45th Annual
Green Country
Jazz Festival
Featuring Pianist
Ke nny Werne r
PROGRAM On Cue................................................ Seamus Blake, arr. Tommy Poole Cantabile....................................................................... Kenny Werner Second Love Song........................................................... Kenny Werner All That.......................................................................... Kenny Werner 10-Minute Intermission Compensation................................................................ Kenny Werner Sasumi.......................................................................... Kenny Werner This concert is supported by a generous grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
NSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE TOMMY POOLE, director Saxophones Jonathan Rice, lead alto (Checotah, OK) Andrew Djahedian, alto 2 (Claremore, OK) Joseph Barger, tenor 1 (Verdigris, OK) Christopher Beard, tenor 2 (Claremore, OK) Nicholas McKinney, baritone (Mannford, OK) Trumpets Christopher Greene, lead (Tulsa, OK) Timothy Moore, split lead (Wilburton, OK) Jared Wallis (Oolagah, OK) Kristen Layne (Wagoner, OK) Sean Ryan (Claremore, OK)
Trombones Trevor Moore, lead (Tulsa, OK) Zachary Gunkel (Claremore, OK) Ryunosuke Hamada (Kagoshima, Japan) Elijah Sullivan (Westville, OK) Rhythm Stephen Schultz, guitar (Tulsa, OK) Eric Schmidt, bass (Coweta, OK) Christopher Wilson, drums (Tulsa, OK)
TOMMY POOLE
DIRECTOR OF JAZZ STUDIES & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
Tommy Poole is director of Jazz Studies and assistant professor of music at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He is an active saxophonist and woodwind doubler in a variety of genres. He has performed or recorded with such luminaries as Rosemary Clooney, Jack Jones, Eartha Kitt, Johnny Mathis, Maynard Ferguson, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Diane Schuur, Maureen McGovern, Joe Williams, Mercer Ellington, and Dianne Reeves. Poole can be heard playing saxophones on Spoon’s critically acclaimed CD, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007). Poole has composed and arranged works for a variety of settings from commercial showbands, to jazz big bands, to full-sized studio orchestras. His orchestrations have been featured on at least five commercially available CDs.
As an educator, Poole has served as guest clinician for various regional jazz festivals and has recently been named the 2009-2010 Oklahoma Collegiate Jazz Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Jazz Educators Association. His research on metric modulations in jazz has been published in Jazz Inside Magazine. He is a member of Jazz Education Network, College Music Society, Oklahoma Jazz Educators. He received his BM and DMA from The University of Texas at Austin and his MM from The University of Miami.
KENNY WERNER Kenny Werner is a world-class pianist and composer. His prolific output of compositions, recordings and publications continue to impact audiences around the world. Kenny was recently awarded the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award for his seminal work, No Beginning No End. No Beginning No End is a musical journey exploring tragedy and loss, death and transition, and the path from one lifetime to the next. Utilizing over 70 musicians, Kenny’s third album for Half Note Records is an expansive composition featuring Joe Lovano, Judy Silvano, Wind Ensemble, Choir and String Quartet. Kenny has written many original compositions featuring trios and other small group configurations, but in the mid 1980’s, he became the pianist for the Mel Lewis Orchestra (currently known as the Village Vanguard Orchestra). Challenged by Mel and Bob Brookmeyer to write for the band, he produced his first compositions and arrangements for jazz orchestra, consequently leading him to write for the major bands in Europe including the Cologne, Danish, and Stockholm Jazz Orchestras, The Umo Jazz Orchestra of Finland and several times as the guest composer and soloist with the Metropole Orchestra of Holland. He’s released two CD’s with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Naked in the Cosmos and Institute of Higher
Learning. A new solo cd and new Quintet Cd is set for release in 2012. Several outstanding musical partnerships began in the 1990’s. Kenny continues to play duo with Toots Thielemans, the legendary harmonica player. For twenty years he has played with and arranged for Betty Buckley, a Broadway legend. They made six albums together and she has sung his arrangements for small band and orchestras across the globe. In 2000, Kenny formed a new trio with Ari Hoenig on drums and Johannes Weidenmueller on bass. They played nearly a decade together and released three albums, with Kenny acting as composer, arranger, and pianist. Their last album, Peace – Live at the Blue Note, released in 2004, began a wonderful relationship with Half Note Records, the recording arm of the Blue Note Jazz Club. Kenny Werner’s influence is unsurpassed. He has impacted an entire generation of musicians and artists. Despite his creative output, Kenny is still focused on the music.”I am still more and more aware of the true purpose of the music and the people who play it: to heal and unite the planet.”
2012 Green Country Jazz Festival
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE WARM-UP
PERFORMANCE
UC BALLROOM C
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
8:30 a.m
9:00 a.m.
Edison (5A)
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Muskogee (5A)
9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Parkview (2A)
Pryor (5A)
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Lincoln Combo A
Claremore (5A)
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Lincoln Combo B
Coweta (5A)
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Central Combo
TSAS (3A)
12:00 p.m.
MASTERCLASS WITH KENNY WERNER,CPA
1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
TSAS Combo A
Verdigris (3A)
1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
TSAS Combo B
Holdenville (3A)
2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
TSAS Combo C
Foyil (3A)
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Will Rogers (JH)
Ft. Gibson (4A)
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Crowder (2A)
Sallisaw (4A)
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Verdigris (E)
Checotah (4A)
4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Coweta (E)
Wagoner (4A)
7:00 p.m.
NSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH SPECIAL GUEST KENNY WERNER, CPA
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JUDGES
TODD J. HASTINGS Todd J. Hastings is a native of North Tonawanda, New York and is Professor of Trumpet at Pittsburg State University. An acclaimed performer and clinician in both the classical and commercial fields, Todd’s credits include performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, American Ballet Theater, New Texas Festival Orchestra, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra, Austin Symphony, Doc Severinson, Aretha Franklin, Henry Mancini, Joe Williams, Curtis Fuller, Bob Mintzer, Woody Herman Orchestra, Claudio Roditi, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Haden. Todd is an in-demand clinician/educator and appears with jazz ensembles, orchestras, and concert bands throughout the mid-west and east coast. During the spring of 2008, Dr. Hastings was guest artist for Minot State University’s Day of Brass, and presented lectures and/or master classes at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, The University of Louisville, and Buffalo State College. Todd’s most recent creative endeavor is the formation of the Crowder Jazz Orchestra, a community/professional big band. Hastings serves as the artistic director and trumpet soloist. The band has performed at major universities and jazz festivals in the four-state region including the Webb City Jazz Festival, Pittsburg State University Jazz Festival, Missouri Southern State University, and Crowder College. The band has just released their first DVD recording. JAMES GREESON James Greeson is a professor of music at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he directs the jazz ensemble, teaches music theory and composition, and teaches guitar and bass. He has backed up well known jazz artists such as Nneena Freelon, Rob McConnell, Clark Terry and Bruce Barth. Since 1992, he has been a guitar consultant to the New York-based music publisher, Kendor Music. His compositions have been published by Cor Publishing, Willis Music Co., the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press, and SeeSaw Publishers. Greeson’s Fantasy for Five Players, commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players, has performed at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space in New York City, and around the country. He has also composed music for a number of documentaries aired on public television. A number of them were broadcast nationally on PBS, and in 2009 his score for the documentary The Buffalo Flows was awarded an Emmy.
TITO CARRILLO Tito Carrillo is one of the finest trumpeters to emerge from Chicago’s rich jazz trumpet legacy. He is an accomplished trumpeter, educator, band leader, and composer, and since 1996 he has been a fixture in the Chicago jazz and latin music scenes. A native of Austin, Texas, the list of artists he has performed,recorded, and toured with is as varied and impressive as his skill set. He has worked with Chicago heavyweights Willie Pickens, John Moulder, Patricia Barber, Ryan Cohan, and Dana Hall; big bands such as the Woody Herman Orchestra (Frank Tiberi, director), the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Bill Russo and Jon Faddis, directors), the Chicago Jazz Orchestra (Jeff Lindberg, director), and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (David Baker, director). Tito Carrillo is also active in jazz education, and was appointed asfull-time jazz trumpet professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006.
DOUG LEIBINGER Doug Leibinger is the director of Sonoma State University’s Jazz Program.A multitalented artist, Leibinger holds three degrees in jazz performance from the University of Miami. Though primarily a trombonist, he also performs professionally on bass, guitar,keyboards, baritone saxophone, and sometimes, accordion. Leibinger’s musical career has certainly had its share of star-studded moments, from his stint as a trombone soloist for the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band--which led to a Grammy nomination in 2004 for his work on Maria Schneider’s Three Romances--to his tour of South America and the Caribbean with Sony pop artist Chayanne. He has recorded a horn section for P. Diddy’s album, The Saga Continues, and performed with Jimmy Buffett and Iko Iko on the track “Flying Purple People Eater” for the 1997 film, Contact, starring Jodie Foster. He has performed with Jerry Lewis, Randy Brecker, Jim Belushi, Peter Cetera, and The Drifters--just to name a few. Recently, Leibinger was added to the roster of arrangers for Walrus Music, one of the top publishers of big band music, and four of his compositions for large jazz ensemble are now available for purchase online.
NSU Music Support
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THANK YOU
Our sincere gratitude goes out to the following for their support of NSU Jazz and the Green Country Jazz Festival: Dr. Steve Turner, President of NSU
Dr. Martin Tadlock,
Provost & Vice-President for Academic Affairs
David Koehn,
Vice President for Business and Finance
Jerry Cook,
Interim Executive Director for University Relations
Tim Foutch
Vice President for Operations
Dr. Laura Boren,
Dean of Student Affairs
Dr. Mike Chanslor,
Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Mark Bighley,
Chair of the Department of Performing Arts
Peggy Glenn-Summit,
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JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM & THE NSU JAZZ LAB Northeastern State University is proud to offer a wide variety of courses and performing ensembles pertaining to jazz. Presently, the Department of Music’s jazz curriculum includes NSU Jazz Ensemble I and II, numerous jazz combos, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Appreciation, Jazz Arranging and Composition, Jazz Pedagogy, African-American Arts Studies, and Music Notation and Sequencing, which lead to the Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies. The NSU Jazz Ensemble I was invited to perform as an honor ensemble at the 1999 Oklahoma Music Educator Association Convention in Tulsa. This ensemble was also awarded unanimous superior ratings and numerous outstanding musicianship awards at the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003 Wichita Jazz Festivals in Wichita, Kansas. This ensemble has been recording critically acclaimed and award winning CDs since 2005. Appointment in Milano was named as a Blue Chip award winner from Jazz Education Journal as one of the top ten university jazz CDs of 2006, and The Point was named to the allaboutjazz.com Best of 2007 big band CD list. NSU Jazz Studies brings the best jazz artists in the world to teach and perform with NSU jazz students; recent performers with NSU jazz groups include Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, Jimmy Cobb, Bob Mintzer, Jim Snidero, Slide Hampton, Marvin Stamm, Chris Vadala, Dave Pietro, Byron Stripling, Dennis Mackrel, Bobby Shew, John Dankworth, Scott Wendholt, Bobby Watson, Kevin Mahogany, Henry Johnson, Mulgrew Miller, Randy Brecker, and John Fedchock. The Jazz Studies area of our Music Department is housed in the NSU Jazz Lab, a state of the art performing facility in the Tahlequah business district. Our brand new Jazz Lab Recording Studio includes the recording industry standard:
the DigiRack© and ProTools© recording software. The venue also includes The Bistro, a “coffee house” which is open during performances. In addition to holding classes in this building, we also host concerts by internationally renowned jazz artists. Past performers include Wynton Marsalis, the Ray Brown Trio with Benny Green and Gregory Hutchinson, Kenny Barron, Pete Christlieb, Kevin Mahogany, Herb Ellis, Jerry Bergonzi, Marvin Stamm, Ravi Coltrane, John Abercrombie, John Patitucci, Tony Reedus, Gary Bartz, Danilo Perez, Ben Riley, Ed Thigpen, Henry Butler, Mulgrew Miller, Antonio Hart, Eliane Elias, Buster Williams, JoAnne Brackeen, Russell Malone, Harold Mabern, Ray Anderson, Thelonious Monk, Jr., Hal Galper, Diana Krall, The University of North Texas Faculty Quintet, Lynn Seaton, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and Bobby Watson. NSU is very proud to offer students the highest quality classroom instruction, as well as exposure to jazz through concerts by musicians of high caliber. Now in its 45th year, the Green Country Jazz Festival continues to promote jazz music and jazz education. Past performers for the evening concert include the orchestras of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, and Glenn Miller, and solo performances from Bobby Watson, Scott Wendholt, Robin Eubanks, Mulgrew Miller, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, the Phil Woods Quintet and Doc Severinson’s Xebron. In addition to the daytime competition by area schools, we feel strongly that clinics and concerts by influential jazz artists are invaluable to a better understanding of jazz, one of America’s truly original art forms.
This concert generously supported by grants from