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Tonight’s Musicology Java N’ Jazz Jamsession will be featuring: Ian Goodman: drums, Jeremy Powell: saxophone,Sam Martinez:bass and Peter Mongaya and Larue Nickelson: guitars.It should all be good fun!! 9.30PM  $5 donation

Come out and hang for a night of good music!  Featuring the music of Wayne Shorter Please come out and join the impressionist shred-fest; it is always fun to meet and play with new faces and musicians!

In Loving Memory James David Via(January 24th, 1951-January 25th, 2010)

With heavy a heart I’m writing to let you know that longtime Musicology drum instructor Dave Via passed away after long illness this week.  Dave was with us from the very beginning at Musicology when we opened our doors back in the late spring of 2006. Dave was a loving, inspiring and super-knowledgeable teacher and helped many of his drum students achieve great levels of skill during his time at Musicology. His wit, wackiness, deep passion for music and drums, and of course his love of the New York Yankees made for many crazy-fun times and  great music making. He will be greatly missed, Dave we miss you already!   There will be a memorial for him at the Kapok Pavillion/ Players School of Music this Sunday January 31st at 3PM. I hope to see you there!

God Bless,

Peter Mongaya (owner/president of Musicology)

Musicology “empower the musician within”
2576 Sunset Point Rd.
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(Dave Via playing w. legendary Dizzy Gillespie)

Bio

A native of Mayodan, N.C., David studied percussion with Keith Copeland and Terri Lynn Carrington. He performed with an extensive list of Jazz artists including Mose Allison, Barney Kessell, Charlie Bryd, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Labarbera, Slide Hampton, Carol Sloane, David Baker, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Nick Brignola, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, David Murray, Joe Lovano, Billy Taylor, Kenny Werner, Ira Sullivan, John Abercrombie, Jeff Berlin, Rufus Reid, Sheila Jordan, Ted Rosenthal, Larry Coryell, Frank Kimborough and Conrad Herwig.

David toured extensively with Jon Metzger as part of the USIA Arts America Program in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. These tours involved a rigorous performing schedule as well as teaching numerous clinics. In the States, David performed in numerous Jazz festivals in Washington DC, Spoleto in Charleston, S.C., Indiana, Kentucky and Clearwater. He also performed with the Billy Siegenfield Jump Rhythm Jazz Project of New York City.

David appeared on several recordings including pianist Ed Paolantonios Dedications (Paolo Productions), pianist Paul Tardifs Point of Departure (Millisound 100), Minas debut album (Blue Azul Records) and Jack Wilkins Artwork (Koch).

David taught at University of South Florida in Tampa for 8 years. Since 1997, he taught at Jeff Berlins Players School of Music, as well as Musicology

in Clearwater, Florida.

There will not be a P&W night this Friday 1/29/2010. Too much stuff going on right now. Our son Benjamin started back on chemo treatments this week.
Additionally Sam Martinez our bass player is currently playing in Tokyo and Tapei for a couple weeks, drummer JT is on tour, keyboardist and singer John Wilds is playing in Orlando all week….. You get the picture, but sorry for the late notice. I was trying to make it happen with a alternate rhythm section but no luck! P&W night in February will be in Plant City for John Wild’s CD release party which should be a good time and great music! I hope you and the family can make it out! Hope everything is well in your world!

The Monthly Java N’ Jazz Jamsession featuring music by Wayne Shorter Wednesday night will be featuring: JT drums, Jeremy Powell: saxophone , Sam Martinez and Peter Mongaya: guitars.It should all be good fun!!

This year we are going to try a new format where we will cover a different composer/ artist each month. Stay tuned!!
Come out and hang for a night of exploring the music of Wayne Shorter! We’ll try to cover a wide base of music for the evening. Hopefully a little bit of everything. Past jams has included music by Hendrix, J.S. Bach, Scofield, Nirvana, Coltrane, Chick Corea, GN’R, lullabyes, Hymns, and Beatles etc. for the evening………. Please come out and join the impressionist shred-fest; it is always fun to meet new faces and musicians!

A very good time indeed to hang with fellow Tampa Bay musicians and build community/connections/creativity, as well as gobble up a ton of caffeine and sugar.

$5 donation to keep the good times rollin’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Where There Is No Culture Create Your Own” Marty Morell (drummer w. the legendary Bill Evans Trio)

God Bless,

Peter Mongaya (owner/president of Musicology)

Hi Gang!
Thanks so much for everybody who joined us for our “Jaco Pastorious Tribute Jam 2009/ David Via Donation Drive” last night at Musicology. It was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!
We had over 100 people attending the event and there was such a synergy and good buzz! The music was incredible, the vibe and camaraderie was beautiful amongst the amazing musicians and audience!
Our goal at Musicology is to continually build community and contribute  AUTHENTIC QUALITY MUSIC EVENTS to the Tampa Bay Area!! It was very encouraging to see so many people come out and listen to heavy/real/deep music and be way into it!!!

Musicology Presents :

JACO JAM 2009

The 1st Annual
Tampa Bay

Jaco Pastorius

Tribute Concert

December 6, 2009 @5PM, $7admission

Featured Bassists Listed

In Order Of Appearance :

Kevin Williams

Kenny Walker

Tim George

Sam Martinez

Elias Tona

Angel Vicens
Additional Personnel :

SAXOPHONE (sax)
Butch Thomas

Jeremy Powell (J.P.)

DRUMS (dr)

Kevin Huber (K.H.),

John Zwolski (J.Z.),

Jonathon Thomas (J.T.)

KEYBOARD (kybd)

Ben Winkler (B.W.)

GUITAR (gtr)

Paul Buzine (P.B.)

Geoffrey Jacob (G.J.)

Larue Nickelson (L.N.)

Peter Mongaya Hogsholm (PMH)

WHY DONATE ?
David Via had a massive heart attack in August. The incident has triggered more health-related issues and he is of now still in the hospital. Although David has had a successful surgery, he will be recuperating and not working as a result.
Any generous contribution will help David with his day to day expenses, and Musicology will confirm that every contribution reaches David, if a contributor so desires.