Aimee MacDonald
Mike Belasco, electric guitar
Marwan Ghonima, double bass
Joseph Evans, drums
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
7:30 pm
Recital Hall
Jackie and the Bean Stalk (1992)
I'll Be Seeing You (1938)
Infant Eyes (1964)
Kenny Garrett (b. 1960) Sammy Fain (1902-1989)
Wayne Shorter (1933-2023)
This recital is presented as a degree requirement for a Bachelor of Music in jazz studies.
Aimee MacDonald is a saxophonist, composer, and arranger from Houston, Texas, where she graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She is a junior jazz studies major at University of the Pacific. MacDonald has performed at the TMEA convention as an All-State band member, Dizzy’s Club as a featured performer with the Jazz Houston Youth Orchestra, and the Jazzaldia and Jazz at Marciac festivals with Pacific Jazz Ambassadors. She has also been honored with awards such as the YoungArts merit award and the Berklee Five-Week Jazz and Gender Justice scholarship. Her musical influences include Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderly, Dick Oatts, Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) Ugly Beauty (1917)