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Byron Stripling Quartet Favorite After His Carnegie Hall Debut with to Nearly 200 Recordings with Various Artists ON VIEW wexner center for the arts THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS allery, New York. G Byron ourtesy of Michael Rosenfeld C Stripling Quartet , 1968. Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. featuring Bobby Floyd Portrait of Charlie Parker Portrait Beauford Delaney Open through December 29 The power of the blues fills the Wex with Blues for Smoke. This interdisciplinary exhibition explores the influence of the blues and “blues aesthetics” on contemporary art. FRI, NOV 22 | 7:30 & 9:30 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE Blues for Smoke is organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Curator Bennett Simpson. ON SALE NOW—TICKETS.WEXarts.ORG 2013–14 PERFORMING ARTS SEASON PROGRAM BIOGRAPHIES Byron Stripling became a pops orchestra Music in the Key of Oscar. He has contributed Byron Stripling Quartet favorite after his Carnegie Hall debut with to nearly 200 recordings with various artists. featuring Bobby Floyd Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops, In addition to recording and performing and he has soloed throughout the country throughout the world, Jeff also teaches, with the Boston Pops, National Symphony arranges, and composes. Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Dan Faehnle is a powerful guitarist with Byron Stripling .................trumpet Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, technical prowess. His three-year association Jeff Hamilton ...................drums and The American Jazz Philharmonic, to with the Diana Krall Quartet found him name a few. He has been a featured soloist performing on numerous world tours, Dan Faehnle ....................guitar at the Hollywood Bowl and performs at jazz television shows, radio, and for media events. festivals throughout the world. Stripling During that time Dan garnered accolades Bobby Floyd. .Hammond B3 Organ earned his stripes as lead trumpeter and from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra under JazzTimes, and Downbeat magazines, as well the direction of Thad Jones and Frank Foster. as many international publications. While This concert is programmed in conjunction with the exhibition He has also played and recorded extensively based in Portland, Oregon, Dan established Blues for Smoke currently on view in our galleries, open until 10 pm with the bands of Dizzy Gillespie, Woody relationships with such legendary jazz artists this evening. Admission is free for all concert ticket holders. Herman, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton, as Leroy Vinnegar, Chuck Israels, Dave Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, and Buck Clayton Frishberg, and Dick Berk, with whom he in addition to the Jazz at Lincoln Center has performed live and in the studio. Dan’s Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and recording credits include My Ideal, his debut GRP All Star Big Band. His trumpet and vocal release featuring pianist Larry Fuller, bassist works have also been featured in television Ed Bennett, pianist Tony Pacini, and Mel commercials, TV theme songs, and movie Brown on drums, and Pink Martini’s debut soundtracks, as well as in the Grammy album Sympathique. Awards ceremony. Stripling was the lead in the musical Satchmo and also performed in Bobby Floyd is a pianist and organist who the 42nd Street production of From Second has toured and performed extensively Avenue to Broadway. Currently, Stripling is the with Ray Charles, Dr. John, the Count Basie conductor of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Orchestra, Rusty Bryant, James Moody, Jeff Tyzik, Chris Howes, Byron Stripling, Sarah Jeff Hamilton is constantly in demand, Morrow, and his own trio. Floyd is also a whether he is recording or performing with frequent soloist with orchestras throughout MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERFORMING ARTS his trio, the Clayton Brothers, or coleading the United States and Canada including the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He got the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, where his his first big break in 1974 playing with the soulful sound has backed artists such as Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and has continued Chuck Mangione, Houston Person, Branford to perform and record with various jazz Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Mavis Staples, Gerald artists, including Woody Herman, Monty Wilson, Wycliffe Gordon, John Clayton, and GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Taking photographs, Alexander, and the L.A. 4. From 1999–2001, countless others. His recent performances in FOR THE WEXNER CENTER filming, or operating the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra was Europe and Asia have garnered high praise, recording devices during the in-residence ensemble for the Hollywood and Floyd continues to accompany the top the performance is Bowl Jazz series. Jeff is also a frequent guest jazz, blues, and gospel artists in the country. strictly prohibited. of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, Please turn off mobile and he has appeared in Natalie Cole’s Great phones and other Performances PBS special, Ask a Woman Who electronic devices before Knows, and the documentary Oscar Peterson: the performance. COVER PHOTO: COURTESY OF ScOTT CUNNINGHAM.
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