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Clark
Terry Headlines Greater St. Louis Jazz
Festival
“Midwest
Students Learn from Jazz Masters”
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Who:
University of Missouri – St. Louis and Jazz
St. Louis (Friday)
University of Missouri - St. Louis and Blanche M.
Touhill Performing Arts Center (Saturday)
What: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
When: Friday, April 21, 8:30
pm – 10:45 pm (10:00 am – 4:00
pm High School Combos)
Saturday, April 22, 8:00 pm (8:00
am – 5:00 pm High School Orchestras)
Where: Friday, Jazz
at the Bistro, 3536 Washington, St. Louis, MO 63103
Saturday, A-B Hall at the Touhill
Performing Arts Center, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd, 63121
Cost: Friday: Afternoon=Free,
Evening=$25, $10 Students with valid i.d.,
Saturday: Afternoon=Free, Evening=$10, $15,
$20
INFO: For Friday event information
visit www.jatb.org
or call (314) 534-1111 for tickets
For Saturday event information visit www.touhill.org
or call (314) 516-4949 for tickets
St.
Louis, MO (March 17) – The University of Missouri
– St. Louis and the Blanche M. Touhill Performing
Arts Center present the legendary Clark Terry, Saturday,
April 22 at 8 p.m. in the world-class Anheuser-Busch
Performance Hall. Joining Clark Terry are several
guest artists: Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Tim Ries
(saxophone), Jay Saunders (trumpet), Scott Whitfield
(trombone), and Tom Matta (bass trombone). Add the
UM-St. Louis Jazz faculty members Jim Widner (bass)
and Ken Kehner (piano), along with the UM-St. Louis
Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Widner, for an all-star
finale!
For the first
time in festival history, Jazz St. Louis, a Des
Lee Collaborative member, joins the event to co-present
Friday’s programs on April 21. The evening
All-Star performance features Jeff Hamilton (Friday
only), Clay Jenkins, Tim Ries, Scott Whitfield,
along with UM-St. Louis faculty members Jim Widner
and Ken Kehner. The evening kicks-off with a
performance by Jazz at the Bistro’s THF Realty
Student Ensemble.
In addition
to evening performances by the pros, the daytime
portion of the two day festival plays host to high
school ensembles and orchestras that perform for
clinician’s comments. Nearly 500 students
will move through both the Touhill Performing Arts
Center and Jazz at the Bistro. The public can observe
these free informal daytime performances.
According to
Jim Widner, the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
is “the finest jazz education festival in
this part of the country.” What is the university’s
niche? In part, UM-St. Louis has hosted more jazz
guest artists than any other higher learning institution
in the St. Louis area this season. Although Widner
continues to grow the university’s world-class
jazz program, he assures us “you ain’t
seen nothing yet.”
About University of Missouri –
St. Louis
The Blanche M. Touhill
Performing Arts Center, located on the UM-St. Louis
campus, now provides an extra- ordinary, world-class
venue for faculty and students to showcase their
talents of artistic innovation. A cultural classroom
for the community, this ‘state of the art
performance laboratory’ is a valued home to
St. Louis and Midwest audiences. It symbolizes the
University’s commitment to integrate education,
innovation and excellence.
Don’t
miss the legendary Clark Terry and guest artists
on Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m. at the Blanche M.
Touhill Performing Arts Center located on the University
of Missouri – St. Louis campus. Admission
is $10, $15, and $20. Observation of guest clinicians
and high school orchestras takes place from 8:00
a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Blanche M. Touhill
Performing Arts Center for free.
For more information about the Saturday performances,
visit www.touhill.org,
or call (314) 516-4949 / toll free (866) 516-4949
for advance tickets.
The All-Star
groups perform on Friday, April 21 at 8:30 p.m.
at Jazz at the Bistro in the historic Grand Center
Arts District. Admission is $25, and $10 for students
with a valid i.d. Observation of guest clinicians
and high school combos takes place from 10:00 a.m.
– 4:00 p.m. at the Bistro for free.
For more information about the Friday performances,
visit www.jatb.org,
or call (314) 534-1111 for advance tickets or (314)
289-4030 for Bistro information.
Welcomed
by WSIE, 88.7 FM |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Artists |
Cost |
Guest
Artists |
Friday,
April 21 |
10:00
a.m.
-
4:00 p.m.
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Jazz
at the Bistro |
(8) High School
Jazz Combos
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Free |
Guest
Clinicians:
Jeff Hamilton, Clay Jenkins
Scott Whitfield, Tim Ries
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Friday,
April 21 |
8:30
p.m.
-
10:45 p.m.
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Jazz
at the Bistro |
All-Star
Artists
Clay Jenkins, Tim Ries,
Jeff Hamilton, Scott Whitfield, Ken
Kehner, Jim Widner
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$25
+
$10
for students with a valid i.d.
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Jazz
at the Bistro’s
THF Realty Student Ensemble
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Saturday,
April 22
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8:00
a.m.
-
5:00 p.m.
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Anheuser-Busch
Performance Hall
UMSL-Touhill Center
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(18)
High School
Jazz Orchestras
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Free |
Guest
Clinicians:
Clay Jenkins, Tim Ries,
Jay Saunders, Scott Whitfield, Tom Matta
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Saturday,
April 22
“FINALE”
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8:00
p.m. |
Anheuser-Busch
Performance Hall
UMSL-Touhill Center
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Legendary
Clark Terry
+ University of Missouri Jazz Ensemble,
Jim Widner, Director
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$10-15-$20 |
Clay
Jenkins, Tim Ries, Jay Saunders, Scott
Whitfield, Tom Matta, Ken Kehner |
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Greater
St. Louis Jazz Festival
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2006
Performing Artist Bio’s
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About
Clark Terry
With a career that
spans more than sixty years, Clark
Terry returns to his hometown for an extraordinary
performance during the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival.
Known for his dialogue solos in which he plays responding
phrases on open and muted trumpet, and for his incoherent
scat singing, “Mumbles” (a parody of blues
singers that he originated), Terry is also an enthusiastic
educator. Having composed more than 200 jazz songs
and authored three (3) books, C.T. is a brilliant
(and very distinctive) soloist who possesses an exuberant,
swinging, and fun jazz sound. He gained early experience
playing trumpet in his native St. Louis during the
early '40s (where he was an inspiration for Miles
Davis). After performing in the Navy band during World
War II, Terry gained a strong reputation playing with
the big bands of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and
Quincy Jones. A versatile swing/bop soloist who joined
the NBC staff, Clark was a regular member of the Tonight
Show Orchestra. In the 1960s he recorded a classic
set with the Oscar Peterson Trio, and remained a major
force throughout 1970s to present. Renowned as a world-class
trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso, educator and NEA
Jazz Master, Clark Terry has performed for seven U.S.
Presidents, in more than fifty jazz festivals, and
on all seven continents. This GRAMMY ® Award winner
has received ~ 250 awards, has a star on the Walk
of Fame, and has a life-sized wax figure in St. Louis’
Black World History Museum. In 2005 he was voted Trumpeter
of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. Expect
C.T. to provide happiness in every note he plays.
About Jim Widner
Jim
Widner, Artist in Residence/Coordinator of
Jazz Studies at UM-St. Louis, is an alumnus of the
Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, and Glenn Miller big bands.
Besides his role as Director of the UM-St. Louis bands
and leader of the Jim Widner Big Band, Jim is a Yamaha
national recording artist. He maintains an ambitious
clinic and festival schedule at high schools and colleges
throughout the US. He has performed with artists such
as Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, Bill Watrous, Mulgrew
Miller, Louie Bellson, Randy Brecker, and Marilyn
Maye.
About Clay Jenkins
An Associate Professor
of Jazz Trumpet at the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, N.Y., Clay
Jenkins’ career began with the Stan
Kenton Orchestra. Followed by a move to L.A., Clay
was in demand as both a live performer and studio
recording musician. He toured with the big bands of
Harry James, Buddy Rich, and the Count Basie Orchestra,
and has recorded with these select artists: Milt Jackson,
Clayton/Hamilton Orchestra, Diana Krall, Peter Erskine,
Rufus Reid, Ray Brown, Joe La Barbera, Kurt Elling,
Dr. John, Jim Widner, Eric Reed, Bill Cunliffe, Billy
Childs, and Karrin Allyson.
About Jeff Hamilton
Mega star Jeff
Hamilton brings originality and a driving,
technical groove to his entertainment groups. Whether
it’s
an appearance with Natalie Cole’s PBS Special,
Oscar Peterson’s documentary, or performances
with his own trio, Hamilton is always in demand. He
has performed on seven (7) GRAMMY ® Award Winning
albums, and was recently voted #1 Jazz Drummer 2006
by the readers of Modern Drummer Magazine. A member
of the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, his early
breaks were playing with the L.A. 4, Woody Herman
and the Thundering Herd, the Monty Alexander Trio,
Lionel Hampton’s Band, and the New Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra. The L.A. Jazz Society awarded Jeff and
John Clayton “Musicians of the Year 2006.”
He has performed with everyone from Ella Fitzgerald
to the Count Basie Orchestra, and Rosemary Clooney
to Diana Krall. Jeff has accrued over 200 recordings
with the likes of Milt Jackson, Barbara Streisand,
Mel Torme, John Pizzarelli, George Shearing, Dr. John,
Clark Terry, and Harry “Sweets” Edison..
About Tim Ries
A versatile and
thoughtful saxophonist and composer, Tim
Ries just returned from a second world tour
with the Rolling Stones. Assisted by Keith Richards
and Norah Jones, Ries put together a CD of Rolling
Stones tracks recorded in a jazz style. Tim has collaborated
with jazz artists Phil Woods, Tom Harrell, Al Foster,
John Patitucci, Dave Liebman, Danilo Perez, Maynard
Ferguson, and Red Garland. He has written over one
hundred compositions in both the jazz and classical
idioms. Not to mention, a Verve release with the Joe
Henderson Big Band won him a GRAMMY ® Award. His
other recording and performance credits include work
with such diverse talents as Paul Simon, Sheryl Crow,
Lyle Lovett, Stevie Wonder, Incognito, Blood Sweat
& Tears, and David Lee Roth.
About Scott Whitfield
Internationally recognized
trombonist Scott
Whitfield is rapidly gaining applause for
his work with contemporary big bands. A frequent clinician
and guest artist for Bach Stradivarius trombones,
Whitfield has appeared from Australia to Zurich where
he shares his expertise on trombone technique, improvisation,
composition, arranging, and jazz history. As a jazz
faculty member at Rutgers University, he taught from
1998-2002. Prior to that, he had settled in NY in
the early 90s where he joined the Nat Adderly Sextet.
The group led to associations with Nnenna Freelon,
Frank Wess, and Steve Turre. His arrangements have
been performed and recorded by such artists as Diva,
The Pied Pipers, Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz
Band and others. Currently, the Scott Whitfield Jazz
Orchestra has two incarnations in the East (NY) and
West (LA). Whitfield’s writing has been compared
to: Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Gerald Wilson, and
Rob McConnell.
About Jay Saunders
An instructor
in Jazz Studies and graduate of the highly acclaimed
University of North Texas, there is no doubt you have
heard Jay
Saunders as lead trumpet for broadcasts by
CNN, HBO, The Golf Channel, ESPN radio, Warner Brothers
and Paramount TV themes, the BBC, and VOA. He is well-known
for his years as lead trumpeter with the Stan Kenton
Orchestra and Kenton clinics. At the Fairmont Hotel’s
Venetian Room he backed performers like Ella Fitzgerald,
Tony Bennett, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn, and hundreds
of others. He has performed and taught in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area for Summer Musicals, Symphony Orchestra’s,
and the Pops Series since the early 1980s.
About Thomas Matta
An active performer,
writer, and educator, Tom
Matta has performed extensively across North
America, Europe, and New Zealand. He is one of the
most sought-after bass trombonists in Chicago’s
recording studios, concert halls, and theater pits.
Matta has performed and recorded with a diverse array
of talents including the Woody Herman Orchestra, the
Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra, Ray Charles, Natalie
Cole, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Jimmy Heath,
Frank Sinatra, Jr., The Colorado Symphony, Concertante
di Chicago, and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. His
compositions and arrangements have been performed
and recorded by premier orchestras, big bands and
chamber ensembles worldwide. Recently, Tom was appointed
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the
DePaul University School of Music, where he has been
teaching since 1995. He also teaches at the Jim Widner
Summer Jazz Camps.
About Ken Kehner
A jazz piano and
combo leader, Ken
Kehner has been a featured soloist with several
orchestra’s throughout the Midwest. He is a
Jazz Piano Instructor at the University of Missouri
– St. Louis, and is on staff with the Jim Widner
Summer Jazz Camp Series. Kehner has a degree in Piano
Performance from Truman State University where he
also earned his Master’s and served as an adjunct
jazz instructor. You can hear Ken perform regularly
with the Jim Widner Big Band. He has appeared with
such noted artists as Clark Terry, Bill Watrous, Bobby
Shew, Buddy DeFranco, Louie Bellson, and Jim Widner.
Greater
St. Louis Jazz Festival
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Artists Quotes
CLARK
TERRY
“I had never heard a trumpet player
in my life like Clark. I still haven’t.”
– Quincy Jones
“…
none of the prime authorities on the subject
say, ‘Clark Terry did this sixteen
years ago.’”
- Duke Ellington
“He’s
(Clark Terry)…one of the best in the
world at playing it, if not the best.”
– Miles Davis
“My
favorite trumpet player (Clark Terry).”
– Louie Armstrong
“Clark
Terry is one of contemporary music’s
great innovators, and justly celebrated
for his
great technical virtuosity, swinging lyricism,
and impeccable good taste.” –
Chuck Berg
JIM
WIDNER
“I
was very thrilled to witness the work…by
my ol’ buddy Jim Widner whose expertise
in the field of jazz education proved invaluable
in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays
& Today) together.” – Clark
Terry
“You…gave
all your children a chance to shine while
you supplied
them with a great swingin’ foundation.”
– Louie Bellson
CLAY
JENKINS
"…one
of today's brightest trumpet voices. (Clay
Jenkins)" – Chuck Berg,
Jazz Times
"Clay's
music is warm and engaging." –
Chick Corea
JEFF
HAMILTON
“Always
evident is…the colorful work of the
rhythm section featuring…the
sensitivity and sizzle of Jeff Hamilton’s
seasoned drums.” – Jazz
Times
TIM
RIES
"I
thought what Tim recorded was amazing. The
playing is beautiful, too - Tim always has
such a beautiful sound." - Rolling
Stones Guitarist, Keith Richards, DOWNBEAT
Greater
St. Louis Jazz Festival
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Artist Photos
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(High-Resolution,
Downloadable Photos):
Clark
Terry 1, Clark
Terry 2, Clark
Terry 3
Jim
Widner 1 Jim
Widner 2
Clay
Jenkins 1
Jeff
Hamilton 1 Jeff
Hamilton 2
Tim
Ries 1
Scott
Whitfield 1
Jay
Saunders 1
Tom
Matta1
Ken Kehner (Unavailable at Press Time)
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