Jazz In The Chi Program Book 2022

Regional High School Jazz Band Festival Saturday, May 14th, 2022 Whitney M Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL Clinicians Julius Tolentino, Sherman Irby, William McClellan, Roxanne Stevenson, Jarrard Harris, Catie Hickey, Clif Wallace, Participating Schools Chicago High School for the Arts Edwin G. Foreman College and Career Academy William Jones College Preparatory High School Kenwood Academy High School Lincoln Park High School Eric Solorio Academy High School William Howard Taft High School Whitney M Young Magnet High School Co-sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program (EE) is unique among educational resources for high school jazz bands. Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) transcribes, publishes, and distributes charts by Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers and arrangers, along with additional educational materials to bands in the U.S., Canada and American schools abroad. Beyond providing these charts, EE also supports its members throughout the school year with a variety of initiatives including teaching guides, the Essentially Ellington website, newsletters, a student composition contest, and professional feedback of student performances of the charts. Schools that join the program are eligible for participation in noncompetitive regional festivals and also have the option to submit recordings for the national Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival held annually in New York City at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Fifteen bands are selected as finalists and, to prepare, each finalist band receives an in-school workshop in their community led by a JALC clinician. The Competition & Festival culminates in a three-day festival in May for the finalist bands, including workshops, rehearsals, jam sessions, and performances. The three top-placing bands perform an evening concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Since 1995, over 846,000 students have participated in Essentially Ellington. To date, more than 280,000 copies of 150 previously unavailable scores have been distributed to more than 5,300 schools internationally. In 2006, Essentially Ellington piloted noncompetitive, education-focused Regional festivals in an effort to reach more bands and provide the opportunity to perform Ellington's music and receive professional feedback from JALC clinicians and other jazz professionals in their own backyard.

Founding leadership support for Essentially Ellington is provided by The Jack and Susan Rudin Educational and Scholarship Fund. Major support is provided by Jessica and Natan Bibliowicz, Alfred and Gail Engelberg, Casey Lipscomb, Dr. J. Douglas White and the KingWhite Family Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Bloomberg, Con Edison, Entergy, and United Airlines.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Theater – Big Band Performances 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM

Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble Solorio Jazz Ensemble Taft Jazz Ensemble ChiArts Big Band INTERMISSION – see “More Events” below

1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 3:15 PM

Jones College Prep Big Band Kenwood Academy Jazz Band Whitney Young High School Jazz Ensemble Afternoon Session Acknowledgements Band Room – Combo Performances

8:45 AM 9:20 AM 9:55 AM 10:30 AM

Jones College Prep Jazz Combo A Jones College Prep Jazz Combo B Jones College Prep Jazz Combo C Whitney Young High School Combo 1 INTERMISSION – see “More Events” below

12:45 PM 1:20 PM 1:55 PM 2:30 PM

Whitney Young High School Combo 2 ChiArts Combo A ChiArts Combo B Foreman Jazz Ensemble More Events (with locations)

10:30 AM 11:00 AM

Vendor Fair Opens (Arts Building Lobby) Food Court Opens (Bridge)

11:30 AM

Special Guest Performance!

Thaddeus Tukes Trio (Bridge)

12:15 PM

Morning Session Acknowledgements (Bridge)

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Theater @ 9:00 AM Lincoln Park High School Jazz Ensemble Kelley Gossler, director Kaomah Composed by Thomas Shabna Noor Isfahan Composed by Billy Strayhorn Soloist(s): Elijah Brown, Saxophone Ciudad de Oro Composed by Bob Washut Saxophone Elijah Brown Zara Kizilbash Andrew Mcclurg Oscar Nach Nicole Ning Trumpet Hannah Fitzgerald David Martinez Carlos Sims Trombone Sofia Aguilar Jonathan Martinez Chase Steinmetz

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Guitar John Eliasik Steven Evangelou Lukas Morgan Vibraphone Jaz Rios Piano Brandon Harper Bass Zachary Bezirgan Damon Hodges Drums Benjamin Zaczek

Theater @ 9:30 AM Solorio Jazz Ensemble Madeleine Mollinedo, director Topsy Composed by Edgar William Battle and Eddie Durham Arranged by Eddie Durham Soloist(s): Marin Martinez, Trumpet; Jordi Garcia, Baritone Saxophone; Andrew Olvera, Clarinet You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Composed by Cole Porter Arranged by Paul Baker Soloist(s): Marin Martinez, Trumpet and Regina Maldonado, Alto Saxophone Cerezo Rosa Composed by Marcel Louiguy Arranged by Myles Collins Soloist(s): Alex Fajardo, Trumpet Alto Saxophone Regina Maldonado* David Servin Tenor Saxophone Julian Vargas Manuel Saucedo* Bari Saxophone Jordi Garcia-Ruiz Flute Brigit Gomez Mario Saucedo Clarinet Andrew Olvera

Trombone David Duran* Guitar Christopher Ocampo Piano Fabiana Raez* Bass Fernando Rocha* Drum set Joseph Macias* Aux Percussion Erwen Mundo

Trumpet Alex Fajardo* Diana Lopez Marin Martinez *denotes section leader

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Theater @ 10:00 AM Taft Jazz Ensemble Kevin Harriman, director Fancy Pants Composed by Sammy Nestico Soloist(s): Kacper Miczek, Trombone Black Butterfly Composed by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Benito Caine Carruthers Arranged by Duke Ellington (trans. Christopher Crenshaw) Soloist(s): Jacob Bibik, Bari Sax and Kacper Miczek, Trombone Chant Noir Composed by Gregory Yasinitsky Soloist(s): Emily Reyes, Tenor Sax

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Theater @ 10:30 AM ChiArts Big Band Anthony Bruno, director Swingin the Blues Composed by Count Basie Soloist(s): Jordan Anders, tenor sax; Leo Milano, tenor sax

Remaining selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage

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Theater @ 1:00 PM Jones College Prep Big Band Michael Block, director Fly Me to the Moon Composed by Bart Howard Arranged by Roger Holms Soloist(s): TBA Lady Bird Composed by Tadd Dameron Arranged by Mike Tomaro Soloist(s): Doan Le, piano Seven Steps to Heavan Composed by Miles Davis & Victor Feldman Arranged by Michael Philip Mossman Soloist(s): Andrew Condrell, Alto Sax; Joshua Breer, Trombone Alto Sax Andrew Condrell* Naomi Glanton James Nacionales Trumpet Jacob Condrell Trombone Joshua Breer* Meredith White Aiden Shell Guitar Dante Shalaveyus Samuel Mortensen Alexander Gorz

*denotes section leader

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Piano Nicholas Hussey-Gonzalez Dario Nardini Doan Le Jonas Baker Mariam Kazimli Louis Dicastri Nicolas Attlan Bass Charlotte Johnston Olivia Pinsof-Berlowitz Joseph Spalliero Drums George Atkinson* Tristan Mathen Audrey Young Isaac Lowenstein Kaitlin Cywinski

Theater @ 1:30 PM Kenwood Academy Jazz Band Gerald Powell, director Selections to be announced from the stage Alto Sax Chioma Akwarandu Nathalia Granger Bria St. Clair Tenor Sax Clive Phinn Shannyn Lofton Alana Powell Bari Sax Ellis Hill Trumpet Tanner Bell Isa Gault Miles Macklin* Caleb Morris Miriam Niestat Joseph Smith

Trombone Ronald Berryhill Kaylah King Asa Patterson David Roseman Guitar Thomas Rudbeck Piano Daijah Pierce Bass Christian Cherry Mia Scott Percussion Max Booker Micheal Brewer Josiah Gartley

*denotes section leader

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Theater @ 2:00 PM Whitney Young High School Jazz Ensemble James Barbick, director Smada Composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn Arranged by Billy Strayhorn Soloist(s): TBA For Lena and Lennie Composed by Quincy Jones Arranged by Mark Taylor Soloist(s): Ronald Chen, trumpet Cold Duck Time Composed by Eddie Harris Arranged by Erik Morales Soloist(s): Miles Pinsof-Berlowitz, bari. sax; Joaquin Ancheta, alto sax; Jack Nelson, tenor sax; Deen Chaudri, trombone

Saxophone Joaquin Ancheta*, Alto Nick Walvoord, Tenor Miles Pinsof-Berlowitz, Alto, Bari John Nelson, Tenor

Guitar Octavio Escamilla Nina Hall

Trumpet Silas Moody* Ethan Gutierrez Ronald Chen

Bass Taro Okamura Anthony Amella

Trombone Deen Chaudri* Diego De Anda Kurt Beyler Carlton McDaniels *denotes section leader

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Piano Andrew Kozintsev Emmie Guo

Drums John Kiely Carlos Murillo

BIG BAND ADJUDICATORS Sherman Irby (Essentially Ellington Adjudicator) found his musical calling at age 12. In high school, he played and recorded with gospel immortal James Cleveland. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in Music Education. In 1991 he joined Johnny O’Neal’s Atlanta based quintet. In 1994 he moved to New York City then recorded his first two albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big Mama’s Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note. Irby toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995, and was a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra from 1995 to 1997. During that tenure, he also recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts, was part of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program and Roy Hargrove’s groups. After a four-year stint with Roy Hargrove, Irby focused on his own group in addition to being a member of Elvin Jones’ ensemble and Papo Vazquez’s Pirates Troubadours. Since 2003 Irby has been the regional director for Jazz Masters Workshop, mentoring young children, and a board member for the CubaNOLA Collective. He formed Black Warrior Records and released Black Warrior, Faith, Organ Starter, and Live at the Otto Club under the new label.

Julius Tolentino (Essentially Ellington Adjudicator), saxophonist and educator has been on the New York jazz scene for over 20 years. He has played and recorded with numerous small groups and big bands including Louis Haye’s Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band, Eric Reed’s Sextet, Jeremy Pelt’s Quintet, Natalie Cole, the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Christian McBride Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, he was able to study with NEA Jazz Master and alto saxophone legend Jackie McLean, who also introduced him to his other musical father, Illinois Jacquet. As a leader his debut cd “Just the Beginning” on the Sharp Nine label peaked at #8 on the jazz charts in 2006. In 2007 he became the jazz director at 11

Newark Academy, where he currently conducts five jazz ensembles. He also holds positions at the New Jersey Youth Symphony as the Director of the NJYS Jazz Orchestra, and Jazz at Lincoln Center as a Middle School Jazz Academy Director and a JALC travelling clinician. He has served as NJAJE Region I President from 2009-2011 and was the Director of Large Ensembles at Jazz House Kids from 20102017. His groups have won and have been finalists in several national festivals and competitions. Essentially Ellington (2012-2018), the Charles Mingus Competition (2011-2018) and the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival. At the state level, Newark Academy has received First Place at the NJAJE State Finals nine years running 2010-2018. Julius is currently serving on the board of the Jazz Education Network, JEN. Julius has presented clinics at the NJMEA Conference and JEN Conference, as well as conducted AllState and All-City Jazz Bands for MMEA and NYSMA. Julius Tolentino has been awarded Best of NJ, category Jazz Musician Inside Jersey/Star Ledger in 2010, the Illinois Jacquet Jazz Educator of the Year award courtesy of the Illinois Jacquet Foundation in 2013, and the NJ Jazz Education Achievement Award by NJAJE in 2018.

William Braddan McClellan is the retired Music Supervisor of the Chicago Public Schools and the former Director of the Academy of the Arts for the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Chicago. He currently serves as the interim director of the North Park Chicago University Concert Band. Mr. McClellan holds degrees from Northwestern Illinois College (BA Music Education), VanderCook College of Music (M.M. Ed) and Roosevelt University (M.A. ES&A). A veteran, he enlisted the United States Marine Corps from 1971 to 1974 serving with the world renown United States marine Drum and Bugle Corps, serving as ceremonial bugler and assistant music director from 1972-1974. He was meritoriously promoted by the then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Robert Cushman, to the rank of Sergeant. From 1974 to 2004 he taught Band at 12

Fenger, Chicago Vocational (Orchestra), Curie, Collins and Kenwood Academy High Schools in Chicago. He served as Assistant Principal at Kenwood Academy (2004 & 2005). He was the Managing Director of 9 All-City Music/Dance groups and he Director of 14 CPS Music Festivals. Mr. McClellan was inducted into Northeastern Illinois University Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Chi Omega) in 1969 ad Phi Beat Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity (Xi Chapter) in 2003; currently serving as Vice-President. He is a member of the Wendell Phillips Phi Beta Mu and Bugler’s Hall of Fame. He is a current member of the Noteworthy Jazz Band (CPS Teachers Band) and is an active adjudicator/clinician for Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA), the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA). William Braddan McClellan is a life-long learner, music educator and performer.

Roxanne Stevenson is Acting Department of Music Chair, Professor of Music Education, Director of Bands, Music Ed and Gospel Music Coordinator and Woodwind Instructor at Chicago State University. She earned a B.S. from BethuneCookman University and the M.S. degree from The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana both in music education. She has performed with Bernie Mac, Vickie Winans, Jean Carnes, Cherelle, the Chi-Lites and many others. Professor Stevenson is the Jazz Coordinator for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities-National Band Director’s Consortium, Interim Vice-President of the African American Jazz Caucus, Vice-President Elect of the Women Band Directors International and member of the Diversity Committee, Illinois Music Education Association, Jazz Education Network and the Jazz Education Network’s Sisters in Jazz Committee. She serves as adjudicator, panelist and guest director for numerous marching, concert and jazz festivals and competitions and has worked as band/choral director and a classroom/music teacher in Indiana and Illinois public and private elementary and high 13

schools. Professor Stevenson is a contributor to the textbook Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz Volume I and Volume II, and the books Rehearsing the Jazz Band and The Horizon Leans Forward. She is the author of the article “Novel to Normal: Seeing Women in Music” published in the Illinois Music Educator Journal and the Connecticut Music Educator Journal. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Mu International and sponsor/honorary member and sponsor of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Sorority and Fraternity. Professor Stevenson received the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago’s Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music – Jazz. The Absolute Winds of Change, a Tribute to Chicago’s African-American Women in Jazz, recognized her as a saxophonist/educator and she received a Christian Girls Rock award. She was a quarter-finalist for the 2nd Annual Grammy Music Educator Award, JEN’s AAJC Jazz Griot Award; and the CSU Black Heritage Ball’s Ntesie/Mate Masie Outstanding Administrator Award.

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Band Room @ 8:45 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo A Michael Block, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 9:20 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo B Michael Block, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 9:55 AM Jones College Prep Jazz Combo C Michael Block, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 10:30 AM Whitney Young High School Combo 1 James Barbick, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 12:45 PM Whitney Young High School Combo 2 James Barbick, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 1:20 PM ChiArts Combo A Anthony Bruno, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage Band Room @ 1:55 PM ChiArts Combo B Anthony Bruno, director Selections and ensemble to be announced from the stage

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Band Room @ 2:30 PM Foreman Jazz Ensemble Ben Pedersen, director Bb Jam Blues Composed by Duke Ellington Arranged by Ben Pedersen Soloist(s): Mercedes Delgado, Piano; Axell Lagunas, Alto Saxophone; Caterine Gomez, Alto Saxophone; Anwar Ahmed, Clarinet; Joseph Espinosa, Bass; Kathleen Abarca, Trumpet; Kamrin Johnson, Drums Ko-Ko Composed by Duke Ellington Arranged by Ben Pedersen Soloist(s): Anwar Ahmad, Clarinet; Krista Brown, Trombone; Mercedes Delgado, Piano; Joseph Espinosa, Bass La Murga Composed by Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe Arranged by Ben Pedersen Soloist(s): Kathleen Abarca, Trumpet and Krista Brown, Trombone Trumpet Kathleen Abarca

Bass Joseph Espinosa

Clarinet Anwar Ahmad

Saxophone Caterine Gomez Axell Lagunas

Trombone Krista Brown Piano Jessica Kesler

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Drums Kamrin Johnson

COMBO ADJUDICATORS Jarrard Harris, saxophonist and educator attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music to pursue a degree in jazz studies. At CCM he studied with Rick VanMatre, Pat Harbison, and Marc Fields. Upon Graduation from CCM Harris moved to Chicago in 1998 to attend DePaul University where under the tutelage of Bob Lark, Tim Coffman, and Marc Colby he earned his master’s degree in jazz studies. He currently serves on the music faculty at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and was formerly a faculty member at Northwestern University and Columbia College Chicago. He also served as the director of jazz studies with the Chicago Public Schools Advanced Arts Education Program at Gallery 37. He maintains an active private teaching studio in addition to serving as a director, clinician, guest artist and adjudicator at college and high school festivals, and state band festivals.

He has performed in the United States and abroad at numerous jazz festivals and performed with jazz artists Jon Faddis Big Band, Barry Harris, Joe Magnarelli, Nicholas Payton, Joe Lovano, Claudia Acuna, Jimmy Heath, Brian Lynch, Antonio Hart, Bobby Watson, Benny Green, Eric Reed, Stefon Harris, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, the Chicago Sinfonietta, Sean Jones, Sharel Cassity, Eric Alexander, and Johnny Griffin to name a few. He has performed at the Goodman and Court Theater in the musicals “Ain’t Misbehavin’ and “Five Guys Named Moe. Jarrard was a founding board member of the Jazz Education Network and serves as a current board member for the Jazz Institute of Chicago. Jarrard plays Vandoren saxophone Reeds and mouthpieces and is currently a Vandoren Performing Artist.

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Catie Hickey is a trombonist, educator and arts advocate based in Chicago. Committed to expanding the role of the 21st century musician, she co-founded the Taller de Trombones Panama in 2014. Ms. Hickey is a frequent guest of Trombonanza, Urubrass and many other brass workshops in Latin America. She teaches at Loyola University-Chicago and the Francis Parker School. A former touring member of the Foothills Brass Quintet, she performs with groups ranging from New to the Joe Clark Big Band. Committed to improving access to music education in Chicago, Catie also serves on the board of directors of Chicago Arts and Music Project.

Clif Wallace began serious studies in Jazz at North Carolina Central University where he received both a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance. In College, Clif gained broad experience in playing in many different musical settings playing with any one from blues guitarist Roy Roberts to Jazz Great Branford Marsalis.

Ultimately earning the drum seat in the African American Jazz Caucus’s Historically Black College and University (HBCU) All-Star Big Band for three years. With the HBCU Band, he had the opportunity to perform with Jimmy Heath, Joe Chambers, Gerald Wilson, and Jimmy Cobb. Just after college, he joined the judging panel for the 2008 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival along the likes of Marvin Stamm, Gene Bertoncini, Jim McNeely, Larry Ridley, and Jamey Abersold. In 2009, Clif Wallace took the opportunity to participate in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Artist Residency Program in Washington, DC, as well as the Ravinia/Steans Institute Artist Residency Program led by Dr. David Baker, James Moody, Dr. Nathan Davis, and Rufus Reid in Chicago, Illinois. He was also chosen to be the drummer for the Chicago Jazz Institute’s annual Young Lions performance in 2010. Recently, Clif Wallace has heard and seen playing with Saxophone and Clarinetist Victor Goines, and Vocalist Tammy McCann. As well as a host of other great artists such as Bobby Broom, Pharez Whitted, The 18

Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Rodney Whitaker, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diego Rivera, Robert Irving, III, Marquis Hill, Dan Trudell, John Brown and Orbert Davis. More notably, Clif also leads his own Quintet and other groups as a band leader and producer. Residing in Chicago, Illinois, Clif has become one of the city’s most in demand drummers for a many music platforms.

SPECIAL THANKS Whitney M Young Magnet High School Dr. Joyce Kenner, Principal James Barbick, Director of Bands Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education Krista Wortendyke, Manager of Student Programs Jazz at Lincoln Center Todd Stoll Maegan Kelly Mark Coulter and all volunteers!

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LIST OF VENDORS Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Gallery 37 Music & Arts PM Woodwind Repair, Inc. Vandoren Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education Jazz Institute of Chicago

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JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO STAFF Heather Ireland Robinson Executive Director Diane Chandler-Marshall Education and Artist Development Consultant Maggy Fouché Grants Management Consultant John Foster Managing Director of Programs & Education Initiatives Darius Hampton Managing Director of Education and Special Projects Mashaune Hardy Social Media Manager Raymond A. Thomas Creative Director

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The Jazz Institute of Chicago is supported by: the Alphawood Foundation The Benjamin Rosenthal Foundation a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Crown Family Philanthropies Cultural Treasures The Darling Family Foundation The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince The Polk Bros. Foundation The Oppenheimer Family Foundation The Vang Family

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Founded in 1969, the Jazz Institute of Chicago promotes and nurtures jazz in Chicago. We do this by providing jazz education to youth and adults, developing and supporting musicians through live performance opportunities, building audiences by making jazz accessible through free concerts and festivals and fostering a thriving Chicago jazz scene.

We understand that engagement in the arts encourages a lifelong application of creative thinking. The Jazz Institutes’ Jazz Links education and artist development program empower an ever-growing community of teachers and students through collaboration, experiential learning, professional development and direct connections to Chicago’s rich jazz legacy.

The Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education (DAE) champions high-quality arts education by providing arts learning opportunities for students, strengthening teacher and administrator capacity, and promoting policies that expand equitable access to the arts for all students. The Jazz Institute and DAE have worked together to present the Jazz Festival for CPS students for a number of years and are pleased to continue this partnership.

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