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Welcome to 2016 and the second half of our 40th anniversary season! We have a great lineup of shows to look forward to – there truly is something for everyone this spring. Our fall shows certainly set the stage for a fantastic 2015-16 season @ the FAC. Many of us make resolutions for the new year, looking ahead to our hopes for the immediate future. If you’re taking stock of what’s important in your life and your community, don’t forget to include the Arts! At the FAC, we take our role very seriously, since we provide a way for our audience members to connect – not only with the artists and performers they see here, but with each other as well. Even when the news is bleak, there is still a place where people can come together and share in artistic and cultural experiences. That’s a connection you don’t find just anywhere (and certainly not on your cell phone!). The new year also brings us to some happy endings. We say goodbye to two long-time staff members, retiring after many years @ the FAC: Richard Ballon, Assistant Box Office Manager, and Fritz Farrington, Operations Director. Congratulations to Richard and Fritz on their retirement, and a big thank you for all of their hard work over the years! They will surely be missed. And don’t forget, we’re closing out our 40th anniversary season with a party! You’re invited to join us for the best local music, dance and theater performances, plus games, art, crafts and food at the FAC Community Fest, May 1st from 1–4. It’s entirely free and fun for students, kids and adults! Thanks for helping to make the first half of our 40th anniversary season a huge success!

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17 Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

SWAN LAKE

Choreography Dada Masilo Dancers Master of Ceremony/Siegfried’s Mother...... Nicola Haskins Odette...... Dada Masilo / Ipeleng Merafe Siegfried...... Songezo Mcilizeli / Thabani Ntuli Odile...... Thamsanqa Tshabalala / Llewellyn Mnguni Siegfried’s Father...... Kyle Rossouw Odette’s Mother...... Khaya Ndlovu Swan Women Nadine Buys, Zandile Constable, Ipeleng Merafe, Khaya Ndlovu Swan Men Llewellyn Mnguni, Thabani Ntuli, Nonofo Olekeng, Tshepo Zasekhaya Music Tchaikovsky, Rene Avenant, Camille Saint-Saens, Arvo Part and Steve Reich* (*by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner) Costumes Design Dada Masilo, Suzette le Sueur Costumes Confection Ann & Kirsten Bailes Hats Confection Karabo Legoabe Original Producer & Lighting Designer Suzette le Sueur Stage Manager François Saint-Cyr Delegated Production Interarts Lausanne/Chantal Larguier Booking Scènes de la Terre/Martine Dionisio

Dada Masilo’s SWAN LAKE was commissioned by and premiered at the National Arts Festival (South Africa) 2010. Event Sponsors:

Made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. 18 ABOUT THE PROGRAM Act 1 Music by Tchaikovsky, Paul Jennings, and Steve Reich 1. The Procession 2. The Ballet 3. Swan Dance Act 2 Music by Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich, and Camille Saint-Saëns 1. The Lake: Siegfried’s Parents Select Him a Bride Let’s Get Married 2. Siegfried 3. Lobola 4. Odette 5. Siegfried and Odile 6. The Wedding 7. Odile Act 3 Music by René Avenant, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Arvo Pärt 1. Siegfried is Shunned 2. Siegfried Decides 3. Swanicide

Program Notes: A Conversation with Dada Masilo Why did you choose to work with ‘Swan Lake’? What was it about the classic that attracted you, and how did you start the work? Swan Lake is the first Ballet that I saw when I was 12 years old and I fell completely in love with it, especially Tchaikovsky’s music and the tutus, and I remember thinking to myself that I would dance it sometime, but as I didn’t become a Ballet dancer I had to make my own version. I wanted my version to be more realistic and not a fairy tale. It is such a sad reality when one grows up because you realise that there are no fairy tales in life. You grow up and you have to deal with the harsh realities of life and one of those realities is that homophobia is real and rife, which is why I chose that particular issue to tackle in my version. That and the assumption that men who dance are gay. This misconception is something that is on a lot of people’s minds; hence I wanted to bring it up front and explore it further. I started the work by improvising to the pas de deux music by Tchaikovsky for Swan Lake, and that is when the idea to fuse Classical Ballet and African Dance came to me. These two techniques are so different, but I wanted to see if I could make them co-exist. It wasn’t an easy feat because Ballet is very lyrical and light and African Dance is very grounded, but I found that this challenge is what gave me the motiva- tion to carry on exploring what dynamic and what new movement vocabulary could come out of this. The work was made in building blocks like Lego. I first started with the solo, then made a 30-minute version and then the full-length work. You have split the roles of Odette and Odile between two dancers (yourself and the other a man, with whom Siegfried falls in love). Can you explain why the roles are not danced by the same dancer? Would you say that the audience is supposed to sympathise with both characters, or with one of them in particular, in your version? I chose not to make Odette and Odile one person because I wasn’t going for the Black Swan, White Swan angle. I changed the narrative a bit. Siegfried is gay and falls

19 in love with Odile. Siegfried’s parents choose and pay for a bride for him, Odette, but he is not interested in her. I wanted to tackle the issue of homophobia in society and how people think that different is bad. In my opinion you love who you love and I do not think that society has a right to dictate who one loves. I sympathise with all three characters because they are all in a messy situation. Odette, because the mar- riage was arranged without her consent, and for Siegfried and Odile because it is supposedly ‘unrequited’ love, except no one knows who makes these absurd rules. Do you aim to challenge prejudice in your work? Or would you say that confront- ing prejudice and/or nuancing stereotypes has become more of a side-effect of discussing themes you care about, or perhaps a result of presenting a wider range of characters than what is usually done in ballet? How important is conveying humour? I do aim to challenge prejudice in my work. I want to ask questions that are normally swept under the carpet. These issues that society labels as ‘taboo’ are very interesting to me. I want to live and work in an environment that is open, where tolerance is encouraged and discrimination is booted out. Humour is very important to me. It allows people to look and laugh at themselves, and sometimes when one is dealing with heavy issues such as homophobia, such light relief is needed. This is not to lessen the severity of the issue, it is about humanising it. For instance, if a member of the audience who was a homophobe saw the show I would want them to laugh at their stupidity and say ‘That was silly of me to think that way’… It’s a long shot, but I live in hope! You mix contemporary and traditional dance, African and European traditions in your choreography. You have re-imagined several classics, but you have also made your own works from scratch. Which method do you prefer, and why? When I create a new work I like to research. If it involves a dance technique that I am not familiar with then I must learn that technique from the best person possible. Breaking rules is about knowing the rules to begin with. It is also about respect for that technique that you don’t know. Once I know about the techniques I am fusing, I go into the studio on my own and improvise. This is probably the most frustrating part and the most difficult because I have to make the techniques speak to each other. It can take months to get to even a minute of choreography. I also love work- ing with narrative, there is a story to tell, but how you tell it, especially the famous narratives, is what is most challenging. Choreography is not easy, but I love the challenge of seeing something I thought was impossible come to fruition. That is the reward! ABOUT DADA MASILO Dada Masilo grew up in the impoverished neighbourhood of Soweto, South Africa, where she was born in 1985. She began dancing at the age of 10, with an all-girl group, The Peace Makers, in Meadowlands, Soweto. The group auditioned to partici- pate in a festival at The Dance Factory, which subsequently became Dada’s training ground. She also attended Johannesburg’s National School of the Arts, from which she graduated at 17. After a year as a trainee at Cape Town’s Jazzart Dance Theatre, she was accepted at the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels, where she remained for two years. Returning to South Africa in late 2006, she began to create work. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance. Three commissions from the National Arts Festival resulted in her Romeo and Juliet (2008), Carmen (2009) and Swan Lake (2010). In 2011, she was invited to present a solo work for the Anticodes festival at Le Quartz in Brest, France. The work entitled The Bitter End of Rosemary led to a proposal by Interarts Lausanne to tour her works in Europe.

20 So far, Swan Lake has toured extensively throughout France and also to six cities in Italy including Rome, throughout Switzerland, to Stockholm, Dusseldorf, Innsbruck, Hamburg, and Luxemburg amongst others. She has created a dozen choreographies and is the recipient of two awards.

ABOUT THE DANCERS (alphabetically) NADINE BUYS has toured Europe four IPELENG MERAFE is Dada Masilo’s times in Dada Masilo’s Carmen and understudy in both Swan Lake and Swan Lake, and danced in Masilo’s Rite Carmen. Merafe has worked nationally of Spring as well. In addition to danc- and internationally in dancing, acting ing, Buys has also choreographed and and musical theatre. She was a soloist staged her own work. When represent- at Tshwane Dance Theatre and Cape ing UCT, South Africa at the 2012 ITS Dance Company, and has worked and Festival in Amsterdam, she was awarded toured with Afro’traction, the Bovim Bal- Best International Performance. let, Cape Town City Ballet, and Masilo’s ZANDILE CONSTABLE has danced in Death and the Maidens. both Carmen and Swan Lake. Constable LLEWELLYN MNGUNI has toured with trained at Dance For All, and Alvin Ailey. Swan Lake and Carmen, and danced She has performed with the Bovim Bal- with the Bovim Ballet Company. Mnguni let, Ikapa Dance Theatre, and the Cape danced at the Dance Umbrella Festival, Town City Ballet. With Afrodizzyacts, she the National Arts Festival in Graham- worked as a ballerina, fire performer, stown, the Cape Town Gay Pride Festival, model and more. and the 2010 World Cup Draw. He has NICOLA HASKINS has performed in choreographed work for the Baxter Swan Lake since 2010. Haskins has Dance Festival, the GIPCA Live Arts Festi- trained and worked as an actress, val and the Infecting the City Festival. dancer, mime, choreographer and KHAYA NDLOVU has performed Masilo’s educational officer. She co-founded the Swan Lake, Carmen and Rite of Spring. Matchbox Theatre Collective, a physical She dances with the Kmad Dance theatre company, and has twice won Company under the direction of Kelsey the Standard Bank Ovation award. Middleton, and also performed Sleeping SONGEZO MCILIZELI has toured in both Beauty and Swan Lake with the South Af- Swan Lake and Carmen, as well as PD rican Ballet Theatre. Her choreographed Sabbagha’s Deep Night, Zebra and Mac- work Silent Prints was performed at the beth. He also toured with The Lion King. Grahamstown National Arts Festival and As a choreographer he participated at Klekvars Festival in Pretoria. the Hong Kong Arts Academy, and the THABANI NTULI toured Europe with National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, Carmen and Swan Lake, and also danced and completed residencies at Dance in The Lion King in Singapore. Ntuli per- Umbrella and Forgotten Angle Theatre formed with the Ballet Theatre Afrikan Collaborative. from 2007-2008, the South African Bal- let Theatre from 2008-2010 (including Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, La Traviata, Cinderella, and The Nutcracker) and the Joburg Ballet Company from 2012-2013.

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Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

SEVENTEEN SAMURAI

PERFORMERS Yoshinori Suito, Taro Harasaki, Takuya Era, Kiyoko Aito, Hiraoki Kishino, Hiroyasu Yanaka, Akihiro Kawahara, Junichi Haraguchi, Yasuaki Yamaguchi, Keisuke Yamamoto, Shohei Nakata, Saki Nakai, Yu Nakamura, Daisuke Fumoto, Shoya Hamada, Yuya Hayashi, Kodai Hiwano, Shinya Kiyota, Aria Nishi, Yasuaki Ogino, Kazunari Tanabe, Takuya Tsubaki, Tatsunori Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu Yanaka

Director & Executive Producer Ikuo Fujitaka Stage Manager Soichi Fujitaka Tour Manager Sonomi Kawaike Sound Designer Yuji Urabe Lighting Designer Yasuhiro Yagi

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26 ABOUT TAO Since the beginning of TAO, director and founder Ikuo Fujitaka has sought to create a world-class entertainment group that incorporates both the complexity and diversity of the traditional Taiko drum. Enchanted by this instrument, TAO has worked to free Taiko from its confines of being the “successor of Japan’s traditional culture” and has in turn created a totally new genre of entertainment. In order to achieve his goals, Mr. Fujitaka implemented a regimented and meticulous approach to the show, calling for only the most disciplined and talented artists. Because of this, TAO requires not only physical strength and ability from its performers but also an innate sense of rhythm and expressiveness. It is that innate sense that enables the audience to view a mind-boggling spectacle of dance and music, while at the same time gain respect for the traditional instrument in its purest sense. Since the inception of Mr. Fujitaka’s vision, TAO has been seen in 17 countries and 400 cities with 500 performances each year. To date, TAO has been seen by over 5 million spectators worldwide. Adored in Japan and across the world, they present an unprec- edented and timeless Taiko performance, bringing a brand new genre to the stage. TAO set up a living and training base at a 120,000 square foot site, surrounded by nature in a national park at Kyushu’s Kuju Plateau which is considered one of Japan’s most picturesque areas. At the site, they receive inspiration from the rich natural environment that surrounds them, grapple with the meaning of real music, undertake the strenuous training of athletes and continue to produce unique pieces of music that have continu- ally overturned the Japanese image of traditional Taiko. TAO receives enormous support in Japan, and has become renowned as “a Japanese Taiko Group with a difference.” For more information please visit: www.drum-tao.com

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HOLYOKE CIVIC SYMPHONY Music in the Noon Hour: Mary Hubbell The Spirit of Russia Mar 9, 12:30 ̶ 1 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall, Free Mar 6, 3 pm, Holyoke Community College, Free Soprano Mary Hubbell performs with Joel Pitchon, Glière’s Russian Sailor’s Dance, David Kidwell’s Three violin and Judith Gordon, piano. Spirituals, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4. h�p://www.smith.edu/smitharts/calendar.php www.holyokecivicsymphony.org SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSIC AT AMHERST COLLEGE Grieg Piano Concerto The Lydian String Quartet Feb 6, 7:30 pm, Springeld Symphony Hall, $ Feb 6, 4 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, Free With soloists Claire Huangci, piano, Dana Lynne The celebrated string quartet performs newer Varga, soprano, and John Salvi, baritone, the SSO works in a classical style, including pieces by performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Op. 16, A minor, Harold Meltzer, Lee Hyla, Kurt Rohde. with works by Sibelius and Nielsen as well.

Borromeo String Quartet Gershwin, Copland, Schwantner & Ellington Feb 19, 8 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, $ Feb 27, 7:30 pm, Springeld Symphony Hall, $ For the M@A Chamber Series, this lively string The SSO performs Copland’s famous Fanfare for quartet breathes new life into works by Haydn, the Common Man, as well as Gershwin’s concert Bartók and Ravel. suite from Porgy and Bess, excerpts from Elling‐ www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music ton’s The River, and more. Www.springeldsymphony.org MUSIC IN DEERFIELD Miró Quartet UMASS FINE ARTS CENTER Feb 7, 4 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall, $ Ma� Haimovitz: The Bach Suites The award‐winning quartet performs Beethoven’s Mar 7, 7:30 pm, Bowker Auditorium, $ Three String Quartets, Op. 59 “Razumovsky. The acclaimed cellist performs Bach’s moving www.musicindeereld.org Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, with overtures commissioned from contemporary composers. PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA www.neartscenter.com Haydn 77th Feb 13, 7:30 pm, Greeneld High School, $ UMASS MUSIC DEPARTMENT Featuring Joshua Michal on French Horn, perform‐ City of Tomorrow Woodwind Quartet ing Haydn’s Symphony No. 77 in B‐at Major, Mo‐ Feb 10, 8:15 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, Free zart’s Horn Concerto No. 2 in E‐at Major, and This talented guest quartet performs contempo‐ Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D Major “Polish.” rary classical and experimental music. www.pvsoc.org

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29 30 31 Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

MIGUEL ZENÓN IDENTITIES BIG BAND

MIGUEL ZENÓN QUARTET Miguel Zenón - alto sax Luis Perdomo - piano Hans Glawischnig - bass Henry Cole - drums

“IDENTITIES” BIG BAND Will Vinson - alto sax Michael Thomas - alto sax Samir Zarif - tenor sax John Ellis - tenor sax Chris Cheek - baritone sax Mat Jodrell - trumpet Michael Rodriguez - trumpet Alex Norris - trumpet Jonathan Powell - trumpet Ryan Keberle - trombone Alan Ferber - trombone Timothy Albright - trombone

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34 Perdomo has appeared on over two hundred records, and has become a first-class sideman to artists like Dave Douglas, David Sanchez, Tom Harrell, Steve Turre, Ben Wolfe, Ray Barretto, Brian Lynch, David Gilmore, Conrad Herwig, Ignacio Berroa, Ralph Irizarry, Timbalaye and other great musicians. He was a member of Ravi Coltrane’s Quar- tet for ten years, and is a founding member of the Miguel Zenón Quartet. Perdomo recorded on four Grammy-nominated CDs: Coltrane’s Influx, and Zenón’s Esta Plena, Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook, and Identities are Changeable. Perdomo’s recordings as a leader include Focus Point (2005), Awareness (2006), Pathways (2008), the critically-acclaimed Universal Mind (2012) with Jack DeJohnnette and Drew Gress, The Infancia Project (2012), Links (2013) and his latest, 22 (2015). HANS GLAWISCHNIG, BASS Bassist Hans Glawischnig is one of the most in-demand bassists on the New York jazz scene today. Born in Graz, Austria, he started playing violin at age six before switching to the bass in his early teens. In 1989, he received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1992. Glawischnig then moved to New York, where he received a scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music. In 1994, he received his Master’s degree and began a long string of associations with artists as wide-ranging as Bobby Watson, Maynard Ferguson, and Paquito D’Rivera. Since 1996, Glawischnig has been active in the Latin jazz arena as a member of Ray Barretto’s New World Spirit sextet, as well as David Sánchez’s Melaza sextet, an ensemble that has recorded several Grammy-nominated CDs. Chick Corea hired Glawischnig in 2006 for his Spirit of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart project. Glawischnig con- tinues to perform with a wide range of artists, including Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Werner, Brian Lynch, the Mingus Big Band, Billy Childs, Ed Simon, Claudia Acuña, Dafnis Prieto, Dave Binney, and Ben Monder. Appearing on more than 50 recordings, he is a long- standing member of the Miguel Zenón Quartet and has performed on all six of Zenón’s recordings, including the Grammy-nominated Esta Plena, Alma Adentro and Identities are Changeable. Glawischnig is also active as a composer and bandleader and has three critically acclaimed CDs of original compositions: Common Ground, Panorama, and Jahira. HENRY COLE, DRUMS Drummer Henry Cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and cross-cultural rhythm in the 21st century. With his flexibility, grace, and sheer power behind the drum kit, he has proven indispensable to the sound of some of the world’s most acclaimed jazz groups, including the Grammy-nominated Miguel Zenón Quartet (Esta Plena, Alma Adentro, Identities are Changeable), Grammy-winner David Sánchez (Cultural Survival), the Alfredo Rodríguez Trio, and the all-star quartet “90 Miles” with Sánchez, Stefon Harris, and Nicholas Payton. Cole is also asserting himself as leader of The Afrobeat Collective, which released its debut album Roots Before Branches in 2012. Drawing on the raw groove and momentum of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, as well as the depth and complexity of modern jazz, he is striving to integrate all his varied influences, including Puerto Rican folklore, funk, R&B, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traditions. Born in 1979 and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Cole relocated to San Juan in 1999 to study classical percussion at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. He began his jazz immersion at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1998, but soon returned to San Juan, where he became one of the most in-demand and influential jazz drummers on the island. Relocating to New York in the fall of 2003, Cole received a scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music and study with the great John Riley. Since com- pleting his studies, Cole has performed with the likes of Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Drew Gress, the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band, Ray Barretto, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios, Papo Vazquez, Perico Sambeat, Paquito D’Rivera.

35 Thursday, February 18, 7:30 p.m. Bowker Auditorium

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Javon Jackson, Tenor Saxophone Eddie Henderson, Trumpet George Cables, Piano Eddie Gomez, Bass Jimmy Cobb, Drums

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36 ABOUT THE ARTISTS JAVON JACKSON Javon Jackson came into international prominence as a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. As a member of Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Javon toured and made many recordings with the legendary drummer. In addition to Blakey, Jackson has toured and recorded with Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Donald Byrd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Richard Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, Curtis Fuller and Stanley Turrentine. As a recording artist, Jackson has appeared on over 125 recordings. Additionally, he has developed a formidable career as a leader, recording and touring throughout the world. Javon’s current musical group, The Javon Jackson Band, incorporates many styles including jazz, funk, R&B and rock. Recently commissioned by the Syracuse International Film Festival, Javon composed a full length score for the Alfred Hitchcock film, “The Lodger”. An early outing by the master of suspense, “The Lodger” is a silent film based on the story of the hunt for Jack the Ripper. Javon debuted his original score at the festival and one composition from that score, “Sun Up”, is performed on Lucky 13 by Jackson and the trio. JIMMY COBB Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb was born in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1929. A superb, mostly self-taught musician, Jimmy is the elder statesman of all the incredible Miles Davis bands. Jimmy’s inspirational work with Miles, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly and Co. spanned 1957 until 1963, and included the masterpiece “Kind of Blue”, the most popular jazz recording in history. He also played on “Sketches of Spain”, Someday My Prince will Come”, “Live at Carnegie Hall, “Live at the Blackhawk”, “Porgy and Bess”, and many, many other watermark Miles Davis recordings. Jimmy did his first recording with Earl Bostic and played extensively with Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderly, before joining Miles in 1957. By 1963 Tony Williams took over the Miles drum chair in 1963 and Jimmy left Miles to continue to work with Miles’ rhythm section, Winton Kelly and Paul Chambers behind Wes Montgomery. In addition to several Winton Kelly Trio Albums, the three did albums with Kenny Burrell, and J.J. Johnson, among others, before disbanding in the late 60’s. Jimmy then worked with Sarah Vaughn for 9 years. Afterward, Jimmy continued to freelance with several great groups throughout the ‘70s ‘80s and ‘90s including, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderly, Ricky Ford, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Fathead New- man, The Great Jazz Trio with Nancy Wilson, Dave Holland, Warren Bernhardt, and many, many others worldwide. In June 2008, Jimmy was the recipient of the Don Redman Heritage award. Just 4 months later, on October 17 2008, Jimmy was one of 6 to be presented with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters award. Jimmy remains active, not only in New York City, where he leads Jimmy Cobb’s Mob but on the international circuit including Japan, China, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, & South Africa. EDDIE HENDERSON Eddie Henderson is one of today’s most original jazz trumpet players. Henderson was born in New York City on October 26, 1940. His father sang with the Charioteers, and his mother danced as one of the Brown twins at the Cotton Club. Louis Armstrong gave Eddie his first few trumpet lessons at the age of nine. Eddie moved with his family to San Francisco when he was 14 years old. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 1954-57. Around 1956, Miles Davis was a guest at Henderson’s home during a Black Hawk Jazz Club gig and was impressed with

37 Eddie’s ability to perform his famous “Sketches of Spain” without fluff, but encouraged Henderson to seek his own originality. Following Air Force service from 1958-61, Eddie became the first African American to compete for the National Figure Skating Cham- pionship, winning the Pacific and Midwestern titles. He studied to be a doctor at the University of California Berkeley and Howard University, and interned at San Francisco’s French Hospital before a two-year residency in psychiatry at the University of California Hospital from 1969-71. Henderson first earned worldwide recognition for his jazz-trumpet playing from the popular recordings he made with Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi sextet group during the early ‘70s. Other jazz performers Eddie has played with include Pharoah Sanders, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Johnny Griffin, Slide Hampton, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Max Roach, Jackie McClean, Dexter Gordon, Roy Haynes, Joe Henderson and more. Hender- son has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School of Music since 2007 and the Oberlin University Jazz Department since 2014. His discography consists of albums under his name on Capricorn Records, Blue Note, Capital, Columbia, Steeplechase Records, Sirocco, Kind of Blue, Furthermore and Smoke Records. GEORGE CABLES When George Cables was going to school in New York City he used to walk the streets at night, taking in the cosmopolitan sights and sounds, mentally recording his encoun- ters with “so many different kinds of people.” In his musical career as well, Cables has prowled side streets and main thoroughfares in relative anonymity, absorbing count- less influences into his personal style. He has performed and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians of our time, including: Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Sarah Vaughn, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson and Dizzy Gil- lespie. In addition to composing and arranging for his own albums, George Cables has con- tributed to recordings by Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson and many others. He is noted for his fresh Interpretations of classic compositions and for his innovative style of writing. EDDIE GOMEZ Legendary bassist and two-time Grammy Award winner Eddie Gomez has been on the cutting edge of music for over four decades. His impressive resumé includes performances with jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman. Eddie’s unique sound and style can be heard on many Grammy winning records as well as on hundreds of recordings spanning the worlds of jazz, classical, Latin jazz, rhythm & blues, popular and contemporary music. Eddie’s recordings as a leader include “Next Future,” “Outlaws,” “Live in Moscow,” “Street Smart,” “Power Play,” “Discovery,” “Gomez,” “Down Stretch,” “What’s New at F, “Palermo” and “Trio.” The recordings feature guest artists including Michael Brecker, Richard Tee, Randy Brecker, Al Foster, Steve Gadd, Chick Corea, Jeremy Steig, Jack McDuff and John Abercrombie. His recordings co-led with pianist Mark Kramer include “Entropy,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Art of the Heart.” In 2006, his DVD “An Evening with Eddie Gomez” was released – with Eddie and Mark Kramer performing and lecturing on the intrica- cies and dynamics of improvisation. Eddie’s recent recording “Duets,” co-led with Carlos Franzetti on piano, won Best Instrumental Album at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards. A sought-after educator, Eddie is Artistic Director at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico where he has been professor and artist-in-residence since 2005. He’s a resident artist at the Berklee College of Music, and also has been artist-in-residence and associate professor of jazz double bass at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. 38 Yes, you can

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DOWNSIZE THE "SM" WHEN THE USING LOGO ON OVERSIZED APPLICATIONS SUCH OUTDOOR ADVERTISING 55 AND LARGE EXHIBIT DISPLAYS BAYSTATE HEALTH IS A proud supporter OF THE FINE ARTS CENTER

Partnering with the communities we serve, Baystate Health extends the traditional deﬁ nition of health to include economic opportunity, affordable housing, quality education, safe neighborhoods, food security, the arts/culture, and racism and homophobia free communities — all elements that are needed for individuals, families and communities to thrive.

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