jazz
7-9 pm
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BOB BROOKMEYER
GEORGE GARZONE
BOB GULLOTTI
with
AYN INSERTO JAZZ ORCHESTRA!
Bob Brookmeyer, trombone and George Garzone, saxophones, with the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra
with special guest artist, Bob Gullotti
featuring
Ayn Inserto, director; Jeremy Udden, Rick Stone, Bill Jones, Kelly Roberge, Hans Indigo, saxes; Jeff Claassen, Josh Economy, Pete Kenagy, Matt Small, trumpets; Jamie Kember, Garo Saraydarian, Chris Gagne, Gabe Langfur trombones; Kyle Aho, piano; Mike Gamble, guitar; Jeremy Allen, bass; Bob Gullotti Drums
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer has long been the top valve trombonist in jazz and a very advanced arranger whose writing is influenced by modern classical music. He started out as a pianist in dance bands but was on valve trombone with Stan Getz (1953). He gained fame as a member of the Gerry Mulligan quartet (1954-1957), was part of the unusual Jimmy Giuffre Three of 1957-1958 (which consisted of Giuffre’s reeds, Brookmeyer’s valve trombone, and Jim Hall’s guitar), and then re-joined Mulligan as arranger and occasional player with his Concert Jazz Band. Brookmeyer, who was a strong enough pianist to hold his own on a two-piano date with Bill Evans, occasionally switched to piano with Mulligan. He co-led a part-time quintet with Clark Terry (1961-1966), was an original member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra (1965-1967), and became a busy studio musician. Brookmeyer was fairly inactive during much of the 1970s, but made a comeback in the late ’70s with some very advanced arrangements for the Mel Lewis band (of which he became musical director for a time). Brookmeyer moved to Europe, where he continually writes and occasionally records on his distinctive valve trombone, issuing Old Friends in 1998. New Works Celebration appeared a year later, and in 2000 Brookmeyer issued Together.
George Garzone:
Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released three albums. A veteran jazzman, Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on the tenor when he was six, played in a family band and attended music school in Boston. In addition Garzone has guested in many situations, touring Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and performing with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z, Tom Harrell, Dave Liebman, and John Patitucci, among others.
Garzone is well-known as a sought-after jazz educator, teaching at the Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music, New York University and the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Program. He has pioneered the triadic chromatic approach and his students have included Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, Teadross Avery, Luciana Souza, Mark Turner, Donny McCaslin, Doug Yates and Danilo Pérez, to name a few.
In 1995 he recorded a fine tribute to Stan Getz on NYC called Alone; Four’s and Two’s followed a year later with compatriot Joe Lovano which earned him four stars in Downbeat magazine, and in 1999 Garzone returned with Moodiology. Fringe in New York was released in summer 2000. He is a member of the Grammy-winning Joe Lovano Nonet, and performed and recorded with this group at the Village Vanguard in September 2002. He also recently performed at the Berklee Performance Center with legendary trombonist, Bob Brookmeyer.
Ayn Inserto
Ayn Inserto, pianist and composer, is a recent winner of the 2003 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers’ Award. She moved out to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory in 1999 and received her Master of Music degree in Jazz Composition from the New England Conservatory in May 2001. She has also obtained various honors and scholarships which include the Concord Pavilion Associates Marian McPartland Scholarship, the Los Medanos College Dean Caldwell Memorial Scholarship, the Pacific Coast Jazz Festival Most Outstanding 2-year small jazz ensemble, the 1999 Best Original Composition award at the Billy Higgins Jazz Festival, and scholarships from the New England Conservatory of Music. She currently is the personal protégé of Bob Brookmeyer and her music has been performed at the 1998 IAJE Convention, CSUHayward Jazz Festivals, Reno Jazz Festival, Billy Higgins Jazz Festival, New England Conservatory of Music, Montreux Jazz Festival and the Umbria Jazz Festival. She has been commissioned to compose original works by The Commission Project for Foxboro High School, by Fairfield High School, by George Garzone as an arranger and by the Harvard Jazz Band. She is the director of the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra who has performed with Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Tiberi, and George Garzone in various Boston venues including the Berklee Performance Center and most recently completed a recording featuring Garzone and Brookmeyer.
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