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The 17Th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition Presented by WJCT University of North Florida UNF Digital Commons Jacksonville Jazz Festival Collection Materials Jacksonville Jazz Festival Collection 11-11-1999 The 17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition Presented by WJCT Jacksonville Jazz Festival Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/jacksonville_jazz_text Part of the Music Performance Commons The 17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition 1\ \ Thursday, November 11, 1999 The Florida Theatre . 0 Presented by WJCT The Program Tl (subject to change) Each pianist will play a 20-minute set. They will be accompanied by Jay Leonhart on acoustic bass and Danny Gottlieb on drums. Leonhart has been voted Most Valuable Bassist three times by the National Association of Recording Arts & Sciences. Gottlieb began with the Pat Metheny Group in the late '70s, and has become one of the most in-demand session drummers in jazz. Introductions - Noel Freidline, host The Competition Martin Bejerano Trinkle Tinkle (Thelonious Monk) Body And Soul (Heyman, Green, Sour and Eyton) Just In Time (Green, Comden and Styne) Sarah Jane Cion It's Alright With Me (Cole Porter) Body And Soul (Heyman, Green, Sour and Eyton) How Long Has This Been Going On (George Gershwin) Matt King Caravan (Ellington, Tizol and Mills) All The Way (Cahn and Van Heusen) Blues for Gwen (McCoy Tyner) Jeremy Manasia Ah-Leu-Cha (Charlie Parker) Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk) Lotus Blossom (Kenny Vorham) Billy Peterson One Horse Blues (Billy Peterson) Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington) Shaw Nuff (Charlie Parker) Intermission Guest Performance by Patricia Saravia Announcement of Winners c:JCtttrrj The Finalists Martin Bejerano is a native of Miami, Fla. , and has been playing piano professionally since the age of 15. Bejerano began his jazz training at New World School of the Arts High School in Miami and continued his music education at Florida State University where he received a bachelor's degree in jazz studies. He also obtained a master's degree in jazz performance from the University of Miami. Bejerano has performed with such jazz greats as Marcus Printup, Duffy Jackson, Ira Sullivan, Jerry Coker and Roy Hargrove. Originally from the Boston area, Sarah Jane Cion has resided in New York City for the past nine years. Cion graduated with an honors degree in composition and performance from the New England Conser­ vatory in 1990. She also received three consecutive National Endow­ ment for the Arts grants to study under jazz greats Charles Banacos, Noel Joanne Brackeen and Richard Beirach. Cion has performed with jazz jazzi legends like Clark Terry, Al Gray, Philip Harper, Ron McClure and Walter Perkins. Pianist and composer Matt King makes his home in New Jersey, where he teaches piano to students of all ages. King also freelances in the New York metropolitan area playing jazz, blues, salsa, rock and classical music. He performs with and composes for Bill Ware & The The l Club Bird All-Stars, the J.C. Doo-Kingue Band, the Mann Brothers and WJC many others. King has performed on the Today Show and also was 2:50 the featured performer in a three-part educational jazz video for PBS. runn, Jeremy Manasia, a New York City resident and Manhattan School of Music graduate, is a freelance jazz pianist in the New York metropoli­ tan area and plays the club circuit including Birdland, The Blue Note, The Rainbow Room , The Savoy Lounge, The West End Gate and A others. Manasia's accomplishments range from playing abroad in the Man Philippines and Central Ameri ca and for the The Glenn Miller Orchestra's World Tou r of Japan to performing on the PBS special hasI year Glenn Miller's Greatest Hits. Most recently, he was a finalist in The Flori American Jazz Piano Competition in Indianapolis. Bizo A native of Toledo, Ohio, Billy Peterson was influenced by Toledo jazz pianists Claude Black and Johnny O'Neal. He later studied formally at the Cincinnati Conservatory where he received a bachelor's degree in music. Continuing his training, Peterson attended the Eastman School of Music where he obtained his master's. Peterson has performed nationally with Joe Lovano, Freddie Hubbard, Tim Hagans and internationally with Kenny Wheeler. He currently leads his own trio and makes his home in Tallahassee, Fla. Guest Performer As the judges deliberate, the audience will be entertained by Peruvian-born jazz vocalist Patricia Saravia, one of Latin America's jazz celebrities. Also a composer, Saravia combines the rhythms of Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Costa Rica and Peru for an excitingly pulsating performance. Saravia also is considered a romantic balladier and sings in several languages, including Spanish, Portuguese and English. 1ser- Host )W- )S, Noel Freidline is a local favorite on the jazz scene. His quartet is an acoustic-based jazz group with a repertoire of pop and non-traditional jazz tunes and jazz standards. es The Prizes and The first-place winner will earn a cash prize of $3,500 and the opportunity to play at the WJCT Jacksonville Jazz Festival Metropolitan Park concert on Saturday, November 13 at s 2:50 p.m. The second-place winner will receive $1,500; third place earns $750; and the two S. runners-up each win $400. of oli­ :e, Acknowledgements the Many thanks to Louise Freshman Brown for designing the cover art of this program. She has provided the cover art for the Great American Jazz Piano Competition for the last nine years. The WJCT Jacksonville Jazz Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of The Florida Theatre and Florida Piano. Special thanks to Competition Chair Joyce Hellmann Bizot and to Crawdaddy's Seafood & Steakhouse. jazz ly at in s 7 The Judges Kenny Barron, a Philadelphia native, gained a sturdy musical foundation by studying classical piano. After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City where he landed a gig with late Dizzy Gillespie. After leaving the Gillespie band, Barron moved on to work with such artists as Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Turrentine. In the late '70s, he started the quartet Sphere with Thelonious Monk alumni Charlie Rouse on saxophone, Ben Riley on drums and Buster Williams on bass. Pianist Bill Charlap was born and raised in New York City. He is the son of Broadway composer Moose Charlap (Peter Pan) and singer Sandy Stewart and has been playing the piano for as long as he can remember. In addition to leading his own trio, Charlap has been a member of The Phil Woods Quintet since 1995. He has performed with jazz superstars Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Jim Hall, Milt Hinton, Grady Tate and others, as well as Tony Bennett and Carol Sloane. Benny Green, a New York city native raised in Berkeley, Calif., has been a bright light in jazz since 1983, when he began a five-year stint with jazz legend Betty Carter. From 1987 to 1989, Green was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, followed by two years with Freddie Hubbard and more than four years with Ray Brown's trio. Through it all, he has been a Blue Note recording artist fronting a variety of trios, quartets and quintets. Ellis Marsalis, Jr. is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans. Born in 1934, Marsalis began formal music studies at the age of 11. After high school, college and the Marine Corps, Marsalis married Delores Ferdinand and had six sons; Branford, Wynton, Ellis Ill, Delfeayo, Mboya and Jason. He has spent much of his career in the teaching profession as well as freelancing on the New Orleans jazz music scene. Marsalis serves as the chair of Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans. Pianist Horace Silver was discovered while working in a Hartford, Conn., nightclub by jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, whose band Silver toured with during the early 1950s. He went on to work with such jazz notables as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Art Blakey and Miles Davis. In the late '50s, Silver formed his own jazz combo and was signed to a recording contract by Blue Note Records, a relationship that lasted 28 years. Silver has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative figures in the world of jazz music. THE WJCT JACKSONVILLE JAZZ FEST IV AL Presented by @BELLSOUTH Fri., Nov. 12 - Metropolitan Park 6:30 p.m ........................................................................................ Diggin' In Dreamland 7:25 p.m ...................................................................................................... Rick Braun 8:30 p.m . .. ...................... ... ......................................... Lisa Kelly- J.B. Scott Jazz Stet 9:1 0 p.m ................................................................................... Grover Washington, Jr. 10:35 p.m ................................ ............ ... .................................... Fireworks Extravaganza Sat., Nov. 13 - Jacksonville Landing 8:30 a.m ................ .................... ........ ..................... Mayo Health Plan Jazz on the Run Sat., Nov. 13 - Metropolitan Park 9:30 a.m .............................. .... ........... .... .. ...... ... ................................... Jazz Breakfast 11 :30 a.m ................. .............. ...... Citibank Jazz in the Schools All-Star Jazz Ensemble 12:05 p.m .......... .... ................... ..... .. .. ...... The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble 12:45 p.m .............................................................................................................. Segue 1 :25 p.m ................................. .......... .. .. ............ ... .... ................................ Yellowjackets 2:50 p.m ..........................
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