The ensemble performed at the Count Basie Jazz Festival in Carnegie Hall in 1991,
marking the first time a university music ensemble from North Carolina performed in
Carnegie Hall. Last fall, the Jazz Ensemble played at the Kennedy Center's Millennium
Stage. This February, the UNCG Jazz Ensemble performed in six shows at the Regent
University Performance Arts Center in Virginia Beach, VA, at the world-premiere of the
musical Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
Every year, the jazz ensemble produces a Compact Disc, which feature both published
music, and music written by UNCG students. This studio experience is extremely valuable
to the students because it prepares them for future studio work. These recording have
received 5 star reviews and are commonly heard on NPR radio. The Compact Discs
released to date are Collaboration, One Finger Snap, and Stronger than Dirt. This past
fall, we published Back to Basie, featuring Count Basie Alumni Fred Wesley and Chris
Murrell, and Honestly.
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Saxophones:
Alto 1 Art White
Alto 2 Adrian Crutchfield
Tenor 1 Al Buccola
Tenor 2 Brandon Tesh
Baritone Paul Fisher
Trumpets:
Trumpet 1 Mike Sailors
Trumpet 2 Josh Davies
Trumpet 3 Justin Stamps
Trumpet 4 Lynn Grissett, Jr.
Trombones:
Trombone 1 Eric Sienkiewicz
Trombone 2 Sal Mascali
Trombone 3 David Morse
Bass Sean Devlin
Rhythm:
Piano Michael Van Patter
Bass Peter Manes
Guitar John Cave
Drums John Ayers
Keil McMurray
and the
North American Saxophone Alliance
2004 Biennial Conference
present
Dewey Redman
with the
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Steve Haines, director
Featuring the Compositions of Dewey Redman
Saturday, May 1, 2004
8:00 pm
Aycock Auditorium
Program (no intermission)
The First Circle Pat Matheny
arr. Bob Curnow
Stronger than Dirt Steve Haines
Boo Boo Doop Dewey Redman
arr. Art White*
Tu-Inns Dewey Redman
arr.Tom Bulmer*
Joie De Vivre Dewey Redman
arr. Steve Haines
Day Star Night Light Dewey Redman
arr. Peter Maness*
Le Clit Dewey Redman
arr. Al Buccola*
Blues for J.A.M. Dewey Redman
arr. Michael Sailors*
I Pimp Dewey Redman
arr. John Henry*
Need to Be Dewey Redman
arr. Michael Van Patter*
Lop-a-Lop Dewey Redman
arr. John Cave*
* denotes student from the UNCG Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Patrons are encouraged to take note of the exits located on all levels of
the auditorium. In an emergency, please use the nearest exit, which may
be behind you or different from the one through which you entered.
One of the great tenors, Dewey Redman is considered by many to be the greatest living
jazz saxophonist. He began on clarinet when he was thirteen and played in his high school
marching band, a group that also included Ornette Coleman, Charles Moffett, and Prince
Lasha. Redman was a public school teacher during 1956-1959, and, after getting his
master's degree in education from North Texas State, he moved to San Francisco where
he freelanced as a musician for seven years; Pharoah Sanders was among his sidemen.
All of this was a prelude to his impressive association with the Ornette Coleman Quartet
(1967-1974), during which Redman's tenor playing was a perfect match for Ornette's alto.
Redman could play as free as the leader but his appealing tone made the music seem a
little more accessible. He also worked with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra
and was an important part of Keith Jarrett's greatest group, his quintet of the mid-'70s.
Redman guested on Pat Metheny's notable 80/81 album and teamed up with Don Cherry,
Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell in the Ornette Coleman reunion band called Old and New
Dreams.
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Miles Davis Program in Jazz
Studies offers the student a variety of opportunities to perform and study jazz. Most
recently, Christian McBride, Mark Levine, Harry Pickens, Kenny Garrett, Dick Oatts
and Dan Haerle performed and offered clinics. Two large jazz ensembles, several
small jazz combos and supportive courses in jazz theory, improvisation, arranging,
composition, history, appreciation and pedagogy provide ample room for growth and
lead to the Bachelor of Music in jazz studies.
Steve Haines is currently the Director of the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has performed as bassist with players
such as Joe Williams, Gene Smith, Mike Murley, Mark Levine, Bruce Forman, Richard
Stolzman and Byron Stripling; and has supported clinicians such as Tim Hagans, Fred
Hersch, Lou Marini, Jim McNeely, Mike Stern, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Garrett. He
holds a B.M. in Jazz Performance from St. Francis Xavier University in Canada and a M.M.
in Music (Jazz Studies) from the University of North Texas. He has directed UNT's Three
O'Clock Lab Band, and was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band, with whom he
traveled internationally.
Haines' music for large and small jazz ensembles is published at the University of Northern
Colorado Press and has been broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation's
national radio shows Jazz Beat and All the Best. Most recently, Steve has recorded a
Compact Disc entitled Beginner’s Mind with his quintet, released on the Artist's House
label. Additionally, he orchestrated and arranged the musical theatre production entitled
Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble is the flagship of the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program. It
was founded in 1967 and has been featured in concerts throughout the United States, on
radio, and television. The ensemble is comprised of jazz studies majors and undergraduate
and graduate students who are jazz studies majors, or majors who are making jazz a part
of their musical training. The ensemble performs UNCG student arrangements and
compositions, as well as published charts. Musicians who have performed with the UNCG
Jazz Ensemble include Clark Terry, Marian McPartland, Chris Murrell, Eddie Daniels, Joe
Henson, Marvin Stamm, Billy Taylor, Dick Oatts, Ed Neumeister, and Byron Stripling.
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