College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Department of Music and Dance presents

UMass Jazz Ensemble Jeffrey W. Holmes & Thomas Giampietro, directors Kyle Murray, assistant director/Jazz Ensemble TA

With Special Guests: Fumi Tomita, bass Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble Kinetic Five Chamber Jazz Ensembles

Virtual Presentation via YouTube May 12, 2021 7:30pm

Program

Day In Day Out Music: Johnny Mercer; Lyrics: Rube Bloom Arranged by Sammy Nestico Jazz Ensemble

Ruminations on the Shape of Things to Come Ryan Kapoor (’21) Chamber Jazz Ensemble

Pools Don Grolnick arr. Jeff Holmes Jazz Ensemble w/special guest Fumi Tomita, bass

Everything Must Go Mark Walker (G ’22) Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble

Hay Burner Sammy Nestico Jazz Ensemble

Hypocracy Kyle Murray (G ’21) Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble

Introspection Andrew Wilcox (G ’22) Jazz Ensemble, Andrew Wilcox guest director

The Snap Zandra Azoulay (’23) Kinetic Five

Dear Mr. Hill Andrew Wilcox Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble

Sunrise in Beijing Christian Scott Chamber Jazz Trio

It’s A Grand Night For Swingin’ Billy Taylor Jazz Ensemble w/special guest Fumi Tomita, bass

Bonus Track (under personnel/credits) There’s A Yearnin’ Oliver Nelson arr. Dan Williams (G ’03) Studio Orchestra (Recorded live May 2003, Bowker Auditorium, Jeffrey Holmes, director)

Special thanks to:

Felipe Salles for final video editing/assembling

Graduate Jazz Ensemble TA Kyle Murray for being the Jazz Ensemble audio and video track librarian, initial, intermediate mixes and final audio/video mixing liaison, virtual audio engineering, and final video on Grand Night

Graduate Jazz TA Mark Walker for final Jazz Ensemble audio/video mixes, except Introspection, compiled/directed by Andrew Wilcox

Graduate Jazz Writing Major alumni Chris Robinson, bass; Haneef Nelson, trumpet/flugelhorn; and Brian Martin, trombone, who contributed their playing talents to this semester’s Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble

Bill Sitler for 2020 Jazz Showcase photos used in various videos

All the students and faculty who continued to find new paths of collaboration and presentation in their respective ensembles

Personnel:

UMass Jazz Ensemble Jeffrey W. Holmes and Thomas Giampietro, directors Kyle Murray, assistant director/Jazz Ensemble TA

Saxophone/Woodwind Section A Saxophone/Woodwind Section B Trumpets Zachary Robarge, alto 1 Lauren Decker, alto 1 Mitch Gibbs lead Tess Maguire, alto 2 Nicholas Spodick, alto 2 Ryan Kapoor Kyle Murray, tenor 1 Tess Maguire, tenor 1 Helkin Sosa Matt Padula, tenor 2 Ian Kenneally Zachary Robarge/Matt Padula, bari Matt Padula/Zachary Robarge, bari

Trombone Piano/Keyboards Drums Carolyn Dufraine Andrew Wilcox Molly Plaisted John Wood Coleman Hovey Zandra Azoulay Jess Noltee Dylan Walter Anthony Lafond Fletcher Clark, bass trombone Ryan Padula Dillon Pinard

Bass Vibes Kamal Ritter-Febus Gabe Labell

Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble From the writing studios of Jeffrey W. Holmes and Felipe Salles Kyle Murray, TA ensemble coordinator

Zachary Robarge – Saxophones, Woodwinds Kyle Murray – Saxophones, Mixing and Video Editing (Hypocracy) Mitch Gibbs – Trumpet Haneef Nelson – Trumpet, Flugelhorn (Dear Mr. Hill only) G ’20 Brian Martin – Trombone (Dear Mr. Hill only) G ’19 Aidan Fischer – Guitar Andrew Wilcox – Piano, Mixing and Video Editing (Dear Mr. Hill) Christopher Robinson – Basses G ‘20 Mark Walker – Drums, Mixing and Video Editing (Everything Must Go)

Chamber Jazz Ensemble on Ruminations Tom Giampietro, coach Carolyn Dufraine – Trombone Molly Plaisted – Drums Ryan Kapoor – Trumpet, Keyboard, Production Zev Jarrett – Alto

Kinetic Five on The Snap Jeff Holmes, coach, and concert coordinator Matt Padula – Tenor Sax Ethan Ni – Alto Sax Coleman Hovey – Piano Liam Keaney – Electric Bass Zandra Azoulay – Drums, audio/video editing

Chamber Jazz Trio on Sunrise in Beijing Isabella Bulnes -- Flute Dylan Walter -- Keyboards, Bass Anthony Lafond -- Drums

Additional audio editing/mixing and concert vetting: Kyle Murray, Jeff Holmes & Tom Giampietro

Congratulations to our most recent UMass Downbeat Magazine Annual Student Music Awards recipients for 2021:

Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble: Winner - Graduate Asynchronous Latin Group

Coleman Hovey: Outstanding Performance - Undergraduate Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist (keyboards)

Vocal Jazz Group: Outstanding Performance - Undergraduate Asynchronous Small Vocal Jazz Group

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s rehearsals and concerts presented unprecedented hurdles and challenges, which the students overcame with creativity and perseverance. Resulting in a unique set of performances, the educational process was further augmented by required immersion in audio and video recording techniques, that in some instances opened new doors that would not have been realized in a live context. Congratulations to all!

Your tax-deductible gift can provide support for the Department of Music & Dance through the Friends of Music or Friends of Dance, scholarship support through Music Scholarships, or targeted toward programs listed at UMass.edu/music/give-music. Donations can also be mailed to: UMass Amherst, Memorial Hall, 134 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9270

For a full listing of Music & Dance Dept. events, visit UMass.edu/music/events