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Lane Music, Dance, and
Theatre NEWS!
PRESS RELEASE
January 2, 2008
4TH ANNUAL OREGON JAZZ FESTIVAL AT LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – JANUARY 18 & 19
PRESENTED BY LANE JAZZ PROGRAM AND UO JAZZ STUDIES
Lane Community College and the UO School of Music
Jazz Studies program will join forces once again for the fourth annual
Oregon Jazz Festival, held January 18 and 19 at Lane Community
College. During the day, Saturday, January 19th high school and
middle school jazz groups will perform, receive feedback and attend
clinics on jazz performance lead by OJF artist/clinicians throughout
the day. Evening Jazz Concerts take place both Friday and
Saturday evenings.
EVENING CONCERTS:
Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Lane Community College Performance Hall, Bldg. 6:
The Lane Jazz Ensemble and the Oregon Jazz Ensemble will perform with
festival clinicians David Glenn, trombone (Whitman College); Dan
Gailey, saxophone (Kansas University); Dana Landry, piano (University
Northern Colorado) and Luis Bonilla, New York trombonist (Temple
University and The Manhattan School of Music). Tickets are $10 general
admission, $7 for students and seniors, available at the door one hour
before the concert.
Saturday Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. at Lane Community College Performance Hall, Bldg. 6:
Headliner guest artist Luis Bonilla, trombone, performs with Randy
Porter, piano; Dave Captein, bass; and Gary Hobbs, drums. Also featured
will be two outstanding school groups selected from the Jazz
Festival’s participants. Tickets are $18 general admission, $12
for students and seniors, available at the door one hour before the
concert.
Lane Ticket Office: (541) 463-5202
Directors Steve Owen (UO) and Ron Bertucci (LANE) are excited about the
development and growth of this collaborative event. The two schools
merged their existing festivals in 2005, (the Lane Jazz Festival and
the Oregon Jazz Celebration), as both programs share a common
philosophy and educational goals.
“Nothing is more important to both programs than to continue
offering students of all ages and skill levels a hands-on experience
working with some of the world’s finest jazz artists and
educators.” says Owen.
“We are very excited about the opportunities and exposure
we are able to bring to young jazz musicians attending the Oregon Jazz
Festival”. “By teaming up on this event Lane’s
Music Department and the Jazz Studies Program at the UO School of Music
are making a substantial contribution to jazz education in our
region”, says Ron Bertucci.
“We’ve always shared the philosophy that our jazz festival
should be educational and non-competitive. We are very proud of
the Oregon Jazz Festival and the opportunities and atmosphere
we’ve been able to create together."
The Oregon Jazz Festival takes place this year on the main campus of
Lane Community College. The festival begins with a concert on
Friday, January 18th featuring the Lane Jazz Ensemble and the Oregon
Jazz Ensemble with OJF guest artists Dana Landry, piano (Univ. No.
Colorado), Dave Glenn, trombone (Whitman College), Dan Gailey, tenor
(Kansas Univ.) and special guest Luis Bonilla, New York trombonist and
OJF featured artist. The concert begins at 7:30 in the Main Performance
Hall at Lane. On Saturday, January 19th high school and middle school
jazz groups will perform, receive feedback and attend clinics on jazz
performance lead by OJF artist/clinicians throughout the day. Saturday
evening’s concert features New York trombonist, Luis Bonilla with
Randy Porter (piano), Dave Captein, (bass) and Gary Hobbs,
(drums). Concert time is 7:30 p.m. and there is ample free
parking off of Elden Shaffer drive (northeast lot) at LCC. The LCC
Performance Hall provides a great setting for both evening concerts!
The 2008 Oregon Jazz Festival has drawn 32 middle school, high school
groups from around the Northwest to perform and participate in
clinics. Owen and Bertucci stress that this event is all about
educational opportunities for jazz students and not a competition.
“We encourage musicians to take risks and take a vigorous
approach to their study of jazz and music in general,” says Owen.
“Our mission is to bring students, jazz educators, performing
artists, and jazz enthusiasts together in one place, to learn from each
other and enrich each other’s experience and enjoyment of
jazz.”
Ensemble Clinics: Each participating ensemble will perform and receive
feedback from clinicians on Saturday, January. 19, from 8:00
a.m.– 5:00 p.m. at LCC. Each student ensemble is given
forty minutes to perform for and receive instruction from a panel of
clinicians. The public is invited to attend these sessions and a $5
festival pass is available in the LCC Performance Hall lobby, Bldg. 6,
Saturday morning.
Instrumental Clinics/Master Classes: Clinics on specific instrument
areas (saxophone, trumpet, trombone, drums, piano, bass, and guitar)
lead by OJF artist/clinicians are offered beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday. Clinicians will instruct and encourage students on jazz
performance techniques. These sessions also are open to the public,
(included in $5 festival pass).
A complete schedule of events will be available by Thursday, January 10th: call 346-3761 (UO) or 463-5161 (LCC).
Luis Bonilla bio:
website: www.Trombonilla.com
The Californian-Costa Rican trombonist, composer and
arranger is a prominent force in the New York and international Jazz
and Latin scenes. Initially, he arrived at the trombone almost by
chance and certainly by good fortune: “Making lamps and
ashtrays in junior high school was what he thought “Beginning
Brass” was all about. You can only imagine Luis’
surprise when he had a trombone in his hands! Luis quickly
discovered that he had a talent for playing the instrument and was
energized by both the urge to improvise and by the desire to learn more
about Jazz.
Undaunted, he continued his musical education and has since received a
B.A. from Cal. State Los Angeles and a M.A. in Jazz Performance &
Composition from the Manhattan School of Music. He is currently a
faculty member at both Temple University and the Manhattan School of
Music.
Sideman to such musical greats as McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester
Bowie, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Astrud Gilberto, Willie Colon and
Toshiko Akeyoshi, has honed Luis’ trombone elocution.
Studio dates with a long roster of players like Billy Childs. Gerry
Mulligan, Tony Bennett, Marc Anthony, La India, Paquito d’Rivera
and Mary J. Blige have sharpened his ear and stretched his range as a
composer and arranger. Luis is currently a member of the Vanguard
Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro
Cuban Jazz Orchestra.
On his two recordings on Candid, !Escucha! (2000) and the earlier Pasos Gigantes
(1998) Bonilla was consistently praised for his sophisticated use of
tonal colors and the creative ways in which he combined Latin and Jazz
idioms into a seamless and cohesive whole. Pasos Gigantes found its way onto the Jazziz top ten Latin Jazz Recording list of 1998.
Bonilla’s latest recording, Terminal Clarity (2007),
is both an extension of and a departure from, his other projects as a
leader. Perhaps more than any of his earlier recordings, this one
draws inspiration from his mentor and friend Lester Bowie (Bonilla
toured and recorded for many years with Bowie’s Brass Fantasy).
“My experience with Lester contributed hugely to my sensibilities
as a performer and served as an apprenticeship for creating and leading
my ensembles as well as performing with other artists.”
Clearly the debt here is also a profoundly musical one. Terminal Clarity
not only references Brass Fantasy, but also Bowie’s earlier work
with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Bonilla, especially in pieces
like the title track, seeks to weave traditional Latin rhythms with
more open musician structures, thus allowing plenty of space for the
musicians to improvise freely.
Luis Bonilla says, “The fabric of my music reflects my
natural inclination towards Latin rhythms meshed with rhythm and blues,
free jazz, funk, rock and even the sounds of AM radio from the
‘70’s. Employing Jazz, with its improvisational
protocols, as the foundation of my music maximizes the opportunities
for individual and collective creativity and expression.”
Terminal Clarity represents the next major step forward for this innovative creative musician and composer.
Sources: Ron Bertucci, Lane Community College: 463-5644 bertuccir@lanecc.edu
Steve Owen, University of Oregon: sowen@uoregon.edu
Contact: Myrna Seifert (LCC) 463-5161 seifertm@lanecc.edu
Scott Barkhurst (UO) 346-2137 scottb@uoregon.edu
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