MIT FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE & MIT ALUMNI JAZZ BAND FREDERICK HARRIS, JR., music director MARK HARVEY, guest conductor-composer 10th Annual Herb Pomeroy Memorial Concert Celebrating a Legacy of Original Music In honor of MIT’s “Father of Jazz” and founder of MIT’s jazz performance

Music of Duke Ellington, Jamshied Sharifi, Mark Harvey, Peter Godart, Jacob Collier, Peter Bernstein, Youngblood Brass Band, Richard Oates ’18, and Ben Claman ’17 Talia Khan ’20, guest vocalist

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2017 | 8PM KRESGE AUDITORIUM

Program

V.I.P. (2003/2017) Youngblood Brass Band arr. Garrett Parrish, ‘17 (b. 1995)

First performance of this

Portrait of Jenny (1948/1995) Gordon Burdge & J. Russell Robinson, arr. Kenny Werner

Dragonfly (1998/2016) Peter Bernstein (b. 1967) arr. Eric Ostling ’88

First performance of this arrangement

Maestro a poem by Dodie Gibbons for Herb

Read by Perry Pomeroy

In a Sentimental Mood (1935/circa 1990s) Duke Ellington (1899-1974) arr. Herb Pomeroy

Oclupaca (1968) Duke Ellington from the Latin American Suite

Who Cares Alan Osmundson ‘19 (b. 1997)

World Premiere

Alan Osmundson, ; Larry Wang, ; Richard Oates, guitar; Jeff Moran, bass; and Garrett Parrish, drums

Hylian Suite (1986/2017) arr. and recomposition, Richard Oates ‘18

I. Someday Zelda’s Prince Will Come II. Song of Healing III. Lanayru Sand Sea

World Premiere

INTERMISSION

Hoodo (2017) Benjamin Claman ‘ 17 (b. 1995)

World Premiere Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection Peter Munstedt, MIT Lewis Music Library Librarian Institute Archives and Special Collections & Liaison

Options (2016) Mark Harvey (b. 1946)

Mark Harvey, guest conductor

Stablemates (1958/2017) Benny Golson (b. 1929), arr. Eric Ostling

Alumni Jazz Combo Dave Ricks, trumpet; Alex Mekelburg, ; Eric Ostling, piano; Steve Conahan, bass; Garrett Parrish, drums

Down The Line (2016) Jacob Collier (b. 1994) arr. Jamshied Sharifi ‘83

Talia Khan ‘20, vocalist

The Quiet Words Of The Wise (2005) Jamshied Sharifi (b. 1960) for Herb

Presentation of the 2017 Everett Longstreth Jazz Award

Indigo (2013) Peter Godart ’15 (b. 1992)

Playhouse (1988) Jamshied Sharifi

MIT Alumni Jazz Band

Brother Griff McSmith (1988) John La Barbera (b. 1945)

MIT Alumni Jazz Band & MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble FJE 2016-2017 MIT Alumni Jazz Band 2017 Alto Saxophone Rachel Thornton ‘18 MA Justin Carrus ‘17 KY Randall Warniers ‘68 Clarinet Ini Oguntola ‘19 NY Tenor Saxophone Alex Mekelburg ‘04 Alto Saxophone Scott Beasley ‘88 ‘08 Lilly Clark ‘18 NY Dylan Sherry ‘12 Justin Carrus ‘17 KY Baritone Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Charlie Marge ‘84 Benjamin Harpt ‘18 WI Rogers Epstein ‘19 MA Trumpet Ariel Wexler ‘15 Baritone Saxophone Dave Ricks ‘83, Ph.D. ‘94 Tina Kambil ‘16 MA Ali Azarbayejani ‘88, Ph.D. ‘96 Christina Jackson ‘05 Trumpet Patrick Shin ‘19 GA Chris Reif ‘84 Alan Osmundson ‘19 CA Babatunde Ogunlade ‘20 NY Horn Brandon Baraban ‘20 NY Howard Boles ‘77 Ben Claman ‘17 AK Trombone Ethan Fenn ‘04 Trombone William Roddenberry ‘18 GA Jay Keyser, Special Assistant to the Marek Subernat ‘19 NY Chancellor, Prof. Emeritus Mina Blume ‘17 CA Richard Orr ‘62 Lindsey Spratt ‘77 Bass Trombone Stephen Filippone G TX Bass Trombone Michael Strauss ‘79, ‘85 Piano Larry Wang ‘18 CA Piano Peter Godart ‘15 Guitar Eric Ostling ‘88 Richard Oates ‘18 MA Michael Valdez ‘90, ‘93 Vibraphone Guitar Julia Fiksinski ‘20 NE Rick Cohen ‘82 Bass Bass Jeff Moran, Postdoc CO Steve Conahan ‘93 Adrian Grossman ‘15 Drums Garrett Parrish ‘17 NY Drums Garrett Parrish ‘17 NY Percussion Jacob Gunter ‘17 CA

Special thanks to Mark Harvey; Perry Pomeroy; the FJE Officers; MIT Jazz Alumni; Jamshied Sharifi; Eric Ostling; Cuco Daglio; Tony DiBartolo; Peter Munstedt; Meredith Sibley, Timothy Woods and the MIT Campus Activities Complex; Clarise Snyder; Jillian Scales and the MIT Concerts Office. Described by Duke Ellington as “One of America’s Jazz Treasures,” Herb Pomeroy (1930-2007) was among the most influential jazz performers and educators of the last 50 years. Herb was a celebrated big band leader from the 1950s through the early 1990s. He was also an outstanding jazz trumpet player and a gifted composer and arranger, who was highly respected by his peers. Louis Armstrong initially inspired Herb to become a trumpeter and later he became a gifted bebop player. From his early twenties up to his last months, playing the trumpet was one of his most satisfying musical outlets. Herb is perhaps most remembered and beloved as a “musician’s musician” who was a world-renowned music educator. He taught at the Berklee College of Music for 40 years and he founded the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, which he directed from 1963 to 1985.

In the spring of 1995 Herb retired from the Berklee College of Music and was presented an Honorary Doctor of Music degree. His last concert with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra was attended by musicians from around the world. After his retirement from Berklee, Herb returned to performing and recording and he was in constant demand as a sideman. His solo, trio and quartet performances received high critical and popular acclaim until his death in August of 2007. In the years following his retirement, Herb taught part-time at Berklee and the New England Conservatory of Music.

On September 9, 2007, hundreds of people from around the country and the world gathered at Emmanuel Church in Boston for A Memorial Service in Celebration of Herb Pomeroy’s Life and Music. The three-and- a-half hour celebration was a rare outpouring of love and thanks in words and music to a man and musician who remains in the minds and hearts of thousands of people.

The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble (course 21M.442) was founded in 1963 by Boston jazz icon Herb Pomeroy and led since 1999 by Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. The FJE is comprised of outstanding MIT undergraduate and graduate students studying a wide range of disciplines. It is the 2013 recipient of the Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Award in the Arts at MIT and is the only MIT entity that has earned this recognition three times (previous awards in 1991 and 1982), a testament to its consistent high quality over many decades. The FJE has released five professional recordings including its major jazz label debut release on Sunnyside in 2015. The FJE has a long history of performing original music by MIT students and composers from around the world. Since 2001, it has presented over 40 world premieres.

Among others, Mark Harvey, Herb Pomeroy, Jamshied Sharifi, Ran Blake, John Harbison, Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Don Byron, Steve Turre, Magali Souriau, Guillermo Klein, Bill McHenry, Chris Cheek, Miguel Zenón, Dominique Eade, Eviyan, Jacob Collier, and George Schuller have worked with the FJE.

Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. Director of Wind and Jazz Ensembles at MIT. M.M., New England Conservatory, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Dr. Harris’ first book, with Feeling, was published in 2001. His latest book, Seeking the Infinite: The Musical Life of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski was published in 2011. He is a strong advocate for the creation and performance of new music, having commissioned and/or premiered 85 works for wind, jazz, and mixed ensembles. In 2013 he led the world premieres of Chick Corea’s From Forever (Suite for Big Band) and Don Byron’s Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble. Dr. Harris and the MIT Wind Ensemble have been featured on PBS in the documentary Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring through Music, and he has appeared on Minnesota Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

He was awarded the 2010 Paul Smith Hall of Fame Award from the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association. Nominated by his students, Dr. Harris is a 2013 recipient of the James A. and Ruth Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT.

Mark Harvey is a Senior Lecturer in Music at MIT where he teaches jazz studies. He is the founder/music director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and the music director for Kate Matson’s FiLmprov. Harvey writes and lectures on jazz, American music, and the relations among music, religion, and culture. He has performed in major venues including Fenway Park and Symphony Hall, Boston, the Knitting Factory and the Village Gate (NYC), the National Gallery of Art (DC), the Left Bank Jazz Society (MD), the Southern California Institute of Architecture (CA), the Berlin Jazz Festival (Germany), and the Baja State Theater (Mexico). His musical credits also include recordings with George Russell’s Living Time Orchestra (Blue Note), and Baird Hersey & the Year of the Ear (Arista/ Novus) and appearances with Gil Evans, Howard McGhee, , and Claudio Roditi, among others. Harvey has received commissions from the Meet the Composer/Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Commissioning Program, the 15th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert, FiLmprov, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Eastern CT State University, the MIT Sesquicentennial Celebration, and the MIT Festival Jazz and Wind Ensembles. His essay on the history of avant-garde jazz in Boston is part of a compilation recording, The Boston Creative Jazz Scene 1970—1983 (Cultures of Soul, 2016) featuring his quartet of the period among others. In 2015, Dr. Harvey was named Boston Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association, one of 24 jazz advocates recognized nationally for significant contributions to their communities.

FJE Officers President: Matthew Stringfellow Vice President: Garrett Parrish P.R. Manager: Patrick Shin Librarian: Larry Wang & Ini Oguntola Social Chairs: Ben Harpt, Rogers Epstein, Justin Carrus, Lilly Clark Webmaster: Stephen Filippone Reh. AV tech: Garrett Parrish Reh. mic set-up manager: Richard Oates Set-up/Breakdown Commodore: Julia Fiksinski The Herb Pomeroy Jazz Development Fund

This permanent fund was created in 2000 to honor Herb Pomeroy’s vast contributions to music at MIT and specifically to jazz. The fund is used to expand the jazz program and to continue the tradition of commissioning new works for the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.

If you wish to contribute to this fund, you may send a check payable to MIT, c/o The Herb Pomeroy Jazz Development Fund, 14N-207, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Please visit the Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection at libraries.mit.edu/pomeroy

This website presents a sample of the rich content that lies within the Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection. Materials in this collection include recordings, music scores and parts, teaching materials, correspondence, posters, concert programs, photographs, and other professional memorabilia. They are available for use in the Institute Archives, 14N-118.

If you wish to contribute to the ongoing work of the Herb Pomeroy Jazz Collection, contact Peter Munstedt at [email protected].

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