LINN-MAR HIGH SCHOOL COLTON CENTER JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Jen Tiede, Director | Featuring *Rich Medd, Trombone

“Who Will Rescue You?” (Carla Bley)

Saxophone: Kyle Earnest, Conner Niemeyer, Jonas Jaritz, Brock Whitham, Joe Schafer

Trumpet: Thomas Brough, Tom Fireman, Tomina Gerst, Owen Soenen, Peyton Stoller

Trombone: Grant Dupree, Kael Edaburn, Leo Hackett, Owen Hanson

Piano: Everett Sams | Guitar: *Carter Buske | Bass: Henry Granger | Drums: Brendan Doty

ABOUT THE LINN-MAR COLTON CENTER JAZZ ENSEMBLE

ABOUT RICH MEDD

During his career as director at West High, Rich Medd built the program up to involving nearly 100 students in the program and more than two decades of consecutive years qualifying for Jazz Championships.

Rich has a long and illustrious career as a player. While in school, he played lead trombone in the McDonald’s Jazz Band and the Disneyland All-American College Marching band. He has played for more than two decades in Orquesta Alto Maiz, is a member of Mike Conrad’s Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra, Blake Shaw’s Biggish Band, Jim Dreier’s Latin group Ritmocano, the Rod Pierson Big Band many more.