were honored at the Downhome Jazz Festival in Dothan
recently. Danielle Knox, vocalist, was named outstanding soloist
for the NACC Jazz Band and Andy Curtis, alto saxophonist, was
named the outstanding festival soloist.
Danielle Knox participated in the vocal workshop with Venessa
Rubin as clinician. Rubin is a vocalist, lyricist, composer,
producer and arranger. In January, 2007 she was cited for
Outstanding Service to Jazz Education by the International
Association of Jazz Educators. She has performed and toured with
many of the major jazz artists, including Herbie Hancock, Lionel
Hampton, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Jazz Crusaders and the
Mercer Ellington Orchestra.
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The Northeast Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr.
Daniel C. Knox, earned all superior scores for their
performance at the festival. The adjudicators were as
follows: Dr. David Baesel, Professor of Music, Barry
College; Dr. James G. Choate, United States Army Band,
retired; and Robert G. Bean, Chair of Music Department,
Wallace College.
Other recent performances by the
NACC Jazz Band have included the Jazz Hall of Fame
Festival in Birmingham, where they received the Band of
Distinction Award and their 16th appearance at the
Panoply Arts Festival in Huntsville.
For more information, go to the
Northeast Jazz
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Pictured
below are Danielle Knox and Andy Curtis, NACC Jazz Band
members recognized as outstanding at the 2007 Downhome
Jazz Festival in Dothan, Alabama.
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