GLENN FERRIS Two Trios
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1/ SONOKLECT '02-'03 A Concert Series of Modern Music Terry Vosbein, Director GLENN FERRIS Two Trios Washington and Lee University Keller Theatre • 8:oo p.rn. • 28 September 2002 PROGRAM FIRST SET The Glenn FerrisTrio Glenn Ferris - trombone Vincent SegaI - eel lo Bruno Rousselet - contrabass - Intermission - SECOND SET The Glenn Ferris "Chrominance"Trio Glenn Ferris - trombone Jeff Boudreaux - drums Bruno Rousselet - contrabass 3 Glenn Ferris Glenn Ferris was born in 1950 in Hollywood, California. He began classical music trombone studies at 8 years old in Los Angeles. From 1964, in addition to his classical studies, he studied jazz improvisation with the well-known trumpeter/composer Don Ellis. In 1972 he finished his studies at the California Institute of the Arts. His studies did not prevent the professional musical world from calling him forth from the age of16 years old. At this age Glenn was performing with the prestigious Don Ellis Big Band as well as performing and recording with other musical formations. The group "Revival" was co founded with Glenn and trumpeter/composer Jack Walrath. Then Glenn put together the "Celebration Orchestra," which featured some of the most creative musicians in Los Angeles. Besides creating his own groups, Glenn was in demand by major artists to perform and be a featured soloist in their groups: Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Harry James, Billy Cobham and Bobby Bradford among others. He also performed and recorded with such artists as George Duke, Philly Joe Jones, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, John Scofield and Art Pepper. Since 2000, Glenn Ferris has been an artist-in-residence in the jazz department at the prestigious Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris. 4 Glenn FerrisTrio Vincent Segal Glenn Ferris Bruno Rousselet Vincent Segal (cello) Vincent Segal was born in Reims, France in 1967. He received First Prize by unanimity from the National Superior Conservatory of Lyon, France in 1986. He played in the well-known contemporary music orchestras including the ltineraire and the I RCAM orchestras in Paris. Vincent has played the cello and electric bass in many African bands in Paris as well as being involved in artistic production direction for such pop singers as Vanessa Paradis. His eclectic interests and capacities have also led him to perform with Nana Vasconcelos, Elvis Costello, Ben Harper, M. Chedid and Blackalicious, to name a few. Vincent is one of the very rare few who can convincingly voyage into various musical worlds with the cello. Vincent has been a loyal member of the Glenn Ferris Trio since the beginning. 5 Glenn Ferris"Chrominance" Trio Jeff Boudreaux Bruno Rousselet Glenn Ferris Bruno Rousselet(double bass) Born in St. Amand Montrond, France in 1961, Bruno is one of the most in-demand bass players in France. Artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Teddy Edwards, Tom Harrell, John Hendricks, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Mal Waldron and numerous others have been given the rock bottom flying carpet groove treatment by having Bruno in their corner. Bruno has the ability to be completely at home within all musical directions. Bruno has been a founding member of both the Glenn Ferris Trio and the Glenn Ferris "Chrominance" Trio. 6 Jeff Boudreaux (drums) Jeff Boudreaux was born in 1959 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He began his professional career in New Orleans in 1975, also receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Studies from Loyola University. Expanding his career to Europe in 1990, Jeff moved to Vienna, Austria. Then in 1995, he moved to Paris, France, all along performing free lance in and out of Europe with a great variety of artists as well as continuing his teaching position at the Anton Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Austria. Jeff has been well known and appreciated for his stylistic versatility, musical sensitivity, his melodic sense of percussion and of course his solid swinging tempo and feeling to an incredible list of artists, including Gladys Knight, Charles Neville, Wynton, Branford and Ellis Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Harry Connick Jr., Dave Liebman, Toots Thielemans, Art Farmer, Liza Minnelli, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Bennett, Barbra Hendricks, the Baton Rouge Orchestra and the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra to name a few. Jeff is a founding member of the Glenn Ferris "Chrominance" Trio. 7 2002-2003 SONOKLECT Season SATURDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER The Two Trios of Glenn Ferris FRIDAY, 24JANUARY Alexander Fiterstein - clarinet David Riley- piano SATURDAY, 22 MARCH Jesus Morales - cello The University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT SONOKLECT HEADQUARTERS 540-458-8851 [email protected] .