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CU Jazz Ensemble — SPRING SWING, April 12, 2015
drummer Paa Kow. He has continued to perform jazz on occasion as a single and formed his current quartet in 2006. He makes frequent appearances as a soloist and clinician at colleges and high schools. His 16 recordings as a leader can be heard on the Delmark, Sunlight, SteepleChase and Origin labels.
Goode has served on the faculties of the American Conservatory of Music, New Trier High School, Cuyahoga Community College, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts and University of Colorado Boulder, where he is currently associate professor of jazz studies.
Thompson Jazz Studies Program The jazz studies program at the CU-Boulder College of Music was founded in 1996 by former Dean Daniel Sher. It was named in honor of CU-Boulder alumni Jack and Jeannie Thompson in 2013, in recognition of a $1.6 million contribution toward a program endowment, becoming the first several named programs at the college. “Jazz is a truly unique American art form, and there aren’t very many of those,” says Jack Thompson (Hist’64, MA’70), who with Jeannie (Zool’64) has helped lead the effort to attract matching gifts for the endowment. “We couldn’t conceive of a place where Glenn Miller came from not having a vibrant and vigorous jazz program.” Miller, who attended CU-Boulder, went on to become a big-band pioneer known for such classics as In the Mood. The Thompson Jazz Studies Program offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Students from across the Boulder campus participate in the programs three jazz bands and seven combos, which perform dozens of public concerts a year. The program also sponsors residencies, performances and clinics by prominent jazz artists. Participants have been recognized multiple times in DownBeat Magazine’s Annual Student Music Awards. To learn more about supporting the Thompson Jazz Studies Program, email Jeni Webster at jeni.webster@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6070.
CU Concert Jazz Ensemble Brad Goode, conductor
Trumpet Peter Olstad Matt Wilkolak Joshua Reed Eric Levine Miles Lujan
Trombone Bryce Reiber Hansen Millison Masaki Kleinkopf Reid Lasley
Saxophone Ian Rictor Anisha Rush Heath Walton Otto Lee Paul Zaborac
Rhythm Section Greg Harris, vibraphone Matt Michaud, guitar Paul Shinn, piano Brian Casey, bass Dru Heller, drums