~ BAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY School of Muse EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY School of Music 2010 Billy Taylor Jazz Festival Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr., artistic director Performances—call 252-328-4788 for tickets Thursday, April 22 ECU Jazz Bones Ensemble followed by ECU Jazz Combos Glennon’s, Hilton Greenville 8 p.m. Free Friday, April 23 Pianist Cyrus Chestnut ECU Jazz Ensemble A ECU Murphy Center 8 p.m. Theater seating, individual $15 Table seating, individual $35 Table sponsorship $250 I-800-ECU-ARTS 252-328-4788 252-328-4736 V/TTY BLEEAEEEAEEEEEEEEREEeSE DPPAARAAABRABRABABAD Sponsors and Friends ECU Friends of Jazz Student Forum for Musical Organizations Greenville Hilton and Convention Center Tina and Mark Williford Bud Light Tom Glennon John Van Coutren Walter Bolden and Bolden Limited Phi Mu Alpha WITN Talk of the Town, Henry Hinton and Patrick Johnson Kappa Kappa Psi Steinbeck’s Men's Shop Friends of Jazz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alford Mr. Tove Arnfast Dr. and Mrs. Issac Artis Dr. Jeff Bair Mr. George Broussard Mr. Jim L Brown Mr. & Mrs. Graham Burkheimer, Jr. Ms. Lois Burger Mr. & Mrs. Jim Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Tony Capillary Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Carlson Mrs. Shirley Carraway Mr. Andy Caudill Mr. and Mrs. Victor Chap Mr. & Mrs. Preston Comeaux Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cotter Dr. and Mrs. E.G. Crawford Dr. and Mrs. Steve Creech Mr. Marvin Crystal Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Curto Dr. Jennifer Fishel Mr. & Mrs. Joe Gaddis Mr. & Mrs. Frank Gill Mr. and Mrs. Van Heath Mr. Charles D. Howell Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Irons Ms. Judith St. John Ms. Audrey Jones Mr. and Mrs. William Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mallison Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Alan Margolis Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Meyer, Jr. Ms. Katherine Misulis Ruth Misulis Mr. and Mrs. Larry Moye Mr. & Mrs. Robert Muzzarelli Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pearson Rucker Johns Ann Schwarzmann Dr. and Mrs. D. Paul Shackelford Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Shumaker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simmons Mr. Don Sparrow Dr. Marilyn Steel Mr. and Mrs. John Sturman Mr. and Mrs. George Tutino Mr. Michael Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams Complete schedule of events Thursday, April 22, 2010 - (Thursday activities free) 8:00pm — Concert #1, ECU Jazz Bones / George Broussard, director at Glennon’s in the Greenville Hilton, 207 SW Greenville Blvd. 9:00pm — Performance, Jam Session ECU Jazz Combos at Glennon's in the Hilton Greenville 207 SW Greenville Blvd. Friday, April 23, 2010 - (Friday clinics and sound check free) 10:00am — Jazz Improv Clinic w/Cyrus Chestnut & ECU Jazz Combos in A. J. Fletcher School of Music Room 105 11:30am —TBA - Informal Jazz Discussion tn A. J. Fletcher School of Music Room 105 3:00pm — Sound check/rehearsal ECUJE-(A) with special guests at the ECU Murphy Center 8:00pm — Concert, ECUJE-(A) with CYRUS CHESTNUT ECU Murphy Center (ECU Main Campus Sports Complex) <= ee = P= = = = & = = = = = = = = PEE Te Thursday, April 22, 8:00 p.m., Glennon’s in the Hilton Greenville Jazz ‘Bones George Broussard, director Steve Wilson, guest artist ECU Jazz Combos Program Selections will be announced from the stage. Friday, April 23, 8:00 p.m., ECU Murphy Center ECU Jazz Ensemble-(A) Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr., director with Cyrus Chestnut Master of Ceremonies Announcements Program Sister Sadie Horace Silver Alex Taub - piano Steve Peckous - alto sax Brett Comeaux - guitar Karen Peele - trombone One For the Woofer Dr. Billy Taylor/ arr. Harold Wheeler Shawn Simon - string bass Alex Taub - piano Just In Time Comden/Green and Jule Styne/arr. Stev Zegree Directed by Lenora Helm ECU Jazz Vocal Ensemble My Shining Hour Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer arr. Bob Mintzer Commissioned by Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr. and East Carolina University Jazz Ensemble-(A); funded by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Chap Ben Sparrow - tenor sax Karen Peele - trombone Intermission Special Guest Artist Cyrus Chestnut Selections will be announced from the stage Pause I’ll Remember Clifford Benny Golson James Old - trumpet Resolution John Coltrane/arr. Bob Mintzer Cyrus Chestnut - piano Lenora Helm - vocals Marvin Thorne - vocals I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Dr. Billy Taylor arr. Harold Wheeler Cyrus Chestnut - piano Lenora Helm - vocals Marvin Thorne - vocals Alden Quick - vocals DBDURUBRRBRBRRRRRRRRR®e > es FECE EERE E EERE EES Born in 1963, Cyrus Chestnut started his musical career at the age of three. By age six, he was playing piano at the Mount Calvary Star Baptist Church in his hometown of Baltimore, and by age nine, he was studying classical music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute. As a young adult, Chestnut honed his craft as a sideman with some of the legendary and leading musicians in the business including Jon Hendricks, Michael Carvin, Donald Harrison, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Joe Williams, Isaac Hayes, Kathleen Battle, Betty Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. His leadership and prowess as a soloist has also led him to be a first call for the piano chair in many big bands including the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Star Big Band, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra. Chestnut has been featured on film playing a Count Basie-inspired character in the Robert Altman film “Kansas City.” The All Music Guide says “His playing is robust but tasteful, and he plays ballads with a liquid fluency; his original compositions brim with good cheer...He can take the unlikeliest melodies and make them sound like standards...Highly recommended.” Billy Taylor —house pianist at Birdland, arts correspondent for CBS News “Sunday Morning,” artistic advisor for jazz to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, recipient of two Peabody Awards, an Emmy, a Grammy, and 23 honorary doctoral degrees—is a national treasure, Greenville’s native son and the festival’s namesake. Personnel ECU Jazz Faculty Jeffrey Bair — Interim Director of Jazz Studies, Saxophones, Jazz Woodwinds George Broussard — Trombone Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr. — Jazz Acoustic/ Electric Bass Ernest Turner — Piano/Keyboards Jon Wacker — Drums/Percussion Jazz ‘Bones George Broussard, director Trombones Guest Artist — Steve Wilson — Brevard College, Evan Roberson, Karen Peele, George Broussard Zack Marshall — Bass Trombone, Brett Comeaux — Guitar, Sean Simon — Bass, Jon Wacker - Drums ECU Jazz Ensemble-(A) Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr., Director Saxes Lead Alto - Stephen Peckous (Greenville, NC) Tenor - Ben Sparrow (Cary, NC) Alto - Andy Kropp (Harrisburg, NC) Tenor - Nigel Kher (Virginia Beach, VA) Baritone - Andrew Tram (Ashburn, VA) Trumpets James Old (Elizabeth City, NC) Tyler Mack (Durham, NC) Keith Dublin (Wilson, NC) Clifton Smith (Greenville, NC) Boone Constantindes (Potomac, MD) Trombones Karen Peele (Pikeville, NC) Melissa Orr (Havelock, NC) Chris Young (Fayetteville, NC) Bass — Charles Moseley (Edenton, NC) Rhythm Section Piano - Alex Taub (Silver Spring, MD) Guitar - Brett Comeaux (Goldsboro, NC) Bass - Shawn Simon (Dover, DE) Drums - Matt Kellerman - (Charlotte, NC) Drums - William Perrone (Wake Forest, NC) Drums - Carroll V. Dashiell, III - (Greenville, NC) Vocalist - Lenora Helm (Durham, NC) Vocalist - Marvin Thorne (Rocky Mount, NC) Vocalist - Alden Quick (High Point, NC) ECU Jazz Vocal Ensemble Lenora Helm, director Ruth Zewge (Bangor, Wales) Alden Quick (High Point, NC) Darin O’Neil (Greenville, NC) Marvin Thorne (Rocky Mount, NC) Mathew Poalontonio (Raleigh, NC) Sound and Lights GUITARS UNLIMITED -— Pete Benson David Blount — FOH (Blue House Sound)