Harborfields High School Jazz Band

Big Band, Small School. Jazz from the wilds of Long Island.

[Harborfields High School Jazz Band @HFJazz]

The HHS Jazz Band is playing a year-end concert on the front lawn of @HarborfieldsHS this coming Thursday at 5pm. If you’re around, bring a lawn chair and come enjoy the music! @harborfieldspta @HarborfieldsCSD @HFMusicDept

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We’re one of the 4 finalists that will have that opportunity to perform at the Northwell Health Jones Beach Theater this Saturday in the Battle of the HS Big Bands! We look forward to playing & hearing great bands from E. Meadow, N. Babylon & Uniondale. @SCMEA_NYS @OfficialNYSSMA

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The Wedding is the Video of the Day at @AllAboutJazz! Head over there today to see this documentary:

https://t.co/LBVpLRa4Hm

And please visit our launch site to see other related videos (and to learn more about The Wedding):

https://t.co/vit8RdR72W

@hf_news @HarborfieldsCSD

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It’s been a week since we released “The Wedding” and I’m so thrilled with the response it’s received. Many thanks to @AllAboutJazz
for helping to spread the news about this project! @HFMusicDept @hf_news @HarborfieldsCSD @HarborfieldsHS

https://t.co/KF9TlWbU8P

[Daniel Bilawsky @DanBilawsky]

In early 2021 I commissioned three-time GRAMMY-nominated composer/arranger/trombonist @alanferber to write an arrangement of South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim’s "The Wedding," a composition I have long adored and wanted my students to perform. [thread]

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@SCMEA_NYS #Jazz

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Harborfields Central School District - Harborfields Band Musicians Participate in SCMEA Day of Jazz. #OneHFamily https://t.co/MBhgFtmCtY

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The letter from the Chancellor:

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Since Presidents’ Day always results in new articles, posts and playlists related to jazz icon Lester Young, dubbed the The President (or “Prez”/“Pres,” for short) by Billie Holiday, here’s our positive Prez story (thread) @OfficialNYSSMA @SCMEA_NYS @NYSCAME @HarborfieldsCSD

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Partial video of “Tickle Toe” from the concert (since Twitter only allows 140 seconds of video).

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It was an honor to take part in @HarborfieldsCSD’s Black History Month Celebration last night. We paid tribute to Benny Carter and performed his “Dream Time.” Many thanks to @hf_news for all of the work on our video. Here’s a clip:

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Many thanks to @hf_news and Mr. Ambrosio for documenting our work and the @HarborfieldsCSD administration for supporting music in our schools!

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We’ve been pretty quiet on Twitter, but that doesn’t mean we’re not here! Last month we were able to debut video from of our audience-less winter concert from December, which included the world premiere of @StevenFeifke’s arrangement of “Iko Iko.”

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We’re socially-distanced, but musically present! Keep your eyes and ears open for more from @HFJazz

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Here’s a septet—six of our @HarborfieldsHS jazz band upperclassmen plus Mr. Antonelli —running through the head of @mattwilsonjazz’s ”Hug.”

We’ll spend some time working it up into a full arrangement for a performance at some point. Too fun! Need a hug? Here it is!