===================================
***OUTASITE MUSICAL COLLABORATION BAND SITES
====================================
2003 UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO JAZZ X-TET
*(as of
03/06/2003)
CONDUCTOR
Mwata Bowden (conduction)
SAXYs
Dave Burkett
Joel Campos
Blake Lyman, alto
Alan Mardinly
BONES
Chris Bremer
Daniel Gingold
John Orcutt
TRUMPS
Steven Lang,
Gabriel Torres
Tim Splain
RHYTHM SECTION
Alex Wing, guitar
Ben Paterson, upright piano
Dan Siakel, drums
Mark Vazquez, bass
GUEST
Yoko Noge, grand piano/vocals
past guest performers
Don Pocketts, aka Dave Grilly, saxy’s, etc
Burgess Gardner, trump
Fulton Recital Hall,
University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th, Goodspeed Hall 4th
Floor, 773-702-8069
Spotlight on Guest Artist Yoko Noge
COPIED FROM PROGRAM-EVEN I COULD NOT CONCENTRATE THE WORDS LIKE THIS:
Osaka blues vocalist and Victor recording artist Yoko Noge left Japan in the
1980’s to explore the Chicago Blues scene.
She soon took up the piano with Boogie and Blues master Erwin Helfer. The Jazz Me Blues band was founded in
Chicago
in 1987 by Noge and Clark Dean. They
merged their musical talents in order to participate in Chicago’s blues and
jazz
community. Two legends, the late
guitarist Floyd McDaniel and the late drummer S.P.Leary, played with the band
for
many years and can both be heard on Jazz Me Blues early
CD’s. The band currently has six
members who are jazz
veterans and each with a unique musical personality. As the band leader, Noge’s objective is to allow each musician
to fully contribute their sound as part of the performance. The band plays many of Noge’s compositions,
with lyrics in
Japanese and English, and revitalizes classic blues and mainstream jazz with
its own blend of Osaka and Chicago cultures.
Program order and
additional pieces will be announced from the stage.
Sister Persistent
Yoitomake No Uta, a Japanese work song
Otokonante, Just a Man, They Don’t Count
Snow Country, inspired by Yasunari Kawabata
Tanko Bushi, a coal mining song.
Thursday, December 5, 2002
- 8PM
Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th, Goodspeed Hall 4th Floor, 773-702-8069
Fall Swing Menagerie
Mwata
Bowden
directs the ensemble with selections by Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Bob Mintzer,
Benny Golson & Thad Jones
Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th, Goodspeed Hall 4th Floor, 773-702-8069
Spotlight on Burgess
Gardner
Composer and trumpeter Burgess Gardner joins the Jazz X-tet as soloist in a concert of his own music. Gardner played the trumpet in settings ranging from Ray Charles’ band to Wynton Marsalis’ Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He also led the house band at the old Regal Theater until it’s closing.