UW Honors Jazz Band UW Jazz Orchestra Chris Rottmayer and Matthew Endres, Directors

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

UW Honors Jazz Band UW Jazz Orchestra Chris Rottmayer and Matthew Endres, Directors UW Honors Jazz Band UW Jazz Orchestra Chris Rottmayer and Matthew Endres, directors featuring special guest Sharel Cassity, saxophone Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:30 p.m. Music Hall 925 Bascom Mall 2018 | 2019 UW HONORS JAZZ BAND UW JAZZ ORCHESTRA Chris Rottmayer and Matthew Endres, directors Sharel Cassity, saxophone PROGRAM UW Jazz Orchestra Papa Lips ............................................................................................ Bob Mintzer (b. 1953) I Get Along Without You Very Well............................................. Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981) arr. Alan Ferber Jigsaw ...................................................................................................Alan Ferber (b. 1975) Sharel Cassity, saxophone Say What!? ....................................................................................... Sharel Cassity (b. 1978) arr. Michael Philip Mossman Sharel Cassity, saxophone Mead Witter School of Music performances are recorded. Please silence or turn off all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Thank you for helping us maintain a silence in the hall that is conducive to music-making. UW Honors Jazz Band Computer .................................................................................................... Mintzer Airegin ............................................................................................... Sonny Rollins (b. 1930) arr. Bill Holman Qintessence ....................................................................................... Quincy Jones (b. 1933) Sharel Cassity, saxophone C-Jam Blues, a la Mambo ................................................................Duke Ellington (1899–1974) arr. Mossman ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST Saxophonist, multi-reedist, composer, bandleader, recording artist, and educator Sharel Cassity is a distinguished musician based in Chicago. Cassity has been named a Rising Star in DownBeat Magazine for the past nine consecutive years, won the 2007 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 2010. She holds a master’s degree from The Juilliard School and a bache- lor’s degree from The New School’s School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. Known for her fiery and soulful style of improvising and expert ensemble skills, Cassity is a versatile sideman, having performed regularly alongside renowned artists Roy Hargrove, Lewis Nash, Joe Chambers, and Darcy James Argue. A current member of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Afro Cuban Experience, Nicholas Payton’s TSO, Cyrus Chestnut’s Brubeck Quartet, and the Jimmy Heath Big Band, Cassity has toured twenty-four countries and performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and North Sea Jazz Festival. She was lead alto in the Diva Jazz Orches- tra from 2007 to 2014 and performed in the Broadway musical After Midnight as well as Maurice Hines’s Off-Broadway production Tappin’ Through Life. Other jazz lumi- naries she has performed with include Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Natalie Cole, Christian McBride, Gregory Porter, James Moody, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Slide Hampton, Maceo Parker, and Terrence Blanchard. In pop music, Cassity has recorded with Natalie Merchant, Aretha Franklin, Vanessa Williams, K.D. Lang, Fantasia, Trisha Yearwood, Seth MacFarland (Family Guy), Ruben Blades, and DJ Logic. Cassity has lead her own projects, Elektra and the Sharel Cassity Quartet, to the DC Jazz Festival, Winter Jazzfest, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Monty Alexander Jazz Festival, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Martha’s Vineyard, Kennedy Center, National Museum of the American Indian (part of the Smithsonian Insitution), Blue Note Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, Birdland, Smalls Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz, the Jazz Showcase, Mexico (a 2016 five-city tour) and more. Cassity’s latest album, Evolve (Relsha Music), is her group Elektra’s debut album and fourth album release as bandleader. Her previous releases, Just for You (DW Records, 2008), Relentless (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2009), and Manhattan Romance (Venus Records, 2014) feature stellar bands and established Cassity as a formidable talent on the international stage and throughout North America. The albums received top-rated reviews in JazzTimes, JAZZIZ Magazine, and DownBeat Magazine. Relentless’s title track, “Relentless,” was played on more than one hundred radio stations and was on the JazzWeek charts for thirty-two consecutive weeks. Cassity appears in three books, I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath by Jimmy Heath, AM Jazz: Three Generations Under the Lens by Adrianna Mateo and Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz by Chris Becker. She has also been featured on the cover of Saxophone Journal and in American Indian Magazine. Cassity is an alumna of audition-based programs JEN’s Sisters in Jazz, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, and Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. She is the recipient of numerous DownBeat Student Music Awards in both the composition and ensemble performance categories. In addition to performing, Cassity has always been passionate about teaching and inspiring future generations of musicians. Cassity currently is a professor of saxophone and piano at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois. Students from her private studio have won scholarships to the Hartt School of Music and placement in Jazz for Teens, Jazz House Kids, and the Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra. She has taught inter- nationally in Japan, Costa Rica, Mexico, and China, and was the woodwind professor at Qatar Music Academy in Doha, Qatar for the 2016–17 academic year. She has given numerous clinics on the saxophone, jazz language, rhythm, harmony, and music business. Cassity is a Vandoren Performing Artist, RS Berkeley Virtuoso Saxophone Artist, and AMT Microphone Artist. UW JAZZ ORCHESTRA Chris Rottmayer, director SAXOPHONES TROMBONES Keegan Downham, lead, alto I Steven Beda, lead Taylor Schufelt, alto II Spencer Hikade Jacob Epp, tenor I Pierson Fisher Alex Horvath, tenor II Nick Hanke, bass Alex Pavelic, baritone RHYTHM TRUMPETS Dante Turkow, guitar Daniel Roth, lead Tyler Lustek, piano Charlie Palm Aden Stier, bass Jack Mulvey Lily Finnegan, drums Nick Peters UW HONORS JAZZ BAND Chris Rottmayer and Matthew Endres, directors SAXOPHONES TROMBONES Max Newcomer, co-lead, alto I Jack Ohly, lead Megan Rault, co-lead, alto I Liliana Karnick Ben Foster, alto II Dylan Lehman Jonathan Downs, tenor I Matvei Mozhaev Lucy Croasdale, tenor II Andrew Stein, baritone RHYTHM Dante Turkow, guitar TRUMPETS Althea Wincek, piano Kira Brown, lead Aaron Brenton, bass Fernando Ponce Jude Fleishman, drums Charlie Watson Eric Hackett ABOUT JAZZ AT UW–MADISON The Mead Witter School of Music offers a Bachelor of Music in performance (jazz studies) and a Bachelor of Arts in music (jazz studies), as well as a doctoral (DMA) minor in jazz studies. Jazz ensembles and courses in jazz improvisation, theory, composition and arranging, and history are also available to all music majors and non-music majors. Each year, the jazz ensembles perform with a variety of guest artists. Interested students should visit www.music.wisc.edu/jazz for information on application dates and procedures. The UW Jazz Orchestra workshops and performs music ranging from the classic big band repertoire to contemporary and cutting-edge concert jazz music by today’s leading jazz composers. The UW Jazz Orchestra was founded in 1968 as the Mead Witter School of Music’s first jazz and popular music ensemble by trombone profes- sor Allen Chase. Its previous directors have included bassist Richard Davis, saxo- phonist Les Thimmig, trombonist Claude Cailliet, and trumpeter Jim Doherty. The UW Honors Jazz Band is a big band for Madison-area high school students looking for an additional opportunity to perform advanced jazz repertoire together with like-minded peers. Participating students work with UW–Madison jazz faculty and students from the UW Jazz Orchestra over the course of four rehearsals in two weeks to prepare for a final concert each spring in UW–Madison’s Music Hall. JAZZ STUDIES FACULTY Johannes Wallmann, director of jazz studies, UW Jazz Orchestra, and Blue Note Ensemble Matthew Endres, jazz percussion, jazz history Mark Hetzler, trombone Russ Johnson, jazz trumpet Nick Moran, jazz bass, director of Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble Louka Patenaude, jazz guitar John Wm. Schaffer, music theory, director of Jazz Standards Ensemble Les Thimmig, saxophone, director of Jazz Composers Group JAZZ TEACHING ASSISTANTS Jonathan Greenstein, director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble Chris Rottmayer 2019 UW HONORS JAZZ BAND FACULTY Chris Rottmayer, interim director of UW Jazz Orchestra, spring 2019 Matthew Endres, professor of jazz history and jazz percussion Jonathan Greenstein, director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble UPCOMING JAZZ EVENTS Blue Note Ensemble and Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Morphy Recital Hall | free John Wm. Schaffer and Nick Moran, directors UW Jazz Orchestra Friday, May 3, 2019 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Rathskeller, Memorial Union | free Chris Rottmayer, UW Jazz Orchestra interim director The Mead Witter School of Music gratefully acknowledges the Vilas Trust, the Anonymous Fund, and its many donors for supporting these concerts and other activities at the School of Music. Special thanks to WORT 89.9 FM, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium for their publicity support of our concert season. www.music.wisc.edu [email protected] | (608) 263-1900.
Recommended publications
  • Cyrus Chestnut
    Cyrus Chestnut Born on January 17, 1963, in Baltimore, MD; son of McDonald (a retired post office employee and church organist) and Flossie (a city social services worker and church choir director) Soulful jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut might just be proof positive of the impact that music has on babies in the womb. Either that, or a life in music was simply in his blood. Chestnut's father, a postal employee and the son of a church minister, was the official organist for the local church in Baltimore, Maryland, where Chestnut grew up. Young Cyrus's home was filled with the sounds of the gospel music that his church-going parents played in their home, along with jazz records by artists such as Thelonius Monk and Jimmy Smith. Chestnut has said that the roots of his love of music began there, and to this day, Chestnut's ties to the gospel church remain constant. "Growing up, gospel music was what I heard in the house," Chestnut told Down Beat magazine. As a boy Chestnut reached for the piano keys before he could walk, so his father began teaching the earnest three-year-old to play the piano. One of the first songs young Cyrus learned was "Jesus Loves Me." Before long, seven-year-old Cyrus was playing piano in the family church, and by age nine he was promoted to church pianist at Mt. Calvary Star Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Chestnut, who became known for his improvisational skills and unique jazz-gospel and bop style, has credited his abilities to those formative years when he played at church.
    [Show full text]
  • October 8, 2018 Jazz Album Chart
    Jazz Album Chart October 8, 2018 TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW Move Weeks Reports Adds Yellowjackets 1 1 4 1 Raising Our Voice Mack Avenue 272 272 0 4 46 2 2 weeks at No. 1 2 2 16 2 Count Basie Orchestra All About That Basie Concord Jazz 266 242 24 3 48 5 3 4 9 3 Bob James Espresso Evolution Music 252 240 12 4 45 4 4 5 2 2 Karrin Allyson Some of That Sunshine kasrecords 250 239 11 8 52 1 5 3 1 1 Steve Turre The Very Thought of You Smoke Sessions 239 241 -2 6 50 1 6 7 41 6 Cécile McLorin Salvant The Window Mack Avenue 233 222 11 3 47 3 7 7 20 7 Christian Sands Facing Dragons Mack Avenue 231 222 9 3 51 6 Stefon Harris & Blackout 8 10 51 8 Sonic Creed Motema 218 209 9 2 53 8 Most Reports 8 9 7 1 Verve Jazz Ensemble Connect The Dots Lightgroove Media 218 217 1 10 38 2 10 6 3 1 John Coltrane Both Directions at Once - The Lost Album Impulse / Verve 199 237 -38 13 35 0 11 13 5 2 Antonio Adolfo Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica AAM Music 184 197 -13 12 39 1 12 11 7 7 Houston Person & Ron Carter Remember Love HighNote 181 204 -23 7 43 1 12 11 12 1 Bobby Sanabria West Side Story Re-Imagined Jazzheads 181 204 -23 11 32 0 14 18 27 14 Helen Sung Sung with Words (A Collaboration with Dana Stricker Street 179 168 11 4 41 0 Gioia) 15 14 6 6 Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround Songs For Nat HighNote 174 184 -10 7 40 2 16 14 14 11 Ben Paterson Live at Van Gelder’s Cellar Live 173 184 -11 8 37 0 17 21 14 4 Kamasi Washington Heaven and Earth Young Turks 153 151 2 13 29 0 18 16 10 2 Cory Weeds Little Big Band Explosion Cellar Live 151 181 -30 12 33 0 19 17 11 10 Marcus Miller Laid Black Blue Note 145 172 -27 14 25 0 20 20 17 2 Black Art Jazz Collective Armor Of Pride HighNote 143 165 -22 13 35 0 21 19 18 13 Mark Winkler & Cheryl Bentyne Eastern Standard Time Café Pacific 141 167 -26 6 37 0 22 22 25 22 James Austin, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Jazz Publications and More
    19397 Guts 261-280: 5/12/09 2:55 PM Page 261 JAZZ PUBLICATIONS AND MORE Section Page No. Jazz Instruction (All Instruments) .......................................262 Jazz Play-Along® Series ......................................................267 ABRSM Jazz Program .........................................................272 Artist Transcriptions® ..........................................................274 The Real Book .....................................................................276 Jazz Fake Books ..................................................................277 Jazz Bible Series..................................................................278 Paperback Songs ................................................................278 Other Fake Books ................................................................279 Carta Manuscript Paper.......................................................280 Gig Guides...........................................................................280 19397 Guts 261-280: 5/12/09 2:56 PM Page 262 262 JAZZ PUBLICATIONS ALL INSTRUMENTS BLUES CONCEPTS FOR JAZZ INSTRUCTION JAM – IMPROVISATION 40 PROGRESSIONS A Comprehensive Guide ADVANCED BLUES AND GROOVES for Performing and Teach- ETUDES IN ALL ing TWELVE KEYS SIT IN AND SOLO WITH A PROFESSIONAL BLUES by Richard De Rosa by Jordon Ruwe BAND! Houston Publishing Houston Publishing by Ed Friedland Using his vast musical experi - Includes 12 advanced blues Bring your local blues jam ence and the axiom “know - etudes four-measure excerpts session home!
    [Show full text]
  • The 2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Honoring the 2016 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters
    04-04 NEA Jazz Master Tribute_WPAS 3/25/16 11:58 AM Page 1 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN , Chairman DEBORAH F. RUTTER , President CONCERT HALL Monday Evening, April 4, 2016, at 8:00 The Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts present The 2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Honoring the 2016 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters GARY BURTON WENDY OXENHORN PHAROAH SANDERS ARCHIE SHEPP Jason Moran is the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Director for Jazz. WPFW 89.3 FM is a media partner of Kennedy Center Jazz. Patrons are requested to turn off cell phones and other electronic devices during performances. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in this auditorium. 04-04 NEA Jazz Master Tribute_WPAS 3/25/16 11:58 AM Page 2 2016 NEA JAZZ MASTERS TRIBUTE CONCERT Hosted by JASON MORAN, pianist and Kennedy Center artistic director for jazz With remarks from JANE CHU, chairman of the NEA DEBORAH F. RUTTER, president of the Kennedy Center THE 2016 NEA JAZZ MASTERS Performances by NEA JAZZ MASTERS: CHICK COREA, piano JIMMY HEATH, saxophone RANDY WESTON, piano SPECIAL GUESTS AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, trumpeter LAKECIA BENJAMIN, saxophonist BILLY HARPER, saxophonist STEFON HARRIS, vibraphonist JUSTIN KAUFLIN, pianist RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA, saxophonist PEDRITO MARTINEZ, percussionist JASON MORAN, pianist DAVID MURRAY, saxophonist LINDA OH, bassist KARRIEM RIGGINS, drummer and DJ ROSWELL RUDD, trombonist CATHERINE RUSSELL, vocalist 04-04 NEA Jazz Master Tribute_WPAS
    [Show full text]
  • Cool Trombone Lover
    NOVEMBER 2013 - ISSUE 139 YOUR FREE GUIDE TO THE NYC JAZZ SCENE NYCJAZZRECORD.COM ROSWELL RUDD COOL TROMBONE LOVER MICHEL • DAVE • GEORGE • RELATIVE • EVENT CAMILO KING FREEMAN PITCH CALENDAR “BEST JAZZ CLUBS OF THE YEAR 2012” SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB • HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY FEATURED ARTISTS / 7:00, 9:00 & 10:30pm ONE NIGHT ONLY / 7:00, 9:00 & 10:30pm RESIDENCIES / 7:00, 9:00 & 10:30pm Fri & Sat, Nov 1 & 2 Wed, Nov 6 Sundays, Nov 3 & 17 GARY BARTZ QUARTET PLUS MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ QUINTET Michael Rodriguez (tp) ● Chris Cheek (ts) SaRon Crenshaw Band SPECIAL GUEST VINCENT HERRING Jeb Patton (p) ● Kiyoshi Kitagawa (b) Sundays, Nov 10 & 24 Gary Bartz (as) ● Vincent Herring (as) Obed Calvaire (d) Vivian Sessoms Sullivan Fortner (p) ● James King (b) ● Greg Bandy (d) Wed, Nov 13 Mondays, Nov 4 & 18 Fri & Sat, Nov 8 & 9 JACK WALRATH QUINTET Jason Marshall Big Band BILL STEWART QUARTET Jack Walrath (tp) ● Alex Foster (ts) Mondays, Nov 11 & 25 Chris Cheek (ts) ● Kevin Hays (p) George Burton (p) ● tba (b) ● Donald Edwards (d) Captain Black Big Band Doug Weiss (b) ● Bill Stewart (d) Wed, Nov 20 Tuesdays, Nov 5, 12, 19, & 26 Fri & Sat, Nov 15 & 16 BOB SANDS QUARTET Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet “OUT AND ABOUT” CD RELEASE LOUIS HAYES Bob Sands (ts) ● Joel Weiskopf (p) Thursdays, Nov 7, 14, 21 & 28 & THE JAZZ COMMUNICATORS Gregg August (b) ● Donald Edwards (d) Gregory Generet Abraham Burton (ts) ● Steve Nelson (vibes) Kris Bowers (p) ● Dezron Douglas (b) ● Louis Hayes (d) Wed, Nov 27 RAY MARCHICA QUARTET LATE NIGHT RESIDENCIES / 11:30 - Fri & Sat, Nov 22 & 23 FEATURING RODNEY JONES Mon The Smoke Jam Session Chase Baird (ts) ● Rodney Jones (guitar) CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO Tue Cyrus Chestnut (p) ● Curtis Lundy (b) ● Victor Lewis (d) Mike LeDonne (organ) ● Ray Marchica (d) Milton Suggs Quartet Wed Brianna Thomas Quartet Fri & Sat, Nov 29 & 30 STEVE DAVIS SEXTET JAZZ BRUNCH / 11:30am, 1:00 & 2:30pm Thu Nickel and Dime OPS “THE MUSIC OF J.J.
    [Show full text]
  • May 18, 2015 Jazz Album Chart
    Jazz Album Chart May 18, 2015 TW LW 2W Peak Artist Title Label TW LW Move Weeks Reports Adds Harold Mabern 1 1 4 1 Afro Blue Smoke Sessions 364 333 31 5 63 4 2 weeks at No. 1 / Most Reports 2 4 3 1 Dave Stryker Messin’ With Mr. T Strikezone 276 299 -23 8 56 2 3 3 2 1 Steve Turre Spiritman Smoke Sessions 267 306 -39 10 55 1 4 2 1 1 Russell Malone Love Looks Good On You HighNote 257 313 -56 10 49 0 5 5 5 5 Steve Gadd Band 70 Strong BFM Jazz 254 283 -29 6 48 3 6 6 6 4 Jose James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Blue Note 248 260 -12 7 57 2 Billie Holiday 7 13 8 7 David Sanborn Time And The River OKeh 247 196 51 5 43 2 8 8 12 8 Mary Stallings Feelin’ Good HighNote 242 225 17 5 54 2 9 7 7 7 Eliane Elias Made In Brazil Concord 223 230 -7 7 44 1 10 19 20 10 Ben Williams Coming Of Age Concord 214 158 56 3 52 7 11 9 9 3 Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 Random Act 202 214 -12 10 46 1 12 11 11 8 Marcus Miller Afrodeezia Blue Note 197 200 -3 8 36 1 13 25 21 13 Harry Allen For George, Cole And Duke Blue Heron Llc 183 143 40 4 46 7 14 15 19 12 Doug Webb Triple Play Posi-Tone 177 189 -12 7 40 0 15 20 86 15 Cory Weeds Condition Blue Cellar Live 174 156 18 2 46 8 15 10 10 1 Jacky Terrasson Take This! impulse! 174 206 -32 11 37 1 17 11 13 10 Marc Cary Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 Motema 173 200 -27 8 36 0 18 16 15 15 John Fedchock Fluidity Summit 169 179 -10 6 45 2 18 14 18 14 Cassandra Wilson Coming Forth By Day Legacy Recordings 169 195 -26 5 40 0 20 29 24 20 Pat Martino with Jim Ridl Nexus HighNote 167 139 28 4 44 2 21 39 44 21 Ben Sidran Blue Camus Unlimited
    [Show full text]
  • Philip Glass (B. 1937) Melodies for Saxophone: Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 13
    Date du récital/Date of recital: 14 May 2018 Nom/Name: Dustin Finer Classe de/Class of: Marie-Chantal Leclair These program notes are written by the student performing, and are presented by the student in partial fulfilment of the requirements of their course. Ces notes de programme sont écrites par l'étudiant-interprète et sont présentées en tant que réalisation partielle des critères de leur cours. Philip Glass (b. 1937) Melodies for Saxophone: nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 13 (1995) ​ Famous for his role in developing minimalist music in the 1960’s, Glass is one of the best known American composers of the past century. His works are often highly rhythmic and repetitive, using simple, slowly shifting harmonies. An important aspect of Glass’s career has been composing for theatrical productions. This series of thirteen melodies for solo saxophone was written for the Jean Genet play Prisoner of Love (1995) as ​ ​ produced by Joanne Akalaitas (Glass’s ex-wife and longtime collaborator). Many of the melodies are evocative of quintessential American styles, such as jazz and pastoral folk music. I invite you to think of this recital as a musical feast and these melodies as amuse-bouches and ​ ​ palette cleansers between courses. Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988) Tre pezzi (1956) ​ Giacinto Scelsi was an Italian aristocrat who was known to sit at his piano and repeat one note for hours on end. This practice informed much of his writing, including this work for solo soprano or tenor saxophone. Each movement presents a pitch that returns over and over again, taking on new meaning as the movement unfolds.
    [Show full text]
  • Eric Nemeyer's
    Eric Nemeyer’s WWW.JAZZINSIDEMAGAZINE.COM October-November 2017 Interviews DafnisDafnis PrietoPrieto Jazz At Lincoln Center, Nov 3-4 ScottScott RobinsonRobinson Jazz Standard, October 31 BobbyBobby SanabriaSanabria Dizzy’s Clu, Nov 17-19 MariaMaria SchneiderSchneider Jazz Standard, November 21-26 WarrenWarren WolfWolf Dizzy’s Club, Nov 10-12 Comprehensive DirectoryDirectory of NY Club, Concert ElioElio VillafrancaVillafranca With Nuevo Jazz Latino at Jazz At Lincoln Center, November 3-4 Spectacular Jazz Gifts - Go To www.JazzMusicDeals.com To Advertise CALL: 215-887-8880 December 2015 Jazz Inside Magazine www.JazzInsideMagazine.com 1 COVER-2-JI-15-12.pub Wednesday, December 09, 2015 15:43 page 1 MagentaYellowBlacCyank To Advertise CALL: 215-887-8880 October-November 2017 Jazz Inside Magazine www.JazzInsideMagazine.com 1 Jazz Inside Magazine ISSN: 2150-3419 (print) • ISSN 2150-3427 (online) October-November 2017 – Volume 8, Number 8 Cover Photo (and photo at right) of Elio Villafranca by Jerry Lacay; Photo at right by Eric Nemeyer Publisher: Eric Nemeyer Editor: Wendi Li Marketing Director: Cheryl Powers Advertising Sales & Marketing: Eric Nemeyer Circulation: Susan Brodsky Photo Editor: Joe Patitucci Layout and Design: Gail Gentry Contributing Artists: Shelly Rhodes Contributing Photographers: Eric Nemeyer, Ken Weiss Contributing Writers: John Alexander, John R. Barrett, Curtis Daven- port; Alex Henderson; Joe Patitucci; Ken Weiss. ADVERTISING SALES 215-887-8880 Eric Nemeyer – [email protected] ADVERTISING in Jazz Inside™ Magazine (print and online) Jazz Inside™ Magazine provides its advertisers with a unique opportunity to reach a highly specialized and committed jazz readership. Call our Advertising Sales Depart- ment at 215-887-8880 for media kit, rates and information.
    [Show full text]
  • Michel Camilo Trio & Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra Michel Camilo Trio Michel Camilo Piano Ricky Rodríguez Bass Mark Walker Drum
    2018 20:00 20.11.Grand Auditorium Mardi / Dienstag / Tuesday Jazz & beyond / iPhil 13–17 ans Michel Camilo Trio & Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra Michel Camilo Trio Michel Camilo piano Ricky Rodríguez bass Mark Walker drums Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra Ernie Hammes conductor, trumpet Steve Greisch, David Ascani, Jitz Jeitz, Laurent Pierre, Georges Sadeler saxophone Melvin Burger, Serge Bausch, Carlo Nardozza, Patrice Lerech trumpet Jan Kamp, Laurent Lemaire, Jacques Reuter, Alex Brisbois trombone Eric Durrer percussion ~90’ sans pause iPhil Action n° 2: Artist talk Discussion with Ernie Hammes 19:00 Salle de Répétition II D’Knipserten Le célèbre caricaturiste allemand Der renommierte deutsche Karika- Martin Fengel (connu notamment turist Martin Fengel (bekannt u. a. pour ses contributions dans le aus dem Zeit-Magazin) begleitet Zeit-Magazin) ponctue les pro- die Abendprogramme der Saison grammes du soir de la saison 2018/19 mit Momentaufnahmen 2018/19 d’instantanés sur le thème zum Thema geräuschvollen Stö- des nuisances sonores dans les rens im Konzertsaal. Lassen Sie salles de concert. Laissez-vous sich durch die vergnügliche Dar- inspirer par cette présentation stellung zu rücksichtsvollem Musik- ludique, pour savourer la musique genuss inspirieren. en toute tranquillité. « L’âge d’or du jazz » Guillaume Bregeras Sous ses mains, le clavier tremble, incandescent. Une à une, les touches dansent, chahutent comme des enfants intrépides. Dans leur savante chorégraphie, elles révèlent l’un des pianistes les plus doués de sa génération, et le plus complet jamais sorti de République dominicaine. La perle des Caraïbes qui partage sa terre avec Haïti a produit moins de musiciens de renom que ses cousines cubaine ou portoricaine, mais possède une histoire artistique tout aussi riche.
    [Show full text]
  • Saxophone Colossus”—Sonny Rollins (1956) Added to the National Registry: 2016 Essay by Hugh Wyatt (Guest Essay)*
    “Saxophone Colossus”—Sonny Rollins (1956) Added to the National Registry: 2016 Essay by Hugh Wyatt (guest essay)* Album cover Original album Rollins, c. 1956 The moniker “Saxophone Colossus” aptly describes the magnitude of the man and his music. Walter Theodore Rollins is better known worldwide as the jazz giant Sonny Rollins, but in addition to Saxophone Colossus, he has also been given other nicknames, most notably “Newk” because of his resemblance to baseball legend Don Newcombe. To use a cliché, Saxophone Colossus best describes Sonny because he is bigger than life. He is an African American of mammoth importance not only because he is the last major remaining jazz trailblazer, but also because he helped to inspire millions of fans and others to explore the religions and cultures of the East. A former heroin addict, the tenor saxophone icon proved that it was possible to kick the drug habit at a time in the 1950s when thousands of fellow musicians abused heroin and other narcotics. His success is testimony to his strength of character and powerful spirituality, the latter of which helped him overcome what musicians called “the stick” (heroin). Sonny may be the most popular jazz pioneer who is still alive after nearly seven decades of playing bebop, hard bop, and other styles of jazz with the likes of other stalwart trailblazers such as Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, and Miles Davis. He follows a tradition begun by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. Eight months after overcoming his habit at a drug rehabilitation facility called “the farm” in Lexington, Kentucky, Sonny made what the jazz cognoscenti rightly contend is his greatest recording ever—ironically entitled “Saxophone Colossus”—which was recorded on June 22, 1956.
    [Show full text]
  • Finding Aid to the Historymakers ® Video Oral History with Sonny Rollins
    Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers ® Video Oral History with Sonny Rollins Overview of the Collection Repository: The HistoryMakers®1900 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616 [email protected] www.thehistorymakers.com Creator: Rollins, Sonny Title: The HistoryMakers® Video Oral History Interview with Sonny Rollins, Dates: December 3, 2016 Bulk Dates: 2016 Physical 8 uncompressed MOV digital video files (3:30:19). Description: Abstract: Jazz composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins (1930 - ) composed the jazz standards “Oleo,” “Airegin,” and “Doxy,” and released over sixty albums in his name, including Saxophone Colossus (1956) and Freedom Suite (1958). Rollins was interviewed by The HistoryMakers® on December 3, 2016, in Woodstock, New York. This collection is comprised of the original video footage of the interview. Identification: A2016_113 Language: The interview and records are in English. Biographical Note by The HistoryMakers® Jazz composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins was born on September 7, 1930 in New York City. His parents, immigrants from the U.S. Virgin Islands, raised him in Manhattan’s central Harlem and Sugar Hill neighborhoods. Rollins received his first alto saxophone at seven years old; and was heavily influenced by saxophonist Charlie Parker by the time he enrolled at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School. Rollins switched to tenor saxophone, and was mentored by pianist Thelonious Monk. Upon graduating from high school, Rollins made his first recordings with Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, and Fats Navarro. He went on to record with such jazz legends as Miles Davis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. In 1954, Rollins’ compositions “Oleo,” “Airegin,” and “Doxy” were featured on Miles Davis’ Bags' Groove.
    [Show full text]
  • SUS Ad for 2011 1
    The Foundation for Music Education is announcing the 7th annual summer “Stars Under The Stars,” featuring the Brad Leali Quartet with Brad Leali on Saxophone, Claus Raible on piano, Giorgos Antiniou on bass, Alvester Garnett on drums, and joined by vocalist Martha Burks. The event will be on Friday, August 12, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM at the Louise Underwood Center. “Stars Under the Stars” is an evening concert benefitting music scholarships that will include an hour of socializing with sensational food and drink from “Stella’s.” The event benefits music education scholarships. Our traditional guest host and emcee will be local TV and Radio personality Jeff Klotzman. The “Stars” this year are brilliant world-class jazz artists from the United States, Greece, and Germany! For information about tickets and/or making donations for “Stars Under the Stars,” please call 806- 687-0861, 806-300-2474, and www.foundationformusiceducation.org. Information - The Quartet is captivating through the spontaneity and homogeneousness of the performance as well as with the communicative, non-verbal interaction of the four musicians. The band book consists, besides grand jazz classics, mainly of original compositions by the members. BRAD LEALI Saxophone http://www.bradleali.com/ CLAUS RAIBLE Piano, compositions and arrangements http://www.clausraible.com/Projects.htm GIORGIOS ANTONIOU Bass http://www.norwichjazzparty.com/Musician.asp?ID=22 ALVESTER GARNETT Drums http://www.alvestergarnett.com/ MARTHA BURKS Vocalist http://www.marthaburks.com/ Some comments about the quartet in the press: “This quartet enchanted the audience from the first, almost explosion like saxophone note and put them under their spell ..
    [Show full text]