Pacific Jazz Ensemble 11.14.18

PACIFIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE Wednesday I November 14, 2018 I 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

PACIFIC LITTLE BIG BAND Directed by Jamie Dubberly PACIFIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE Directed by Patrick Langham PAMELA YORK Guest Artist

39th Performance I 2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 14 I 7:30 PM Pacific Little Big Band: Stanley Turrentine

Sugar

Herbie Hancock Arr. Joe Mazzaferro

Tell Me a Bedtime Story The Lure of the Underground

Aaron Lington Bernie Miller Arr. Art Pepper

Bernie’s Tune

Pacific Jazz Ensemble: The Prez

Matt Harris

East of the Sun

Brooks Bowman Arr. Richard Birk

For All We Know

Fred Coots Arr. John Clayton

A Delicate Balance Blue York

Marian McPartland Arr. John LaBarbera Pamela York Arr. Richard Birk

Pamela York, a Canadian jazz pianist, is an accomplished performer, composer, and recording artist. She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and The Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2007, she won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition. Her 2012 release, Lay Down This World: Hymns and Spirituals, was a 2013 Downbeat Magazine editor’s pick. She tours nationally as a performer, clinician, and guest artist. Among her performances with dozens of jazz greats, Pamela has shared the stage with Conte Candoli, Joe LaBarbera, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Lynn Seaton, Roseanna Vitro, Diane Schuur, and Andre Hayward. Based in Houston since 2001, Pamela plays regularly with the Houston Jazz Orchestra and leads her own trio.

PACIFIC LITTLE BIG BAND AND JAZZ ENSEMBLE A big band in the tradition of Duke Ellington and Count Basie that not only performs classic jazz literature but also embraces the music of contemporary composers and arrangers. The Pacific Jazz Ensemble has an impressive list of credentials including concerts with artists such as Stefon Harris, Jimmy Heath, Christian McBride, and Ingrid Jenson with festival performances at University of Oregon, Reno Jazz Festival and Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival.

Saxophones Daniel Nunes Alto Zach Bushey Tenor River Sprague Baritone

Rhythm Tony Milano Piano Yuki Nagase Bass Pepé Tekpa Drums

Trumpets Max Ehrhardt Trumpet 1 Andrew Marcopulos Trumpet 2

Trombone Andy McKimmy

Jamie Dubberly is a Lecturer in Jazz Studies at University of the Pacific. He is a multi-talented trombonist, composer, and band leader, originally from coastal Georgia. He has been in northern California since 2003, when he moved from the New York City metro area.

Jamie primarily has been a part of the burgeoning Bay Area Latin and jazz scenes, and is currently a member of the following prominent ensembles: Avance, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Realistic Orchestra, Jazz Mafia Symphony, Montuno Swing, Brian Andres’ Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel, and Orquesta Dharma.

Having come from a classical/orchestra background originally, Jamie also performs with Bay Area and Central Valley orchestras such as the Townsend Opera Orchestra, of which he is a principal member, the Oakland Opera Orchestra, and others. Jamie has also performed with many internationally known acts such as The Manhattans, Joan Rivers, Bloodstone, Gene Chandler, and has shared the stage with such jazz artists as Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, Steve Davis, Arturo O’Farrill, Kenny Rampton, Doug Beavers, Alan Ferber, Marc Gross, Jimmy Greene, Paul Contos, and Mic Gillette, among many others. He has also performed with bands backing top salsa names including Frankie Vazquez, Tony Vega, Eddie Santiago, Willy Torres, Marco Bermudez, Tito Rojas, Willie Gonzales and Cali Aleman.

Jamie currently teaches Advanced Improvisation and Intro to Jazz at the University of the Pacific.

PACIFIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE Saxophones Daniel Nunes Alto 1 Kaycee Clark Alto 2 Alex Reyes Tenor 1 Zach Bushey Tenor 2 Adam Band Baritone

Trumpets Fernando Lozano Lead Trumpet Kate Williams Trumpet 2 Max Ehrhardt Trumpet 3 Curtiss Wright Trumpet 4

Trombones Felix Diaz-Contreras Lead Trombone Andy McKimmy Trombone 2 Michael Camfield Trombone 3 Walter Stedman Trombone 4

Rhythm Tony Milano Piano Micah Collier Bass Ryan Clark Vibraphone Austin Kim Drums

Patrick Langham serves at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music as Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies, and Interim Executive Director of the Brubeck Institute. As a saxophonist, Langham has performed with distinguished jazz artists in Barcelona, Spain, and at numerous jazz festivals throughout the United States. As a program director, he has developed and taught courses in jazz history, theory, improvisation, and performance. Langham received the 2017 Jazz Educator of the Year award from the California Music Education Association.

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