LUJE (Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble) Patty Darling, director With JC Sanford, trombonist, composer, and conductor And Lawrence Jazz Faculty: José Encarnación, saxophone Tim Albright, trombone Matt Turner, cello Mark Urness, bass Dane Richeson, percussion Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00 p.m. Lawrence Memorial Chapel 2nd and 7th (Brooklyn Vignette #5) JC Sanford Professor Tim Albright, trombone Indecent Stretch Sanford Robins in Snow Sanford Keratoconus Sanford JC Sanford and Lawrence Jazz Faculty Rhythm of the Mind Sanford 25 Years of Rootabagas Matt Wilson arr. Sanford Chico’s First Date Sanford Trombonist/composer/conductor JC Sanford is a musician of rare breadth, deeply rooted in the traditions of Jazz and Classical music, yet constantly pushing at their boundaries. Equally at home in many roles, Sanford works regularly as a composer, performer, arranger and conductor. A disciple of the legendary composer/trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, Sanford has had his works performed by Danilo Pérez, Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie, Ingrid Jensen, Lew Soloff, and others. His jazz orchestra CD Views from the Inside garnered international acclaim and received the coveted Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant. The ensemble has also been recognized as a “Rising Star Big Band” in DownBeat Magazine’s Critic’s Poll the past 4 years. As a conductor, he is a member of the twice-Grammy-nominated John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, and also conducts the Alan Ferber Nonet +Strings, the Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, John Ellis’s Ice Siren, and conducted the Alice Coltrane Orchestra featuring Ravi Coltrane, Charlie Haden, and Jack DeJohnette before her death. He also curated the Brooklyn-based creative large ensemble series known as “Size Matters” for over 4 years. He was a member of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop led by Jim McNeely and longtime contractor for the BMI/New York Orchestra. In 2017, Sanford founded the Twin Cities Jazz Composers Workshop alongside his wife, composer Asuka Kakitani, with whom he also co-leads the Twin Cities- based Inatnas Orchestra. He was recently awarded a 2018 McKnight Composers Fellowship and a 2019 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant to record his quartet. In 2019 he took over as musical and artistic director of the JazzMN orchestra. REEDS Tim Moyer, alto saxophone Matt Fowler, alto saxophone Alex Rothstein, tenor saxophone Nick Muellner, tenor saxophone Hank Laritson, baritone saxophone TRUMPETS Jack Benedict Nathan Glaser Gaston Kaisin Earl Simons Liam Traynor TROMBONES Bennett Gabriel Matvei Mozhaev Matt Rynkiewicz Liam McDonald, bass trombone RHYTHM Rick Kubly, guitar Peter Lagershausen, piano Clay Knoll, bass Zoe Markle, bass Tarrel Nedderman, drums Aaron Montreal, percussion Additional student performer: Bianca Pratte, accordion .