Thomas Taylor is one of the most sought after drummers on the
East coast. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro with a degree in Music performance. He has
performed with Erik Alexander, Bobby Shew, Venessa Reuben, Jim
Snidero, Kenny Garrett, Mark Levine, Kevin Mohogany, and Mark
Whitfield. Currently, Tom teaches at the North Carolina Music
Academy, Guilford College, and North Carolina Central University,
and the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. He is also a
member of the prestigious Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Camp faculty.
John V. Brown, Jr., a native of Fayetteville, NC, began studying
the bass when he was nine years old and has been performing
professionally since his teens. At UNC-Greensboro he studied with
Jack Budrow, and after performing with several orchestras in the
region went on to become an intern with the North Carolina
Symphony while still an undergraduate. In college John also
developed a great love for jazz and began pursuing careers in both
jazz and classical music. He has performed in the US and abroad
with artists like Wynton, Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, Elvin Jones, Diahann Carroll,
Rosemary Clooney, Cedar Walton and Nicholas Payton and he boasts a Grammy®
Nomination for his performance and co-writing on Nnenna Freelon's 1995 Concord
release, "Shaking Free."
John's extensive performance experience includes feature films, television movies,
theater, and recordings. John performs regularly with the North Carolina Symphony,
the Opera Company of North Carolina, the Carolina Ballet and gives frequent jazz
performances. John serves as an Assistant Professor at Duke University where he
has been selected as Director of Jazz Studies for the coming year, and also serves at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he teaches applied double bass
and electric bass, co-conducts the Jazz Band, conducts the Jazz Lab Band and
coaches jazz combos and orchestra sectionals, and North Carolina Central University
where he teaches applied bass. A graduate of the University of North Carolina
School of Law, he also plans to continue performing and teaching on a limited basis
while building a general practice law firm in the Triangle.
John is an Acoustic Image® and an AMT® Artist.
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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.
presents the
UNCG
Jazz Faculty Quartet
Mark Mazzatenta, guitar
John Salmon, piano
Steve Haines, bass
Tom Taylor, drums
with special guest
John Brown, bass
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
uncg jazz ensemble · october 6 & 7 · 7:30, recital hall tickets: 334.4849
Program
Bye Bye Blackbird Ray Henderson
Confirmation Charlie Parker
Nature Boy Eden Ahbez
All of Me Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks
C Jam Blues Duke Ellington
Steve Haines and John Brown, basses
short intermission
Summer in Central Park Horace Silver
James Pat Metheny
On the Sunny Side of the Street Jimmy McHugh
The Game Mark Mazzatenta and Chris Spencer
A Night In Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie
arr. Steve Haines
The UNCG Jazz Faculty Quartet
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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.
John Salmon, a piano faculty member of the UNCG School of
Music since 1989, has distinguished himself on both sides of the
Atlantic, as both a classical and jazz artist. In the United States,
he has performed for the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the
Van Cliburn Foundation in Fort Worth, the Discovery Series in
Indianapolis, and for a Busoni Gala at Symphony Space in New
York. In recent years, Salmon has become increasingly involved
with the piano music of Dave Brubeck. His compact disc John
Salmon Plays Brubeck Piano Compositions (Phoenix 130, released in 1996) was
called "brilliant" in a Piano & Keyboard review. Salmon has edited two volumes of
Brubeck piano pieces, Nocturnes and Two-Part Adventures, published in 1997 and
1999, respectively, by Warner Bros. Salmon also helped award Dave Brubeck an
honorary doctorate in 1994 from Gerhard Mercator University in Germany, and Dave
and Iola Brubeck the "Achievement in the Arts" award from Northwood University in
1996. Salmon's articles on Brubeck have appeared in American Music Teacher and
the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Mark Mazzatenta is among the cherished few musicians to excel
in both the jazz and classical worlds as performer and composer.
He earned his M.M. at Florida State University in 1987 and began
teaching at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where
he heads the guitar program and teaches Jazz Appreciation. Mr.
Mazzatenta's concerts feature contemporary and original music--
everything from solo classical guitar pieces to improvisatory
electric guitar synthesizer. He also performs in a duo with twin
brother Michael on piano/harpsichord/keys. Mark's favorite musicians include John
Williams, the Assad Duo, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, and Paul Winter. He
recently performed as a guest musician with Chris and Dan Brubeck. You can read
his article "Expanding Your Horizons with Horizontal Scales" in the Winter/Spring
2001 issue of Soundboard magazine.
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 was 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. He has served
internationally as a clinician and as an adjudicator for large and small jazz ensembles
at numerous high schools, colleges, and universities. At UNCG, he is the Director of
the annual UNCG All-State High School Jazz Band. 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 and orchestrated a
musical theatre production entitled Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
presents the
UNCG
Jazz Faculty Quartet
Mark Mazzatenta, guitar
John Salmon, piano
Steve Haines, bass
Tom Taylor, drums
with special guest
John Brown, bass
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
Bye Bye Blackbird Ray Henderson
Confirmation Charlie Parker
Nature Boy Eden Ahbez
All of Me Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks
C Jam Blues Duke Ellington
Steve Haines and John Brown, basses
short intermission
Summer in Central Park Horace Silver
James Pat Metheny
On the Sunny Side of the Street Jimmy McHugh
The Game Mark Mazzatenta and Chris Spencer
A Night In Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie
arr. Steve Haines
The UNCG Jazz Faculty Quartet
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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.
