THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF MUSIC Presents
JAZZ ENSEMBLE I
Leon Anderson, Jr., Director
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Seven-thirty in the Evening
Ruby Diamond Concert Hall
Live: wfsu.org/fsumusic
“Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future”
PROGRAM
Max John Clayton
Well, You Needn’t
Cashmere Cutie
The Eighth Veil
Thelonious Monk arr. Joe Shahady
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
The Eternal Triangle Sonny Stitt arr. John Clayton
Rejoice Thad Jones
INTERMISSION
Shiny Stockings
JoJo’s Mojo
Cantaloupe Island
Frank Foster arr. Steven Blake
Marcus Printup
Herbie Hancock arr. Kyle Tennyson
Continuum Mike Tomaro
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting while performers are playing. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Please turn off cell phones and all other electronic devices. Please refrain from putting feet on seats and seat backs. Children who become disruptive should be taken out of the performance hall so they do not disturb the musicians and other audience members. Health Reminder: The Florida Board of Governors and Florida State University expect masks to be worn by all individuals in all FSU facilities. Thank you for your cooperation.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Leon Anderson, Jr., Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies, joined the Florida State University faculty in 1998. His musical experience includes that of a classical and jazz percussionist, educator, clinician, and composer. Mr. Anderson received the BA degree in Music Education at Louisiana Tech University and in 1996 completed the M.A. degree in Percussion Performance at Southeastern Louisiana University. His mentors have included Ellis Marsalis and Victor Goines of the New Orleans jazz scene. Mr. Anderson currently teaches drum set, jazz ensembles, and rhythm section methods at the FSU College of Music.
In 1997 Mr. Anderson was a featured soloist with The Marcus Roberts Trio, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, and at the “Great Saxophone Legends” concert at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. As a soloist he has also performed with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His most recent engagements include performances with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra de France, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. His professional recordings include Victor Goines’ Joe’s Blues (1998), To Those We Love So Dearly (1999), and Sunrise to Midnight (2000); Marcus Roberts’s Cole After Midnight Vol. I, (1998); Five By Design’s Club Swing (2001); Richie Summa’s Tear It Down (2001); and Etienne Charles’ Culture Shock (2006). His professional collaborations include performances with numerous artists: David Sanchez, Red Holloway, Donald Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Mike Wolf, Nathen Page, Allan Harris, Stephanie Nakasien, Phyllis Hyman, Barry Greene, Dianne Reeves, Harold Batiste, Donald Harrison, Mary Stallings, Judy Collins, Wessell Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Kent Jordan, Oliver Lake, James Moody, Deborah Brown, Rufus Reid, Henry Mancini, Art Farmer, Jason Marsalis, and the Temptations, to name only a few.
Mr. Anderson currently performs and tours internationally with Marsalis, Goines, Walter Payton and the Snapbean Band, and the Third Coast Jazz Quintet. In addition to these ensembles, he has also performed at the International Association of Jazz Education Conference with Bunky Green, Ellis Maraslis and the New Orleans Jazz All-Stars, and has served as an artist/clinician for several jazz festivals in the United States, including the Bill Evans Jazz Festival, Savannah Music Festival, Loyola University (New Orleans) Jazz Festival, Governor’s Honors Jazz Camp, Broward County All-City Jazz Ensemble, the “Jazz in the Schools” program in Jacksonville, FL, and serves as director for the FSU High School Jazz Festival. His festival commitments outside the United States are numerous and include the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, the Inglostadt Jazztage, in Inglostadt, Bavaria, the Switzerland Jazz Festival in Basel, Switzerland, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Anderson has also been featured in a review of the jazz composition “Afro Blue” for the text Teaching Music Through Jazz (December, 2007) and an article entitled “JazzEd Scene,” by Steve MacQueen, published in Research and Review (Vol. XIV, No. III, Fall, 2004).
Jazz Ensemble I Personnel
Leon Anderson, Jr., Director
Saxophone
Manny Lumapas, alto
Tyler Pauletti, alto
Kyle Bramson, tenor
Jacob Wright, tenor
Joshua Spraker, baritone
Trombone
Russel Ramirez
Steven Blake
Hannah Duhon
Kyle Tennyson
Trumpet
Thana Rangsiyawaranon
Brett Cole
Wayne Pearcy
Joseph Shahady
Keshawn Hardy
Thum Rangsiyawaranon
Rhythm Section
Andrew Salow, piano
Samuel Hanson, piano
Kaleb Thompkins, bass
Aviel Del Rosario, bass
Nygel Anderson, drums
Rudi Neubrander, drums
September 18, Bak & Chang, viola/piano
October 23, Dominic Cheli, piano
January 22, Sinta Quartet, saxophone
February 17, Jasper String Quartet, Valentine Fundraiser, 7 PM
St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral
March 5, Coro Vocati, vocal ensemble
May 7, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, string quartet
2022-2023 Concert Season
– Celebrating 35 Years of Song! –
FALL
Sunday, November 20 4:00 PM
Coronation Mass in C major, W.A. Mozart
*Tickets: tcchorus.org or call 850-597-0603
UNITY 16
Sunday, January 29 4:00 PM
“Repair The Future”
Weather, Rollo Dilworth, Poem by Claudia Rankine
Joined by The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
SPRING
Sunday, April 30 4:00 PM
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
All performances in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, The Florida State University
