Faculty Recital Tito Carrillo, trumpet Tito Carrillo joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty in the Spring of 2006. He is a trumpeter, educator, bandleader, composer, and arranger, and since 1996 he has been a fixture in the Chicago jazz and Latin music scenes. The list of artists he has performed, recorded, , guitar and toured with is as varied as his skill set: Chicago heavyweights , Ryan Cohan, Kurt Reeder, piano and the Peruvian jazz group Chinchano; big bands such as the Woody Herman Orchestra, Emma Taylor, bass Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, and Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra (directed by David Baker); jazz greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Louis Hayes, Jon Faddis, and Smith Recital Hall Vincent Herring; salsa legends such as Andy Montañez, Tony Vega, and Cheo Feliciano; Latin Sunday, November 17, 2019 jazz giants Tito Puente and Paquito D'Rivera; and pop icons Quincy Jones and Phil 5:30 PM Collins. Recent engagements include touring and recording with Grammy-award winning vocalist Kurt Elling. He was also a featured soloist on the 2017 PBS special Chicago Voices, hosted by Reneé Fleming.

DUKE PEARSON Is That So? Carrillo has played some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Chicago's (1932-1980) Symphony Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and London's Royal Albert Hall. His work has been heard at international jazz festivals in Chicago, Telluride, Montreux (Switzerland), KENNY KIRKLAND Datriza North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague (Netherlands), Poznan (Poland), Bogotá (Colombia), Lima (1955-1998) (Peru), and Pori (Finland).

BILLY STRAYHORN/ arr. GEOFF KEEZER Isfahan As an educator, he served on the faculties at both the Chicago College of Performing Arts at (1915-1967) Roosevelt University, as well as Northwestern University prior to his appointment at Illinois. He (b. 1970) served as an educator and performer to Chicago's inner-city high schools through the Ravinia Festival's community outreach program, the Ravinia Jazz Mentors. MAL WALDRON Soul Eyes (1925-2002) Of Carrillo, the Chicago Tribune states "he has acquired a reputation as a fluid improviser, doubly-blessed with a warm lyric style and technique to burn." He continues to be an active BILL EVANS Interplay bandleader, guest soloist, and clinician at various jazz festivals and academic jazz programs (1929-1980) around the U.S. and beyond.

McCOY TYNER Contemplation (b. 1938)

STEVE NELSON Candlelight Vigil (b. 1954) Ben Carrasquillo, trombone

FRITZ PAUER Cherokee Sketches (1943-2012) Ben Carrasquillo, trombone