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34th Annual IAJE
InternationalConference
January 10-13, 2007
New York, New York USA
 
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO HANGE
(Last updated 15 DEC 06)
 
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007
 
10:00 a.m.Conference Registration, Hilton Hotel, 2nd Floor (until 10:00 p.m.)
 
12:0 p.m.
Performance: LaGuardia High School of Music & Art Jazz Sextet, LaGuadia
High School of Music & Art, New York, NY. Director: Kevin Blancq. Location:
Suton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
Special Focus Session: Envisioning the Future f Jazz. New Direction in
Musical Expression, Advances in Education, mergent Technologies,
International Expansion, Digital Delivery, and Empowerig the Fan Base,
these are but some of the terms we hear and read about every ay. Whether as
an educator, student, artist or business person, in ordr to succeed, we
need to know as much as we can about the present and future andscape for
jazz. Join us as we articulate how, as an international assocition, IAJE¹s
2007 Conference will examine the landscape for jazz as it pertins to
education, business and performance. Come hear dynamic speakers give their
vsion on the future of the music and provide you with tools needed to getthe most out of the Conference. You¹ll also have a chance to be part o the
visioning discussion, network with others sharing similar interests and
cnnect with the foremost authorities in order to take advantage of the vast
oportunities at hand ‹ both during the Conference and beyond. Presenters:
Danio Perez, Kenny Werner, Sean Jones, Suzan Jenkins, Barry Robinson, Lou
Fisher, Laura Johnson (until 4:30 p.m.) Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd
Fl.
 
5:00 p.m.
Perfrmance: Wayne Roberts & the Onyx Club Sextet. Leader/Bass: Wayne
Roberts; Clarinet: Dan Block; Saxophne: Andy Farber; Trumpet: Charlie
Caranicas; Piano: Ray Gallon; Drums: Wilard Dyson; Presiding: Rob Klevan,
IAJE Resource Team. Location: Sutton Souh, Hilton.
 
7:00 p.m.
Performance: Quinsin Nachoff's Magic Numbers featurig Jim Black and Mark
Helias. Leader/Saxophone: Quinsin Nachoff; Violins: Natalie Bonin, Noémi
Racine Gaudreault; Viola: Jean René, Cello: Christine GguPre; Bass: Mark
Helias; Drums: Jim Black; Presiding: Bert Ligon, IAJE Resource Team; South
Caolina Unit Officer. Location: Sutton South, Hilton.
Performance: One Fr All. Saxophone. Eric Alexander; Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Jim
Rotondi; Trombone:Steve Davis; Piano: David Hazeltine; Bass: Peter
Washington; Drums: Joe Farnsworth; Presiding: Jim Snidero, IAJE Resouce
Team. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
Evening Concerts € 8:0 p.m. € Hilton Grand Ballroom
The Music School's Crescent Super Band wth Special Guest Doc Severinsen,
The Music School, American Fork, UT. Diretor: Caleb Chapman.
Joey DeFrancesco with Special Guest Ron Blake. Leader/B3 Organ: Joey
DeFrancesco; Voice: Colleen McNabb; Saxophones: Ron Blake; Guitar: Jake
Lanaley; Drums: Byron Lardham.
Te Latin Giants of Jazz. Leader/Saxophone: J. Stewart Jackson; Voice:
Frankie Vasquez; Saxophone: Bobby Porcelli, Mario Rivera, Mitchell Frohman,
Pete Miranda; Trumpets: Pet Nader, John Walsh, Kevin Bryan, Richie Viruet;
Trombones: Reynaldo Joge, Lewis Kahn, Sam Burtis, Dan Reagan; Piano: Edwin
Sanchez; Bass: GerardoMadera; Bongos: John Rodriguez, Jr.; Congos: George
Delgado; Timbales: Joe adera; Dancers: Delille Thomas, Glenda Hoffer.
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11:00 p.m.
Prformance: The John Patitucci Trio featuring Antonio Sanchez and Aam
Rogers. John Patitucci, Bass; Adam Rogers, Guitar; Antonio Sanchez, rums.
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
Performance: IJF International Jazz Award for New Talent Winner Mathias
Eick. Location:Trianon Ballroom, Hilton.
 
12:00 Midnight
Performance: Sean Jones Quintet. Sean Jones, Leader/Trumpet; Brian Hogans,
Alto Saxophone; Orrin Evans, Piao; Luques Curtis, Bass; Obed Calvaire,
Drums. Location: Metropolitan Ballrom, Sheraton.
 
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007
8:00 a.m.
Conference Registration, Hilton Hotel, 2nd Floor (until 8:00 p.m.)
 
9:00 a.m.
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linic: Connecting With Kids by Keeping Music Education Strong: A CommunityAction. This session will emphasize how to galvanize community support and
ation for music education, and why we must continually advocate for eery
child's right to a complete education that includes music and the arts The
session will also examine useful strategies to aid in building successful
jazz advocacy action plans that work! NAMM Advocacy Toolkts, other
important advocacy materials, and a good dose of inspiration ill also be
provided. Special guest: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser. Clinicians: Sandra
Kilpatrick Jordan, Tim Lautzenheiser. Presiding: Greg Carroll, IAJE Diretor
of Education. Location: Concourse B, Hilton.
Clinic: Rehearsal Techniues for the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Dr. Stephen
Zegree, author of The Complete Guide to Teaching Vocal azz, will discuss
and demonstrate ways to quickly and efficiently solve the mst common
problems that directors face when working with a vocal jazz group. he
session will cover vibrato, intonation, blending and balancing chords,
estblishing the groove in three main jazz styles, using a sound system and
workng with a rhythm section. Clinician: Steve Zegree. Presiding: Connaitr
Miller, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd l.
Technology: Podcast Delivery of Jazz Arranging Lessons Using Sibelius.
Pontbriand presents a worklow that begins with the instructor using
Sibelius to demonstrate jazz arrangng techniques. An enhanced podcast is
made that includes screenshots, voiceovr, and PDFs with the lesson
information in written form. Clinicians: Roge Pontbriand, Tim Thompson.
Presiding: Richard Sussman. Location: Rendzvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Jazz Guitar For Rockers. Students learning guitar are often drawn to
rock. In this ecture/demonstration, Grammy nominated guitarist, composer
and educator, Anré Bush demonstrates techniques to build bridges between
rock and jazz guiar. This clinic includes material from André Bush's
2006/07 Truefire educaional CD-Rom Set, Jazz Guitar For Rockers. Clinician:
André Bush. Preiding: Frank Potenza, IAJE Resource Team. Location:
Gramercy, Hilton 2nd F.
Clinic: Latin Rhythms: THE MYSTERY UNRAVELED. Victor Lopez' presentation
will hlp you understand the key components of Latin music. The information
preented will unravel the mystery of Latin music as well as present
rehearsal echniques that will "salsafy" your ensemble. This is a must for
those looking tointroduce the Latin idiom to their ensemble. Clinician:
Victor Lopez.Presiding: Bobby Sanabria, IAJE Resource Team. Location:
Trianon Ballroom,Hilton 3rd Fl.
Workshop: Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Presents: WhoAsked You,
Anyway? Writing jazz reviews for print media or radio. After an ovrview and
how-to presentation, students write a review (Day 1); reeive a one-on-one
critique from a JJA member and do a rewrite (Day 2); sumit it for a
critique by a five-member panel of experts (Day 3). Top revie submitted to
Jazz Education Journal. Day 1 and Day 2 are for workshop students only; all
encouragedto attend Day 3 panel discussion. Facilitators: Paul de Barros,
Seattle Times; Da Ouellette, Downbeat. Location: Riverside Suite, Sheraton
3rd Fl. (Session continues with Day 2 Friday 9:00 a.m. and Day 3 Saturday
1:00 p.m.)
Panel: Jazz On and Of the Air. Does satellite radio conflict with or
complement jazz on terrestria radio? Radio programmers discuss the crisis
in terrestrial radio and the canging delivery systems for broadcasting.
Moderator: Bobby Jackson WCPN); Panelists: Matt Abramowitz (Sirius), Maxx
Myrick (XM), Ben Roe (NPR), ark Ruffin (Miles Ahead), Linda Yohn (WEMU).
Location: New York West, Sherato 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Indian Musical Concepts Applied to Modern Jazz. Rez Abasi will give
an overview of how North Indian Classical Music can makean impression on
Jazz composition and improvisation. A demonstratio group will perform
examples and audience interaction will be encouragd. Clinician: Rez Abbasi.
Presiding: Ruben P. Alvarez, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Nassau Suite,
Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Creative Interaction in te Guitar/Piano Duo. How do a guitarist and
a pianist, whose roles in a rhyhm section are duplicative, play together in
the setting of a duo? This cinic will address that larger question by
dealing with the issues of shared tme keeping, accompaniment concepts,
counterpoint and textural variety. Clinicans: Rick Helzer, John Stowell.
Presiding: Gene Bertoncini, IAJE Resoure Team. Location: Sutton North,
Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
10:00 a.m.
Panel: Po People-Po' Jazz Poetry in Partnership with Jazz: Past and
Present. A panel of poets, jazz historians, journalists and jazz musicians
discussand demonstrate what happens when words and jazz come together.
"Five decdes ago, poetry and jazz met...Today New York City is at the
forefront of a p-jazz revival." -Bill Milkowski. Moderator: Golda Solomon;
Panelists Mike Canterino, David Gonzalez, Bill Milkowski, Michael Thompson,
Sao Yasuma. Presiding: Jesse C. McCarroll, IAJE Resource Team. Location:
Cntral Park - Sheraton Hotel 2nd Floor.
Technology: Tips for Using Techology to Teach Improvisation. This workshop
will present useful ways towork with iTunes, Finale, Audacity and
Transcribe softwares to develo exercises to learn chords and scales;
generate playalong tracks; and loop and change pitch and/or tempos of
original ecordings for transcription purposes. Clinician: Bob Sinicrope.
Presidng: Marc Jacoby. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Clinic: Singing From You Soul - The Jazz Singers Message. Legendary singer
Sheila Jordan and pianist extraordinaire Stev Kuhn share their insights and
experience on what makes a unique duo sound an great jazz singing. It's
more than technique and flash, it's getting your essage out creatively,
passionately and authentically. Clinicians: Sheila Jodan, Steve Kuhn.
Presiding: Dennis J. Tini, IAJE Past President. Loction: Sutton South,
Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Duo Performance Techniques. Samuels and Friedman will lead a
discussion and demonstration on identifying tempo and tempo changes uing
musical examples, starting tunes together, changing tempos and controlled
ritardandos and accelerandos with dynmics. They'll also demonstrate methods
of practice for call and response. Dicussion will include range, texture
and density considerations in arrangements, and spontaneous composition.
Clinicians: David Friedma, Dave Samuels. Presiding: Ndugu Chancler, IAJE
Resource Team. Location: Empre Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Workshop: Jazz Radio In Crisis: Why That's A Good Thing (10:00 a.m. ­ 12:00
p.m.). This session will focs on why some stations are disappearing or
seeing big drops in audience, whie other stations with more progressive
approaches are seeing audienc increases. Panelists will discuss the
adoption of more youth-oriented music, the realization that there's a
younger demographic during later hours, and the success stations programming
for that audience are seeing. Panelists: Bob Rogers, Bouill & Rogers
consultants; Jenny Toomey, Future of Music Coalition; Gary Vercelli, KXJZ;
Linda Yohn, WEMU; Rafi Zabor. Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraon 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Connecting With Kids - Roots: Jazz Artistry as Pedgogical
Foundation with Young Children. Come swing, scat, and meet Charli Parker's
cat! This exploration of jazz activities demonstrates teaching thatreflects
the spirit of our art form: responsive, open to the moment, layful,
inviting. Through improvised movement, singing, and playing with LIV music
and classic recordings, teachers and performers create imaginatie and
meaningful experiences. Clinicians: Lori A. Custodero, Patrice Turner, Jason
Kennedy, Joshua Rennick. Presiding: Kim McCord. ocation: Murray Hill Suite,
Hilton 2nd Fl.
BILLBOARD LOGO 
Panel: Billboard Presents: Is that Jazz on the TV? With over 150 years of
collective industry experiene, this esteemed group will point the way
through the mine fields of MadisonAvenue and dispel the cynicism towards
jazz on mainstream television today. oderator: Janine Coveney (Launch Radio
Network and former Billboard editor; Panelists: Don Braden, Ramsey Lewis
(Legends of Jazz TV), Marquita Pool-Eckrt, Cameron Smith (Smooth Jazz TV).
Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rdFl.
 
11:00 a.m.
Performance: April Quintet, Thelma Yellin High School of th Arts,
Givatayim, Israel. Director: Joseph Regev. Presiding: Rick Condit, IAJE
South Central Region Coordinator. Locaion: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: University of Michigan Jazz Enemble, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI. Director: Ellen Rowe. Guest Atist: Dave Liebman. Presiding:
Dennis E. Wilson, IAJE Resource Team. Locatio: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd
Fl.
Performance: BYU Jazz Voices, BrighamYoung University, Provo, UT. Director:
Kelly Eisenhour. Presiding: Dan Gailey IAJE Resource Team. Location:
Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Connecing With Kids - Branches: Jazz Artists as Pedagogues
(Coaching Session). Basd on material introduced in the first session, guest
musicians and audience embers (bring instruments!) will develop
age-appropriate activities for teir favorite repertoire in this combination
coaching session/master lass. To be followed immediately by a Jazz Concert
for Young Children featuring our emergent program!Clinicians: Patrice
Turner, Lori A. Custodero, Joshua Rennick, Jason Kenndy. Presiding: Kim
McCord. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.Performance: Ed Neumeister's NeuHat Ensemble. Conductor: Ed Neumeister
Strings: Gregor Huebner, Meg Okura; Ron Lawrence, Tomas Ulrich; Woodwinds:
Mark Gross, Adam Kolker, Dick Oatts, Dan Willis; Trumpets: Ralph Alesi,
Dave Balou, Ron Tooley; Trombones: Keith O'Quinn, Jeff Nelson, JimPugh;
Piano: Gary Versace; Bass: Drew Gress; Drums: John Hollenbeck. Presiding:
David Berger, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Metropolitan Balloom, Sheraton
2nd Fl.
Panel: Getting Paid in the Digital Age. igital delivery is not the wave of
the future...It is NOW! Listen in as we examine how to take advantage of new
platforms and services and get paid for your work. Moderator: Stanley
Pierre-Louis (Kaye Scholer LLP). Clinicians: Donald Malter (Dimensional
Music Publishing), Joe Salvo (eil, Gotshal & Manges LLP), John Simson
(Sound Exchange), Kristin Thompson(Future of Music Coalition), Rob Westone
(E Music). Location: New York West, heraton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Ginga: A Brazilian Approach to Swing. Latin Grammy Nominee Jovino
Santos Neto explains how to develop Brazilian grooves, individually and
collectively - samba, baiao, marcha and more. Create your own Brailian
internal sense of timing. Clinician: Jovino Santos Neto. Presiding:
Guilermo ³Memo² Acevedo, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Gramercy , Hilton
2nd F.
Performance: VOID. Saxophones: Troy Roberts; Keyboards: Tom O'Halloran;
Eectric Bass: Dane Alderson; Drums: Andrew Fisenden. Presiding: Saul
Richadson, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st
Fl.
Clinic: The "Effective" String Player. Delay, istortion, wah and the myriad
of effects existing today are common for uitarists, but still new to string
players who want to electrify their music. Ths clinic explores how to
incorporate effects and loops into improvisationand composition. Clinician:
Joe Deninzon. Presiding: Renata Bratt, IAJE Sting Caucus. Location: Nassau
Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Music for Muti-Media and Film. When it takes several software
programs to achiev a given result, strategies for integration are needed.
This sessiondiscusses using Apple Software to Create Movie Scores.
Integrating Powerpont, iMovie, Garage Band, Quicktime, iTunes, iDVD,
Soundtrack, Logic, and Liv Performance! Classroom ideas for the beginning
film scoring and multi-media student will be discussed, includinghelpful
tips for each program. Clinician: Mike Bogle. Presiding: Rick Peckham.
Location: Rendezvous Trianon , Hilton 3rd l.
 
12:00 noon
JAZZIZ LOGO
Panel: Jazziz Presents "Jazz, Politics and he American Identity."
Musicians, educators, political and media figures iscuss the ways in which
politics and notions of American identity have iformed jazz's history and
how the jazz community does or does not addresscurrent political issues and
contemporary notions of American-ness. Moderator: Larry Blumenfeld (Jazziz);
Clinicians: Dave Doglas, Charlie Haden, Craig Harris, Loren Schoenberg
(Harlem Museum). Locaton: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Industrial Jazz Group. Leadr/Piano: Andrew Durkin; Voice: Jill
Knapp; Saxophones: Evan Francis, Ben endel, Beth Schenck, Brian Walsh, Cory
Wright, Damon Zick; Trumpets: Phl Rodriguez, Dan Rosenboom, Kris Tiner;
Trombone: Alan Ferber, Mike Richardson; Guitar: Robert Jacobson; Bass:
Olver Newell; Drums: Dan Schnelle; Vibes: Drew Jorgenson. Presiding: Dana
Ladry, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Tehnology. Using Finale for Notation and Practice. This session focuses on
demnstrating some of Finale's lesser known functions for notation and
creatin personalized files for student practice. Through Finale, users can
create small-sized practice files or student practice or to assess
knowledge of certain forms or structures.Clinician: Jane Kuehne. Presiding:
Gary Garritan. Location: Concourse A Hilton.
Clinic: Connecting With Kids - Blossoms: Jazz Art Forms as Performnce
(Concert). Jazz Concert for Young Children featuring our emergent rogram
developed during Branches. Clinicians: Patrice Turner, Lori A. Custodeo,
Joshua Rennick, Jason Kennedy. Presiding: Kim McCord. Location: Murray Hill
Suite Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Saxophone Mouthpiece Technology. Manufactures, crftsmen, and
players will discuss and demonstrate the details of sax mouthpiee
construction, measurement, and selection to assist musicians in accurately
electing the right style, size, and material for their unique sound.
Aditional material on the history of the manufacturing and use by the jazz
ommunity will be provided. Moderator: Bob Ackerman; Panelists: Jody Espina,
Jean PaulGauvin, Steve Silverstein , Theo Wanne. Presiding: Jeffrey Lesser,
Ne Jersey Unit Officer. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Floor.
Meeting:Jazz Radio Consortium. Riverside Suite, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Claric Assad Trio. Piano/Voice: Clarice Assad; Bass: Lelo
Reis; Drums: Julien Auier. Presiding: Mark Plummer, Wisconsin Unit Officer.
Location: Sutton Souh, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
1:00 p.m. 
Clinic: Getting Friendly with your Drums - Ways to Become an Imaginative
Accompanist. Matt will host a fun-filled get together where he will present
ways to become an imaginative accopanist and improviser at the drum set.
The workshop will also focus on concepts that wll heighten awareness,
increase the creative flow and promote smiling! linician: Matt Wilson.
Presiding: Peter Erskine, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd
Fl.
Perforance: Taylor Eigsti Quartet featuring Julian Lage. Leader/Piano:
Taylor igsti; Guitar: Julian Lage; Bass: Reuben Rogers; Drums: Eric
Harland. residing: Nick Phillips, IAJE Resource Team.  Location:
Metropolitan Ballroom Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: A Study of "Tension Release" Techniques featuring te Harmonic
Sophistications of Kenny Dorham, Woody Shaw and Tom Harrell. This clinic
will invstigate "tension release techniques" as applied by three of the
most haronically sophisticated jazz trumpeters of our time.  The techniques
will b explored through critical analysis of select transcriptions.
Recordigs and live demonstrations will assist with practical application.
Clinician: Scott Cowan. Presiding: John Zimerman, Minnesota Unit Officer.
Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Perforance: New Deal Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Chicago College of Performing
Arts at Rosevelt University, Chicago, IL. Director: Michael Molloy.
Presiding: Mary JoPapich, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Mercury Ballroom,
Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clnic: Connecting With Kids Through Arts Organizations. Lois Kipnis, Arts
Eduation Director for FOTA, will provide insight on how artists can
collaboate with organizations to bring jazz into schools.  Included will be
an verview of Jazz Sampler, a successful project which integrates jazz into
core school curriculum, including at-risk populations. Clinician: Lis
Kipnis. Presiding: Kim McCord. Location: Concourse E, Hilton.
Workshop:So You Want to Be A Manager... Practical guidelines from the
perspective of eading artist managers for the professional considering a
career in artistmanagement and direction. Clinicians: Gail Boyd, Gail Boyd
Management; Karn Kennedy, 24 Seven Management. Location: Riverside
Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl
Performance: Miles Griffith and New Ting. Leader/Voice: Miles Griffith;
Piano/Keyboard: Michael Jefry Stevens; GuitarEffects: Nick Russo; Bass:
Paul Beaudry; Drums/Percussion/Voice: David Pleasat; Presiding: Tom
Croghan, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Bridges Lobby Stag, Hilton 1st Fl.
Panel: Jazz Alliance International Presents: New Audiencesin New Places.
Join us as we discuss ways to make the pie bigger and increas jazz¹s market
share by reaching non-traditional jazz audiences. Moderator Leslie Latham
(One True Media). Panelists: Steve Bernstein (Jambase.com), Vjay Iyer,
Scott Southard (International Music Network), Jeff Zakim (Blue Noe
Records); Location: New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: Current Trends in Music Technology Labs. Today¹s laptop and
desktop computers operate at such terrific speeds that expnsive dedicated
hardware is quickly being replaced by software ad affordable USB controller
keyboards. This trend is especially importantto music educators looking to
provide relevant, technology based music expriences to their students
within their budget constraints. Mr. Johnson wil highlight successful music
programs throughout the country that are built n this model and demonstrate
some of the equipment, software and curriculum materals that they use.
Clinician: Ken Johnson. Presiding: Rick Schmunk. Locatin: Concourse A,
Hilton.
Technology: Internet Resources for Jazz Educator. This session will explore
various internet resources for jazz educators,including sites that teach
jazz concepts, sites by jazz band directors wh utilize the Internet to
supplement their programs, and resources for fiding jazz charts online.
Clinician: James Frankel. Presiding: Roget Pontbrind. Location: Rendezvous
Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Miami Saxophone Quartet. Saxophones: Gary eller (soprano),
Gary Lindsay (alto), Ed Calle (tenor), Mike Brignol (baritone); Special
Guests: James Gasior (Piano), Chuck Bergeron (Bass) Richard Bravo
(Percussion). Presiding: Jack Wilkins, IAJE Southeast Reion Coordinator.
Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: David Sanford and the PittsburghCollective with Special Guest
Nelson Harrison. Conductor: David Sanford; Tromone/Trombetto/Vocals: Nelson
Harrison; Saxophones: Kelley Hart-Jenkins, AdamKolker, Ted Levine, Steve
Moran, Geoff Vidal; Trumpets: David Ballou, Sycil Mthai, Tony Kadleck,
Darryl Shaw, Hiro Noguchi; Trombones: Mike Christianson, Steve Gehring, Tim
Sessions, Josh Roseman, my Peterson-Stout; Piano: Geoffrey Burleson;
Guitar: Dave Fabris; Drum: Mark Raynes; Percussion: Theo Moore; Presiding:
Patrick Dorian, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd
l.
Meeting: Friends of Bill W. Concourse D, Hilton.
Meeting: AAJC Businss Meeting. Concourse G, Hilton.
 
2:00 p.m.
Conference Opening General Session
Hilton, Grand Ballroom
 
Welcoming Remarks
Chuck Owen IAJE President
Bill McFarlin, IAJE Executive Director
 
IAJE/ASCAP Comissions honoring Billy Strayhorn
Oscar Perez, Composer
Letter To A FriendPerformed by the Oscar Perez Septet
Leader/Piano: Oscar Perez; Saxphones: Stacy Dillard; Antonio Hart; Trumpet:
Greg Glassman; Bass: Anthony Perez; Vibraphone: Tim Collins.
 
2006 Gil Evans Commission
Sherise Rogers, Composer
Crossing Paths (3 Tales)
Performed by Project Uprsing
Saxophones: Jon Irabagon, Peter Van Huffel, Felipe Salles, Mike Webster,
Dave Richards; Trumpets: Nathan Warner, Adam Czerpinski Colin Bridgestock,
Shareef Clayton; Trombones: Ben Griffin, Christian Pncock, Nate Mayland,
Max Seigel; Guitar: Jesse Lewis; Piano: Jesse Staken; Bass: Doug Weiss;
Drums: Obed Calvaire.
 
IAJE/ASCAP Commissions honoring Billy Strayhor
Rufus Reid, Composer
Hues Of A Different Blue
Performed by Project Upriing
 
3:00 p.m. 
Clinic: Finding the Right Feel in Afro-Cuban Drumming. Ths clinic will
focus on finding the right feel in Afro-Cuban drumming.  Concentration willbe on the conga drum, and examples from the folkloric tradition, in bth 4/4
and 6/8 time, will be included. Clinician: Michael Spiro. Presiding Bobby
Sanabria, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton2nd Fl.
Performance: Mt. Hood Community College Jazz Band, Mt. Hood Commnity
College, Gresham, OR. Director: Susie Jones. Guest Artists: Nanc King,
Thara Memory. Presiding: Gregory Yasinitsky, IAJE Northwest Region
Coordinator. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Juilliard Jazz Quintet Saxophone: Victor Goines; Trombone:
Wycliffe Gordon; Piano: Ted Rosenhal; Bass: Ben Wolfe; Drums: Carl Allen.
Presiding: Bret Zvacek, New York nit Officer. Location: Sutton South,
Hilton 2nd Fl.
Workshop: Concert Prodction A-Z: How to Get Some Buzz. From idea to
realization. How to attract sposors, secure space, develop artist concepts,
negotiate technical and fiancial fees and promote the show. These industry
veterans have all theanswers. Panelists: Alexa Birdsong, New York City
Parks Foundation; Pat Phiips, Stratta Philips Productions. Location:
Riverside Ballroom, Sherton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Jerry Dodgion and "The Joy of Sax" featuring Frank Wss.
Leader/Saxophones: Jerry Dodgion; Saxophones: Dan Block, Jay Brandford, Bill
Easley, Brad Leali, Frank Wes; Piano: Mike LeDonne; Bass: Dennis Irwin;
Drums: Dennis Mackrel. Presidig: John C. Reid, IAJE Canada Unit. Location:
Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Phrasing in Brazilian Music (Piano). Antoni Adolfo will demonstrate
how percussion, harmony, and ornaments can play an mportant role when
phrasing in Brazilian music. Utilizing material from his bok "Brazilian
Music Workshop" (Advance Music), he will cover rhythm (Brazilia mother
cell, syncopation, accents, and ghost notes); harmony; and melodic hrasing
based on rhythm, harmony, and ornaments. Examples will be demnstrated on
the piano, but are applicable to any other instrument. Clinician Antonio
Adolfo. Presiding: Orville Wright, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Central
Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Afro Blue, Howar University, Washington, DC. Director:
Connaitre Miller. Guest Artist: GeriAllen. Presiding: Luvenia George, IAJE
Resource Team. Location: MercuryBallroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
JazzTimes LOGO Interview: ECM: Sound & Vision: A1:1 with Manfred Eicher.
For over 35 years, ECM Records has been at te forefront of the jazz and
contemporary music scene and has helped to redefine jazz and creative music.
Eicher, the lgendary producer and founder of ECM, shares his vision for the
label. Intrviewer: Tom Moon, NPR. Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Connecting With Kids ­ Debriefing. Roundtable discussion of ideas
presented in the Connecting with Kids sssions with input from other
teachers and musicians. Panelists: Lori Cusodero, Lois Kipnis, Kim McCord.
Presiding: Kim McCord. Location: Concourse E,Hilton.
SMART MUSIC LOGO Technology: Using Finale 2007 in Jazz Education. Deigned
to assist music educators in creating the materials needed in their musc
programs, this clinic teaches how to scan music, create tests and
worksheets, rehearsal CDs, lead sheets, custom execises, SmartMusic
accompaniments, and more. Clinician: Tom Johnson. Preiding: Rick Schmunk.
Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Technoloy: Sibelius Basics. Learn the basic techniques of using Sibelius 4
notation software, incuding creating a chart, entering notes and basic
editing. The new featuresof Sibelius 4 will also be outlined. This hands-on
session is highly recmmended as a pre-requisite for all of the other
Sibelius hands-on sessions Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce
Munson. Location: Concourse A, Hiton. (Session repeats Fri. 3:00 p.m. and
Sat. 4:00 p.m.)
Meeting: IAJE California Unit. Concourse B, Hilton.
 
4:00 p.m. 
Cinic: The Dawn of Improvisation. Legendary bassist Eddie Gomez will
discuss rlevant highlights from his career, including early influences, the
Bill Eans decade, and his hundreds of collaborations with the greatest of
jaz. The Jazz Faculty Ensemble from The Conservatory of Music of Puerto
Rico ill accompany him in his interpretation of originals and classics from
his career. Clinician: Eddie Gomez. Presiding: J. RichardDunscomb, IAJE
Past President. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clnic: Teaching Jazz Appreciation in a Broad Context. A presentation base
n McGraw-Hill's "Experiencing Jazz" text and CD-ROM which provides new
tools and approaches for connecting a lay jazz audience with the rich
history of thismusic. Included are descriptions of how jazz appreciation
works and its elationship to other aspects of American society. Clinician:
Rick Law. Presiding: Charles Beale, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Nassau
Suite, Hiltn 2nd Fl.
Performance: Avishai Cohen Group. Leader/Trumpet: Avishai Cohen;Guitar:
Lionel Loueke; Bass: Joe Martin; Drums: Eric McPherson; Percussion: Dniel
Freedman. Presiding: Orbert Davis, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Bridge
Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
Panel: The Artists' Collective in Jazz: Unity and Diversity in the New York
Scene. Throughouthistory, jazz musicians have turned to collective action
for empowerment an free creative expression. Founding members of New York
City's Jazz Composes Collective and the Brooklyn Jazz Underground will
share their experiencesin artist-run collectives, offering strategies for
musicians everywhere intrested in building supportive communities for
creative music. Moderator: anya Kalmanovitch. Panelists: Ben Allison,
Alexis Cuadrado, Alan Ferbr, Frank Kimbrough; Presiding: Jeff Sherman,
Kentucky Unit Officer. Location:New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: Orchestrating Jazz Ensemble Charts usng Sibelius. Hands-on
demonstration of Sibelius 4 focusing on the ways it cn be used to
orchestrate jazz ensemble parts into more playable versions foryour
students. Learn how to use the Arrange feature, transpose function,
insrument doublings, and more. Sibelius Basics is recommended as a
pre-requisite for this session. Clinicians: Vncent Leonard, Tom Rudolph.
Presiding: Bruce Munson. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Performance: Rhiannon. Leader/Voice: Rhianon; Piano: Tim Ray; Bass: John
Benitez; Drums: Greg Hutchinson; Presiding: Mihele Weir, IAJE Resource
Team. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Meeting Jazz Publicist Group. Riverside Suite, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
 
5:00 p.m. 
Technoloy: Guitar Chords 101: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love
Teachng Online. How do you teach performance online? Using desktop
production techniques you'll learn how to follow a topic from nception to
readiness for online posting. Session will include producion of a guitar
chords chart with notation, chord blocks and tablature, folowed by a
play-along demonstration. Clinician: Rick Peckham. Presiding: eborah
Barber. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: The ave Pietro Group. Leader/Saxophone: Dave Pietro; Piano:
Gary Versae; Guitar: Rez Abbasi; Bass: Johannes Weidenmueller; Drums: Adam
Cruz; Pecussion: Todd Isler. Presiding: Clement DeRosa, IAJE Past
President. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, American River
College, Sacramento, CA. Director: Arthur LaPiere. Presiding: Danny Jordan,
Michigan Unit. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton3rd Fl.
Panel: Jazz Journalists Association presents Jazz Journalism in Nouhties. A
discussion of the need for freelance journalists to makenew and interesting
connections with other art forms and trends as well asestablishing,
defending, selling, and promoting your turf to editors and audiences.
Moderator: Tad Hendricksn. Panelists: David Adler (JJA), Robin James
(Minnesota Spokesman-Recrder), Ashley Kahn (NPR), Anastasia Tsioulcas
(Billboard). Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: usic Scanning for the Jazz Educator. Transposing lead sheets, 
re-arrnging existing charts or re-creating missing parts are all reasons to 
scan usic. Learn the techniques of scanning music with PhotoScore Pro 4 in 
this hands-on sessio. Sibelius Basics is recommended as a pre-requisite for 
this session. linician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce Munson. Location: 
Concourse A Hilton.
Performance: Pulse with John McNeil and Pete McCann present The Eloquent 
Light. Artistic Director/Conductor/Composer: Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.; 
Composers/Conductors: Darcy James Argue, Jamie Begian, JC Sanford, Joshua 
Shneider, Yumiko Sunami; Special Guests: Pete McCann, John McNeil; Strings: 
Sarah Bernstein, Akua Dixon, Frank Foerster, Ana Milosavljevic; Woodwinds: 
Ben Kono, Dan Willis; French Horn: Lis Rubard; Tuba: Mike Christianson; 
Keyboard: Mike Eckroth; Vibraphone/Percussion: Tom Beckham. Presiding: Joel 
Leach, IAJE Past President. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: The Jazz Notebook Method: Teaching Improvsation in the Applied 
Studio. A primary need of jazz instrumentalists is the ability to acquire 
and develop language for improvisation. This clinic, geared toward the 
private studio instructor, presents a clear and simple way of working with 
jazz vocabulary by means of a notebook. Clinician: Andrew Dahlke. Presiding: 
David Loeb, Nevada Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd 
Fl..
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Panel: JazzTimes Presents: Producing Miles Davis. Producers from nearly 
every era of Davis¹ long and storied career, discuss working in the studio 
with the legendary "Prince of Darkness." Moderator: Al Pryor (Mack Avenue 
Records). Panelists: George Avakian, Bob Belden, George Duke, Teo Macero, 
Marcus Miller. Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Double Image - Dave Samuels/David Friedman. Vibes/Marimba: Dave 
Samuels, David Friedman. Presiding: Chuck Iwanusa, IAJE Past President. 
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Create a Solid Ground for Free Music! Develop your rhythmic, 
harmonic, and melodic awareness. Several methods of developing and utilizing 
jazz improvisation will be explored. Learn how to enhance your own 
improvising as well as that of your beginning students. Clinician: Per 
Thornberg. Presiding: Chris Coulter, Connecticut Unit Officer. Location: 
Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Kevin Hays Trio. Leader/Piano: Kevin Hays; Bass: Doug Weiss; 
Drums: Bill Stewart. Presiding: Gordon Vernick, IAJE Past Southeast Region 
Coordinator. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Reception: Editors of Jazz Perspectives. Concourse G, Hilton.
 
6:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Don¹t miss the biggest party of the conference. Exhibit areas open until 
7:30 p.m. Location: Hilton, Americas Hall 1 & 2
 
Reception: Indiana University. Nassau Suite, Hilton  2nd Fl.
 
7:00 p.m.
Performance: Marcus Strickland Twi-Life Group. Tenor Saxophone: Marcus 
Strickland; Guitar: Lage Lund; Bass: Carlos Henderson; Drums: E.J, 
Strickland. Presiding: Geri Allen, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Moncef Genoud. Leader/Piano: Moncef Genoud; Bass: Gregg August; 
Drums: E.J. Strickland. Presiding: Don Gorder, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Ingrid Jensen. Leader/Trumpet/Effects: Ingrid Jensen; 
Piano/Rhodes: Geoffrey Keezer; Guitar: Lage Lund; Bass: Matt Clohesy; 
Drums/Percussion: Jon Wikan. Presiding: Maria Schneider, IAJE Advisory 
Council. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Jam Session: AAJC Jazz Masters Memorial Tribute. Voice: Jackie Jones; 
Violin: Krystle Ford; Saxophone: Doug Harris; Piano: Richard Wyands; Bass: 
Larry Ridley; Drums: Greg Buford; Congas: James Benitez. Presiding: John 
Lamkin. Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton,1st Fl.
Performance: Melissa Stylianou. Leader/Voice: Melissa Stylianou; Piano: 
Jamie Reynolds; Acoustic Bass: Chris Lightcap; Drums: Matt Wilson. 
Presiding: Brent Campbell, Executive Director, IAJE Canada. Location: Sutton 
South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Combo Nuvo. Leader/Saxophone: David Schroeder; Guest Artists: 
Gil Goldstein, Lenny Pickett; Strings: Andrea Springer, Kiersten Cunningham, 
Sasha Liberis, Edmund Bagnell, Antonia Nelson, Irene Fitzgerald-Cherry, Hope 
Cannon, Loren Leventer, Rick Quantz, Brittany Osman, Ellen Colcord, Adam 
Stoler, Michael Vuoso, Chris Hoffman, Klaus Sinfelt, John Ryan, Jin Kyo 
Park, Zarina Kotwal, Joe Bongiorno, Adam Stoler; Cello: Mike Richmond; 
Guitar: Jamie Fox; Piano/Synthesizer: Rick Shemaria; Percussion: John 
Hadfield. Presiding: Andrew Surmani, IAJE Advisory Council. Location: Empire 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
Evening Concerts € 8:00 p.m. € Hilton Grand Ballroom
Clifford Brown/Stan Gets All-Stars. Director: Ron McCurdy; Saxophone: Edwin 
Barbash (North Carolina School of the Arts, NC); Trumpet: Callum G'Froerer 
(Applecross Sr. High School, Perth, Australia); Trombone: Isaac Kaplan (Long 
Beach Polytechnic HS, CA); Piano: Sam Reider (The Urban School of San 
Francisco, CA); Guitar: David Rosenthal (Longmeadow HS, MA); Bass: Jeff 
Picker (Arts & Communication Magnet Academy, OR); Percussion: Jake Goldbas 
(Gtr Hartford Academy of the Arts, CT).
 
AAJC/HBCU All Star Student Big Band. Director: Russell Thomas. Guest Artist: 
Curtis Fuller; Saxophones: Brent Nabors (Texas Southern University), Serena 
Wiley (North Carolina Central University), Marcus Anderson (North Carolina 
Central University), Benjamin Courtland Saxon (Jackson State University), 
Larry Sumpter (Claflin University); Trumpets: Leonard L. Maxey (Jackson 
State University), Steven Moore (North Carolina Central University), Tamahl 
Gorham (North Carolina Central University), Elliott Womack (University of 
Maryland Eastern Shore), Marion O. Ross (Texas Southern University), Jonah 
Vincent (North Carolina Central University); Trombones: Mercury Morris 
(University of Maryland Eastern Shore), Herman Louis Spearman, Jr. (Clark 
Atlanta University), Matthew Hartnett (Texas Southern University), Joshua 
Vincent (North Carolina Central University), Michael Peterson (North 
Carolina Central University); Piano: Christopher Moten (Clark Atlanta 
University); Guitar: Justin Martin (North Carolina Central University); 
Bass: Anthony Brown (North Carolina Central University); Drums: Clifton A. 
Wallace (North Carolina Central University).
NEW PHOTO & LOGO (replacing Mike Mainieri) Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch 
present ³The Latin Side of Miles Davis² Featuring Conrad Herwig, 
trombone/co-leader; Brian Lynch, trumpet/co-leader; Mario Rivera, baritone 
saxophone/flute; Edsel Gomez, piano; Ruben Rodriguez, bass; Robby Ameen, 
drums; Paoli Mejias, percussion.
Randy Brecker and Bill Evans' Soulbop Band. Co-Leader/Trumpet: Randy 
Brecker; Co-Leader/Saxophone: Bill Evans; Keyboard: Dave Kiksoski; Guitar: 
Hiram Bullock; Bass: Victor Bailey; Drums: Rodney Holms, Steve Smith.
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11:00 p.m.
Performance: Will Calhoun "Native Lands Experience". 
Leader/Drums/Percussion: Will Calhoun; Saxophones: Marcus Strickland; 
Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Corey Wilkes; Piano/Keyboard: Orrin Evans; Bass: Mark 
Kelley. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
Performance: JoAnne Brackeen Quartet. Leader/Piano: JoAnne Brackeen; Bass: 
Richie Goods; Drums: E.J. Strickland; 4th Quartet member ­ TBD. Location: 
Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Jam Session: Educator Jam Session. Saxophone: Jamey Aebersold (New Albany, 
IN); Trumpets: Bryce Luty (Hutchinson, KS), Bob Montgomery (Denver, CO); 
Trombone: Allen Hermann (Boulder, CO); Guitar: Glenn Alexander (New York, 
NY); Bass: Jeff Harshbarger (Kansas City, KS); Piano: Dave Adams (Newport 
News, VA); Drums: Allen Carter (Los Angeles, CA). Presiding: Bruce Luty. 
Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Jam Session: Advanced Student Jam Session. Violin: Sara Caswell; Saxophone: 
Lakecia Benjamin; Piano: Brenda Earle; Bass: Linda Oh; Drums: Lorraine 
Faina. Presiding: Sherrie Maricle. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
12:30 a.m.
Performance: John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble. Conductor: J.C. Sanford; 
Leader/Drums: John Hollenbeck; Voice: Theo Bleckmann; Woodwinds: Bohdan 
Hilash, Ben Kono, Tony Malaby, Chris Speed, Dan Willis; Trumpets: Dave 
Ballou, Laurie Frink, Tony Kadleck, Jon Owens; Trombones: Alan Ferber, Jacob 
Garchik, Rob Hudson, Kurtis Pivert; Piano: Gary Versace; Bass: Cory Combs, 
Kermit Driscoll; Mallets/Percussion: Matt Moran. Location: Metropolitan 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2007
8:00 a.m.
Conference Registration, Hilton Hotel, 2nd Floor (until 6:00 p.m.)
Reception: Columbia University Jazz On Line. Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
9:00 a.m.
Technology: Digitally Recording Your Ensemble for Fun and Profit. Planning 
and executing a digital recording of your ensemble from start to finish. 
Topics to be discussed are the recording space, recording hardware and 
software choices, microphone choices and placement, editing and processing 
the recording and assembling the final product. Clinician: Jack Klotz, 
Vincent Leonard. Presiding: Dave Mendez. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, 
Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Still Swingin¹: Trad Jazz Is Alive and Well. A discussion of how 
traditional jazz is still being marketed and performed all over the world. 
Moderator: Leslie Johnson (Mississippi Rag). Panelists: Jim Cullum 
(Riverwalk), Mat Domber (Arbors Jazz), Wycliffe Gordon, John Shoup (Dukes of 
Dixieland). Location: New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Bebop for String Players. A session for string players wishing to 
master elements of modern jazz playing. Topics will include creating a 
modern jazz feel with a bow, constructing lines, phrasing, chord extensions 
and high tension scales. Clinician: Stanley Chepaitis. Presiding: Jay 
Hildebrandt, Delaware Unit Officer. Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Figures and Fills: Teaching Novice Drummers How to "Play the Band." 
This session presents a method for applying basic coordination skills to 
playing figures with the big band. Developing "simple fills" to cue figures 
as well as using snare drum exercises to develop "complex fills" for longer 
and more challenging situations. Clinician: Allen Carter. Presiding: Randall 
Key, Alabama Unit Officer. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
New Music Reading Session: Vocal. Performers: Rosana Eckert, University of 
North Texas; Hildegunn Gjedrem, University of North Texas; Michele Weir, 
University of California, L. A.; Cindy Bourquin, Santa Monica College; 
Catherine Jensen-Hole, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jennifer Barnes, 
Sixth Wave; Kerry Marsh, California State Univ. Sacramento; Stephen Futrell, 
Elon College - Elon, North Carolina; Matt Falker, California State Univ. 
Northridge; Jeremy Fox, Southwestern Community College; Jim Graves, Air 
Academy High School, Colorado Springs; Gary Eckert, Axcess Broadcast 
Services, Dallas; Stefan Karlsson, piano, University of North Texas; Lynn 
Seaton, bass, University of North Texas; Ross Pederson, drums, University of 
North Texas. Clinician: Paris Rutherford. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 
3rd Fl. (2 hour session)
Workshop: Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Presents: Who Asked You, 
Anyway? Writing jazz reviews - print media or radio. After an overview and 
how-to presentation, students write a review (Day 1); receive a one-on-one 
critique from a JJA member and do a rewrite (Day 2); submit it for a 
critique by a five-member panel of experts (Day 3). Top review submitted to 
Jazz Education Journal. Day 1 and Day 2 are for workshop students only; all 
encouraged to attend Day 3 panel discussion. Facilitators: Paul de Barros, 
Seattle Times; Dan Ouellette, Downbeat. Location: Riverside Suite, Sheraton 
3rd Fl. (Session continues with Day 3 Saturday 1:00 p.m.)
Clinic: Writing for the Jazz Education Journal. The Jazz Education Journal 
is looking for prospective authors to submit high-quality manuscripts for 
potential publications. The first half of the session covers author 
guidelines, potential article topics, and the JEJ review process. The second 
half of the session provides the opportunity for authors to meet one-on-one 
with the JEJ Editor and/or IAJE Publications Director in order to discuss 
specific manuscript ideas and to provide feedback on first drafts. 
Clinician: Les Sabina. Presiding:  Sandy Nelson, IAJE Publications Director. 
Location: Concourse C, Hilton.
Clinic: Jazz Activities and Blues Songs for the Elementary Music Classroom. 
Jazz activities and blues songs will be presented for use in the elementary 
music classroom. Activities will include age-appropriate demonstrations for 
introducing the swing feel of jazz, songs to sing and feel syncopated 
jazz-style rhythms, using the blues form as a performance vehicle, and 
presenting improvisational games and opportunities to play using classroom 
instruments. Clinician: Sherry Luchette. Presiding: Kim McCord, IAJE 
Resource Team. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: Monsignor John Sanders: On the Road with Ellington. 
Presenter: Brian Q. Torff, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. Presiding: 
Donald Keipp, Utah Unit Officer. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
 
10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Open 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Clinic: "The Power of Strings: Plugging In!" Martha Mooke, Electric 
violist/composer/progressive recording artist, presents a demo/workshop 
using electric string instruments and electronics. Hands-on opportunity 
includes alternative approaches to playing (extended techniques, 
genre-crossing stylistic flexibility, improvisation). Clinician: Martha 
Mooke. Presiding: Timothy Howe. Location: Concourse E, Hilton.
Workshop: Jazz Radio and the Community: How to Make Your Station More 
Relevant. Stations around the country have made their programming more in 
tune with the local community by reaching out to arts organizations, 
schools, colleges and universities. Stations discuss those approaches that 
have worked for them. Panelists: Dwayne Breashears, WWOZ; Dennis Green, 
KCCK; Arturo Gómez, KUVO; Bobby Jackson, WCPN; Tom Mallison, Public Radio 
East. Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl. (2 hour session)
Interview: A Joyous Encounter with Hank Jones & Joe Lovano. Current-day 
tenor titan and Blue Note recording artist Joe Lovano interviews one of his 
musical heroes and collaborators‹the octogenarian, Detroit-raised, pianist, 
and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones. Interviewer: Joe Lovano. Location: New York 
West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: What's a VST?: The ABC's and 123's of Digital Audio. With the 
increasing power of computers, there is a growing array of choices when it 
comes to software-based audio. This clinic hopes to demystify the seemingly 
endless acronyms while demonstrating some simple, effective uses when doing 
audio production work. Clinician: Marc Jacoby. Presiding: Jane Kuehne. 
Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
New Music Reading Session: Instrumental (Big Band) Session I. Director: 
Shelly Berg. Saxophone: Thom Mason, Jim Rigggs, Gunnar Mossblad, Steve Owen, 
Mike Tomaro; Trumpet: John Thomas, Jeff Jarvis, Larry McWilliam; Trombone: 
Dennis Wilson, Dave Glenn, Larry McClellan, Tom Matta; Rhythm: Shelly Berg 
(piano), TBA (bass), TBA (drums). Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 
2nd Fl.
Clinic: Parameters and Options in Big Band Writing. One of six research 
presentations at the 2006 International Jazz Composers' Symposium, the 
analysis of Anita Brown's award-winning piece, "The Lighthouse" examines how 
to set parameters and define options in composing a piece that requires 
deviation from traditional means of development. Clinician: Anita Brown. 
Presiding: Dave Detwiler, Virginia Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill 
Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Cutting the Changes: Improv via Key Centers. Many students and their 
teachers fear the chord changes of standard tunes. This session demonstrates 
how to "cut" the changes into just a few major-scale key centers. Clinician: 
Antonio Garcia. Presiding: Reggie Thomas, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Master Class: Montreux Guitar Master Class. This master class will address 
areas of technical performance and musical interpretation specific to 
guitar. Jacob Hertzog, Christopher Montague, and Yotam Silberstein will 
prepare music that is significant to their specific instrument from the 
standard jazz repertoire and receive guidance based on their performance. 
Pat Martino will provide comments, critique, and applicable techniques for 
improvement, which are directed at the student winners and the audience as a 
whole. This ³public-private lesson² format is open to all conference 
attendees and highly recommended for all students, particularly those within 
the appropriate instrumental category. Clinician: Pat Martino. Presiding: 
Stephanie-Aloysia Moretti. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: Louis Armstrong and Heebie Jeebies: The Beginning of 
Scat. Presenter: Jimmy Leach, Hope College, Holland, MI. Presiding: Joe 
Parillo, Rhode Island Unit Officer. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
Meeting: IAJE Resource Team. Concourse B, Hilton.
 
11:00 a.m.
Performance: Anne Ducros & Her Trio featuring Ada Rovatti. Leader/Voice: 
Anne Ducros; Saxophone: Ada Rovatti; Piano/Keyboard: Olivier Hutman; Bass: 
Essiet Okon Essiet; Drums: Bruce Cox. Presiding: Martin Summer, IAJE Canada 
Unit Officer. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: University of Miami Concert Jazz Band, University of Miami, 
Coral Gables, FL. Director: Dante Luciani. Presiding: Donald Keipp, Utah 
Unit Officer. Location: Grand Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: The Importance of Subdivisions in Rhythm for the Better Harmonic 
Rhythm. We are born with natural rhythm. Okoshi will show how to pull it out 
of you. Discussion will include the negative impact of using computers and 
other electronic devices. We must feel the rest! Clinicians: Tiger Okoshi 
and Berklee Contemporary Fusion Ensemble. Presiding: Stephen D. Clickard, 
Pennsylvania Unit Officer. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Panel: NEA Jazz Masters. An informal panel discussion with the 2007 NEA Jazz 
Masters Toshiko Akiyoshi, Curtis Fuller, Dan Morgenstern, Ramsey Lewis, 
Jimmy Scott, Frank Wess, and Phil Woods. Moderator: A.B. Spellman, NEA 
Deputy Chairman. Presiding: Wayne Brown, NEA Director of Music and Opera. (2 
hours) Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Musicians as Entrepreneurs: Putting Your Chops to Work. To succeed 
both artistically and financially, musicians must see themselves as business 
people with creative commodities. In Musicians as Entrepreneurs, 
participants will define goals, consider offshoots, research role models, 
and develop a business plan. Moderator: Bruce Kaminsky. Panelists: Terry 
Collison, Neil Grover, Joe Martini. Presiding: Tom Palmer, Delaware Unit 
Officer. Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: ³We Insist - Freedom Now!²: Max Roach¹s Transatlantic 
Civil Rights Imperative. Presenter: Alisa White, Indiana University, 
Bloomington, IN. Presiding: Stephen D. Clickard, Pennsylvania Unit Officer. 
Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
Performance: French Taste Quartet, Center des Musiques, France. Director: 
Didier Lockwood. Presiding: Riccardo Del Fra, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
Technology: MIDI Orchestrating and Scoring: Advanced Applications of MIDI 
Sequencing. A demonstration of the advanced, expressive, and musical 
capabilities of the MIDI Sequencer. Topics include the creation of a musical 
sound palette, use of virtual instruments and samplers, application of 
traditional orchestration concepts, and the importance of expressive 
sequencing functions such as MIDI and volume, note velocity, note duration, 
and tempo control. Specific examples will be used demonstrating the 
applications of MIDI sequencing to jazz composition, performance, and study. 
Clinician: Richard Sussman. Presiding: Jack Klotz. Location: Rendezvous 
Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: 50 Years of the Monterey Jazz Festival. The world's longest running 
jazz festival takes a look back through the years as it celebrates its 
Golden Anniversary. Monterey Jazz Festival staff and participants, both past 
and present, examine the history, memories, and mythology from variety of 
perspectives to put the festival in context of its place in American 
culture. Moderator: Paul DeBarros (Seattle Times). Panelists: Darlene Chan 
(Festival Productions Inc.), Jim Hall, Tim Jackson (Monterey Jazz Festival), 
Gerald Wilson, Herb Wong (IAJE Journal). Location: New York West, Sheraton 
3rd Fl.
Performance: St Charles North High School Jazz Ensemble, St Charles North 
High School, St Charles, IL. Directors: John Wojciechowski & Jim Stombres. 
Presiding: Ronald Carter, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Empire Ballroom, 
Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
12:00 noon
Performance: Take Note, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, Canada. 
Director: Lisa Ward. Presiding: Trish Colter, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Good Vibrations - Performance Practice Techniques for Jazz Sax. 
Jerry Bergonzi has continually challenged other players to up their game, 
return to fundamentals, and remember the basics of tone. Come spend five 
minutes with Jerry and find out why he is considered one of the saxophone 
greats. Take a part of Jerry's own education and charisma and put it in your 
own repertoire to capitalize on tone production, sax embouchure, proper 
support, and reed maintenance to make any performance you touch something 
unforgettable! A rare opportunity to get first-hand insight into obtaining 
that legendary sound. Clinician: Jerry Bergonzi. Presiding: Joe Eckert, 
Virginia Unit Officer. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: QUARTz, Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, Odense, Denmark. 
Director: Kasper Tom Christiansen. Presiding: Chris Vadala, Maryland Unit 
Officer. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.


Technology: Jazz & Technology: A Partnership That Works! Keyboard technology 
offers learning aids no student should do without! Practice jazz standards 
in any key with tempo adjustment and instrument selection. Learn basic 
improvisation concepts as a rhythm section or horn player, create and sample 
play-along tracks for MIDI and CD. Clinician: Geoffrey Haydon. Presiding: 
Holly Ruth Gale. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Research Presentation: Reaching Beyond a Conventional Palette: The Harmonic 
Conception of Kenny Wheeler. Presenter: Barry Long, Mount St. Mary's 
University, Gettysburg, PA. Presiding: John Zimmerman, Minnesota Unit 
Officer. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
Clinic: Paul Klee and Me. Jim McNeely recently composed an album for the 
Swiss Jazz Orchestra based on eight paintings by Paul Klee. Jim will 
describe the process he used to "hear" Klee's work. He will also play 
excerpts from the album and discuss elements of his own compositional 
technique. Clinician: Jim McNeely. Presiding: Jeffrey Kunkel, New Jersey 
Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, The Juilliard School, New York, NY. 
Director: Victor Goines. Presiding: Paul Evoskevich, New York Officer. 
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
1:00 p.m. 
Clinic: Time Awareness for All Musicians...from a Drummer's P.O.V. Drummer 
and educator, Peter Erskine will speak about and demonstrate the best and 
easiest ways to improve rhythmic feel and performance in any ensemble. This 
session should prove valuable to bandleaders, educators, musicians (both 
drummers and non-drummers) and listeners. Clinician: Peter Erskine. 
Presiding: Peter BarenBregge, Maryland Unit Officer. Location: Gramercy, 
Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Jazz on the Run: Podcast Your Rehearsals. How to use free 
podcasting space, GarageBand and iMovie to put rehearsals in students¹ ears 
for practice and reflection. During the session a podcast will be created 
and posted to show the easy process. Relevant copyright concerns will be 
discussed. Clinicians: Deborah Barber, Holly Ruth Gale, John Gale, Tim Howe. 
Presiding: Dave Mendez. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Tineke Postma Quartet. Leader/Saxophone: Tineke Postma; Piano: 
Gary Versace; Bass: Doug Weiss; Drums: Matt Wilson. Presiding: Robert 
Morgan, IAJE Advisory Council. Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
M-AUDIO LOGO
Technology: Recording and Editing with Pro Tools Academic. Pro Tools has 
established itself as the unquestioned standard software tool for music 
recording and production. Now with Digidesign and M-Audio releasing Pro 
Tools Academic, Pro Tools systems are affordable for any school and provide 
an important vocational tool to students and an extremely useful software 
program for music educators. Mr. Johnson will demonstrate live recording 
techniques, sequencing techniques, production and mastering techniques that 
any classroom teacher or ensemble director can understand and afford. Simple 
recording setups as well as multi-track setups will be discussed. Clinician: 
Ken Johnson. Presiding: Rick Schmunk. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Workshop: Podcasts: Jazz On the Go. The jazz world is quickly adapting 
itself to this new world with quality, well-produced podcasts. Podcasting 
provides musicians, journalists, and your every day Joe or Jane, an 
opportunity to hear new ideas, interviews and music at the convenience of 
their own computer, or on the go with portable mp3 players like the iPod. 
Part of this workshop will include the creation of a "live podcast." 
Panelists: Reese Erlich, NPR.org; Lois Gilbert, Jazzcorner.com; Matt 
Jorgensen, Origin Records. Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: The United States Air Force Academy Band Falconaires. 
Commander: Lt Col Steven Grimo; Voice: TSgt Christina O. Saalborn; 
Saxophones: TSgt John B. Dawson, SMSgt Richard H. Inouye, TSgt Ryan G. 
Janus, TSgt Ricky S. Sweum, TSgt Geoffrey G. Torres; Trumpets: TSgt Joseph 
W. Ferrone, MSgt Mark S. Israel, MSgt Kenneth D. Johnson, TSgt A. Kale 
Rodabough; Trombones: SMSgt Mark A. Burditt, MSgt Scott E. Crump, MSgt L. 
Eugene Montgomery, TSgt Jeffrey S. Valentine; Piano: TSgt Todd A. Gustafson; 
Bass: MSgt Jerome J. Oddo; Drums: MSgt Christopher M. Gaona. Presiding: 
Andrew Dahlke, Colorado Unit Officer. Location: Grand Ballroom, Hilton 3rd 
Fl.
Performance: Almaty Youth Jazz Band II, Almaty Youth Jazz Center - School, 
Almaty, Kazakhstan. Director: Tagir Zaripov. Presiding: Susie Jones, Oregon 
Unit Officer. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: The Janice Borla Group. Leader/Voice: Janice Borla; 
Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Art Davis; Piano: Dan Haerle; Guitars: John McLean; 
Bass: Bob Bowman; Drums: Jack Mouse. Presiding: Todd Kelly, Illinois Unit 
Officer. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
DOWNBEAT LOGO
Interview: New York Is Now: Ornette Coleman Interviewed by Greg Osby. In a 
momentous, sure-to-be spontaneous musician to musician interview, alto 
saxophonist Greg Osby will probe the mind of multi-instrumentalist NEA Jazz 
Master, and true musical visionary, Ornette Coleman, whose musical concepts 
heavily informed "the sape of jazz to come" post-1960. Interviewer: Greg 
Osby. Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Panel: All The Things We Are. French Jazz Landscape: Ways to strengthen the 
vital Franco-American bridge at all levels; education, trade, culture, 
festival, clubs, labels, public support, media. Moderator: David Liebman. 
Panelists: Robert Singerman (Director French Music Export Office North 
America), Emmanuel Morlet (Artistic Attache and director of music Office 
French Embassy). Presiding: Ian Darrington, MBE, IAJE Executive Board. 
Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Temple Jazz Orchestra with Bill Watrous, Temple College, 
Temple, TX. Director: Tom Fairlie. Guest Artist: Bill Watrous. Presiding: 
Alex Parker, President Elect, Texas Unit. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 
3rd Fl.
Meeting: Friends of Bill W. Concourse D, Hilton.
Research Presentation: Sisters in Jazz: A Five Year Study of Career Paths. 
Presenter: Doris Wright Carroll. Presiding: Tammy Kernodle, IAJE Resource 
Team. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
 
2:00 p.m.
Visit the Exhibit Hall - Exclusive Hour. Hilton Hotel.
 
Meeting: IAJE String Caucus. Location: Concourse E, Hilton. 
Meeting: Rhythm Road. Location: Concourse C, Hilton 
 
3:00 p.m. 
Performance: University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band I with Erik 
Applegate and Jim White, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. 
Director: Dana Landry. Guest Artists: Erik Applegate, Jim White. Presiding: 
David Caffey, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd 
Fl.
Workshop: Ask the Experts. 10 minutes on the clock is given by industry 
experts offering hands on one-on-one career strategies for aspiring and 
established musicians and executives. (3:00-5:00 p.m.) Location: Riverside 
Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: BMI/NY Jazz Orchestra. Co-Leaders: Mike Holober, Jim McNeely; 
Composers/Conductors: Javier Arau, Michele Caniato, Jeff Fairbanks, Tom 
Goehring, Asuka Kakitani, Bryan Knox; Saxophones: Ben Kono, Rob Middleton, 
Mike Migliore, Dan Willis, Ed Xiques; Trumpets: James De La Garza, John 
Eckert, Jim O'Connor, Steve Smyth; Trombone: Pete McGuinness, Chris Olness, 
JC Sanford, Tim Sessions; Guitar: Sebastian Noelle; Piano: Deanna Witkowski; 
Bass: Dave Ambrosio; Drums: Bryson Kern. Presiding: Larry McClellan, IAJE 
Resource Team. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: Jazz in China. Presenter: Eugene Marlow, Baruch 
College, The City University of New York, New York, NY. Presiding: Tammy 
Kernodle, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
Clinic: Rhythmic Devices in a Harmonic Context. Cross rhythms, rhythmic 
superimposition, metric/feel modulation, odd and changing meters - these are 
not "for drummers only"! This clinic will teach everyone who plays pitched 
instruments how to practice and apply these devices within the context of 
structured harmony (song form). Drummers welcome too! Clinicians: Rory 
Stuart. Presiding: Ben Huntoon, Ohio Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill 
Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Quieting the Stage and Hearing Safely. High stage volumes are a 
serious problem. In-ear monitors can be a solution for loud levels, 
feedback, and consistent mixes, while improving the live experience for 
musicians and audience. An audiologist will discuss earphones and hearing 
conservation. Clinicians: Dawn Flinn, Dave Mendez. Presiding: Mike Bogle. 
Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Students CAN Learn to Play by Ear! All students want to play by ear, 
but they don't realize it's a skill that can be developed in fun ways. 
Victor Goines of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Wynton Marsalis Septet shows 
how teachers can change that. Clinician: Victor Goines. Presiding: Scott 
Hall, Illinois Unit Officer. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Sibelius Basics. Learn the basic techniques of using Sibelius 4 
notation software, including creating a chart, entering notes and basic 
editing. The new features of Sibelius 4 will also be outlined. This hands-on 
session is highly recommended as a pre-requisite for all of the other 
Sibelius hands-on sessions. Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce 
Munson. Location: Concourse A, Hilton. (Session repeats Sat. 4:00 p.m.)
Performance: University of North Texas Jazz Singers, University of North 
Texas, Denton, TX. Director: Paris Rutherford. Presiding: Richard Birk, 
Texas Unit Officer. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Excuse the Musical Disruption with Christian McBride & Bob 
Blumenthal. Back by popular demand, the highly opinionated dynamic duo 
return to the same freewheeling, no-holds-barred format, as McBride and 
Blumenthal agree to disagree about nearly everything. Buttoned-down 
Beantowner Blumenthal, working on his comb-over, mixes it up with the domed 
Philly fanatic McBride, over a wide range of jazz and sports-related topics, 
until the whistle blows. Panelists: Bob Blumenthal, Christian McBride. 
Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Paris News, National Music Conservatory of Paris, Paris, 
France. Director: Riccardo Del Fra. Presiding: Bob Babko, California Unit 
Officer. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Reception: New School Reception. Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
4:00 p.m. 
Technology: Sibelius Jazz Rhythm Section Notation. Demonstration of a 
variety of techniques to transform Sibelius scores into jazz rhythm section 
notation including slashes, chords, guitar tab, realized drum parts, and 
more. Creating and editing drum maps will also be addressed. Clinicians: 
Vincent Leonard, Tom Rudolph. Presiding: Rick Schmunk. Location: Concourse 
A, Hilton.
Panel: Bands Without Leaders: The Notion of The Artist Collective. For 
years, jazz musicians have formed organizations for collective expression 
and improvisation. Such collectives have served as vehicles for the 
performance of new works (often for esoteric groupings of instruments). They 
draw from the different compositional and improvisational influences of each 
member. Both current and decades-old collectives will be represented. 
Moderator: Anthony Brown (Fifth Stream). Panelists: Will Calhoun (Black Rock 
Coalition), Iqua Colson (AACM), Randall Kline (SF Jazz Collective), Oliver 
Lake (BAG), Reggie Workman (New School). Location: New York West, Sheraton 
3rd Fl.
Research Presentation: An Overview of Jazz Education in Japan and a Survey 
of its Current State. Presenter: Hiroshi Yasuda, Arlington Heights, IL. 
Presiding: Tammy Kernodle, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Concourse G, 
Hilton.
Performance: Mina Agossi Trio with Special Guests. Leader/Voice: Mina 
Agossi; Saxophones: Julien Loureau, Bojan Z; Bass: Eric Jacot; Drums: Ichiro 
Onoe. Presiding: Tom Ferguson, IAJE Past President. Location: Sutton South, 
Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Wesley College Big Band, Melbourne, Australia. Director: Peter 
Foley. Presiding: Saul Richardson, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Empire 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Panel: The Art of Music: Exploring The Boundaries Between The Musical And 
Visual Jazz Arts. The interface between Art and Music will be celebrated 
with this year's recipient of the Milt Hinton Award for Excellence in Jazz 
Photography as he explores new ways for collaboration and future synergies 
of the two art forms in today's entertainment environment. Clinician: David 
Redfern. Presiding: Ian Darrington, MBE, IAJE Executive Board. Location: 
Nassau Suite, Hilton.
Performance: Kate McGarry Sextet. Leader/Voice: Kate McGarry; Saxophone: 
Donny McCaslin; Organ: Gary Versace; Guitar: Keith Ganz; Bass: Reuben 
Rogers; Drums: Greg Hutchinson. Presiding: Tim Howe, Arkansas Unit Officer. 
Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
Clinic: Precepts of Swing. The Precepts of Swing workshop is based on a 
selection of arrangements from the orchestra's repertoire. Using this as a 
framework, band members discuss topics dealing with various aspects of 
ensemble playing, improvisation and the art of listening. Clinicians: The 
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Presiding: Kennith R. Kimery, IAJE Eastern Region 
Coordinator. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Reception: New England Conservatory Reception. Location: Concourse C, 
Hilton.
 
5:00 p.m. 
Master Class: Montreux Piano Master Class. This master class will address 
areas of technical performance and musical interpretation specific to piano. 
Dan Tepfer, Michel Reis, and Hiro Morozumi will prepare music that is 
significant to their specific instrument from the standard jazz repertoire 
and receive guidance based on their performance. Kenny Werner will provide 
comments, critique, and applicable techniques for improvement, which are 
directed at the student winners and the audience as a whole. This 
³public-private lesson² format is open to all conference attendees and 
highly recommended for all students, particularly those within the 
appropriate instrumental category. Clinician: Kenny Werner. Presiding: 
Stephanie-Aloysia Moretti. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl..
Performance: Klaus Suonsaari Trio. Leader/Drums/Percussion: Klaus Suonsaari; 
Saxophones: Scott Robinson; Bass: Julian Thayer. Presiding: Jeremy Hepner, 
IAJE Canada Unit Officer. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ) - "Close to Heaven" tribute to 
Led Zeppelin. Saxophone: Eric Seva; Trumpet: Jean Gobinet; Trombone: Jean 
Louis Pommier; Tuba: Michael Marrie; Claviers: Xavier Garcia; Guitar: Louis 
Winsberg; Drums: David Pouradier Duteil; Percussion: Patrice Heral; 
Vibraphones: Vincent Limouzin, Franck Tortiller. Presiding: Richard Lawn, 
IAJE Resource Team. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Research Presentation: Discovering the Artistry of Cy Walter. Presenter: 
Tony Caramia, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Presiding: Tammy 
Kernodle, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
JAZZTIMES LOGO
Interview: The Groove Electric 1:1 With Marcus Miller & John Scofield. Two 
modern jazz masters discuss the future of this music. Location: New York 
East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Workshop: Jazz and College Radio: A Match Made in Heaven. College radio is a 
place where so much is possible as long as students know what a valuable and 
highly coveted asset they have at their fingertips. But too few IAJE student 
members participate in college radio or even consider it an option. When the 
freedom of freeform college radio and jazz intersect, the possibilities are 
endless. Panelists: Matt Merewitz, WPRB (Princeton); Mark Rini, Groov 
Marketing; Fritz Schenker, WNUR (Northwestern). Location: Riverside 
Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Strings That Swing: Rhythm, Articulation & Phrasing for Strings. 
Veteran cellist/composer/arranger/conductor, Akua Dixon, explores techniques 
she has developed. Her rhythmic concepts have been used on string players at 
elementary, middle school, high school, college and professional levels. 
Clinician: Akua Dixon. Presiding: Matthew Patnode, North Dakota Unit 
Officer. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: New Vocal Group Music From Old Sources. Boswell Sisters, Mills 
Brothers, Nat Cole Trio, Pied Pipers, Mel-Tones and Lambert, Hendricks and 
Ross arrangements range from middle school to college level. They are fun 
for students to learn, great crowd-pleasers, and historically significant 
popular jazz works of art. Clinician: David Thorne Scott. Presiding: 
Christopher Humphrey, Maine Unit. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd 
Fl.
Performance: Marvin Stamm Quartet. Leader/Trumpet: Marvin Stamm; Piano: Bill 
Mays; Bass: Rufus Reid; Drums: Ed Soph. Presiding: Richard Inouye, IAJE 
Mountain Region Coordinator. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd 
Fl.
Technology: Really Affordable Digital Audio Recording. Using computer based 
and stand alone recording systems, Mr. Johnson will demonstrate live 
recording techniques that any teacher or ensemble director can understand 
and afford. Live performances recorded with Pro Tools will be played and 
options for editing, adding effects, and rendering to a CD will be explored. 
Micro-phone selection and placement, simple recording setups, and 
multi-track setups will be discussed. Clinician: Ken Johnson. Presiding: 
Rick Schmunk, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Concourse A, Hilton. (Session 
repeats Sat. 1:00 p.m.)
Reception: Berklee College of Music. Location: Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd 
Fl.
Reception: IAJE Canada Section Reception and Annual General Meeting. Open to 
all IAJE Canada Section members. Location: Riverside Suite, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
 
6:00 p.m. 
Master Class: Montreux Vocal Master Class. This master class will address 
areas of technical performance and musical interpretation specific to voice. 
Kristin Berardi, Jean Rohe, and Harald Baumgartner will prepare music that 
is significant to their specific instrument from the standard jazz 
repertoire and receive guidance based on their performance. Mina Agossi will 
provide comments, critique, and applicable techniques for improvement, which 
are directed at the student winners and the audience as a whole. This 
³public-private lesson² format is open to all conference attendees and 
highly recommended for all students, particularly those within the 
appropriate instrumental category. Clinician: Mina Agossi. Presiding: 
Stephanie-Aloysia Moretti. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Jazz in My Space: Online Community-Building. New media experts will 
join with artists in a discussion of the ways musicians are embracing new 
media paradigms and online social networks such as MySpace, Last.fm, and 
MOG, which brings fans together, create greater consciousness among non jazz 
audiences, and bridge the gaps between disparate jazz communities across the 
globe. Moderator: Michael Ricci (AllAboutJazz.com); Panelists: Michael 
Goldberg (MOG.com), Chris Lewis (JazzTimes.com), Brian Lynch, Lonnie 
Plaxico, Vinson Valega. Location: New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Fred Hess Band. Leader/Saxophone: Fred Hess; Saxophone/Flute: 
John Guenther; Cornet: Ron Miles; Bass: Ken Filiano; Drums: Matt Wilson. 
Presiding: Jack Wheaton, IAJE Past President. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 
2nd Fl..
Performance: Peter Apfelbaum & the New York Hieroglyphics. 
Leader/Saxophone/Piano/Percussion: Peter Apfelbaum; Voice: Abdoulaye 
Diabate; Violin: Charlie Burnham; Woodwinds: Jessica Jones, Tony Jones, 
Norbert Stachel; Trumpet/Reeds: Peck Allmond; Trombone: Josh Roseman; 
Guitar: David Phelps; Guitar/Percussion: Viva DeConcini; Bass: Patrice 
Blanchard; Drums: Justin Brown. Presiding: Dennis J. Tini, IAJE Past 
President. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Jam Session: Latin Pro Jam Session. Trombone: Chris Washburne; 
Tres/Guitar:Ben Lapidus; Bass: Yunior Terry; Percussion: John Santos; 
Congas: Wilson Corniel. Presiding: John Santos. Location: Bridges Lobby 
Stage, Hilton,1st Fl.
Technology: Creating a Lead Sheet in Sibelius. Sibelius' powerful editing 
and formatting features make creating a lead sheet a breeze. Slash notation, 
chord symbols, lyrics and the techniques of formatting will all be covered 
in this hands-on session. Sibelius Basics is recommended as a pre-requisite 
for this session. Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce Munson. 
Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Reception: University of North Texas Alumni. Location: Gramercy, Hilton.
Reception: University of Northern Colorado. Location Rosie O¹Grady¹s 
Restaurant, 800 7th Avenue.
 
7:00 p.m. 
Performance: Dave Liebman Group. Leader/Saxophone: David Liebman; Guitar: 
Vic Juris; Bass: Tony Marino; Drums: Marko Marcinko. Presiding: Ellen Rowe, 
IAJE Resource Team. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Luis Perdomo Trio. Leader/Piano: Luis Perdomo; Bass: Hans 
Slawischnig; Drums: Eric McPherson. Presiding: David Sholemson, Ted Kurland 
Associates. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Julia Dollison. Leader/Voice: Julia Dollison; Voice: Kerry 
Marsh; Piano: Geoffrey Keezer; Vibes: Joe Locke; Bass: Matt Clohesy; Drums: 
Ted Poor; Percussion: Samuel Torres. Presiding: Katherine 'Katchie' 
Cartwright, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
Evening Concerts € 8:00 p.m. € Hilton Grand Ballroom
 
NEA Jazz Master Awards Concert
Honoring
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Curtis Fuller, Ramsey Lewis, Dan Morgenstern, Jimmy Scott, 
Frank Wess, Phil Woods
Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, Presenting Hosts
 
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band under the direction of Slide Hampton. 
Musical Director/Trombone: Slide Hampton; Special Guest/Trumpet: Roy 
Hargrove; Voice: Roberta Gambarini, Nancy Wilson; Saxophone/Flute/Voice: 
James Moody; Woodwinds: Antonio Hart, Jimmy Heath, Gary Smulyan, Mark Gross; 
Trumpets: Randy Brecker, Greg Gisbert, Frank Greene, Claudio Roditi; 
Trombones: Jay Ashby, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, Douglas Purviance; Piano: 
Eric Ginnison; Guitar: Marty Ashby; Bass/Executive Director: John Lee; 
Drums: Dennis Mackrel; Congas & Percussion: Duke Lee.
Clayton Brothers Quintet. Saxophone: Jeff Clayton; Trumpet: Terell Stafford; 
Bass: John Clayton; Piano: Gerald Clayton; Drums: Obed Clavaire
 
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10:00 p.m.
Clinic: Jam Session Etiquette. The etiquette session will address the 
intermediate musician on how to appropriately conduct when participating in 
a jam session. The areas of discussion and demonstration will include stage 
presence, tune selection, length of solos, number of soloist per tune and 
respect of jam session facilitator and other musicians. Overall, this clinic 
will give any aspiring jazz musician insight on how to be successful and 
creative in the jam session environment. Clinician: Darryl White. Location: 
Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
11:00 p.m.
Performance: Rebecca Parris with the George Mesterhazy Trio. Leader/Voice: 
Rebecca Parris; Piano: George Mesterhazy; Bass: Tim Lekan; Drums: Bob Shomo; 
Percussion: Victoria Watson. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd 
Fl.
Jam Session: Beginning/Intermediate Student Jam Session. Saxophone: Ben 
VanGelder; Guitar: Alex Wintz; Bass: Marcos Varela; Drums: Steve Lyman, 
Colin Stranahan. Presiding: Darryl White. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd 
Fl.
Jam Session: Vocal Jam Session. Those coming to the Vocal Jam Session are 
invited to bring chord sheets of their selected songs and keys. Sign-up for 
the jam session will be at 10:30pm. Come early to get you name on the list. 
Voice: Joan Watson-Jones; Piano: Frank Wilkins; Bass: Fred Weidenhammer; 
Drums: Alvin Terry. Presiding: Joan Watson-Jones. Location: Mercury 
Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: AAJC Annual IAJE Conference Dance. This annual presentation by 
the AAJC is to historically reflect and encourage the legacy and ongoing 
interfacing of jazz music and dance. The AAJC Dance Band will perform 
repertoire guaranteed to engage and elicit your active participation. 
Director: David Hardiman. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Jam Session: Student Latin Jam Session. Saxophone: Ben VanGelder; Guitar: 
Alex Wintz; Bass: Marcos Varela; Drums: Steve Lyman, Colin Stranahan. 
Presiding: Darryl White. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Zaid Shukri on Bass,
2. Nameer Shukri on Drums,
3. Sean Fitzpatrick on Piano 
4. Mike Hyziak on Baritone Sax.
5. Andrew Hoglund on Trumpet. 
6. Volker on Trumpet
7. Rose Rutledge on Tenor Sax
8. Julian Taylor on Alto sax
9. Kevin Birk on Trombone
10. Gabriel Aledo on vIbes and Congas
11. Bo Ma on Guitar
12. Elleni Maureas on Flute
 
 
12:30 a.m.
Performance: Matt Wilson's Art and Crafts. Leader/Drums: Matt Wilson; Voice: 
Karlie Bruce, Ayana DelValle, Elizabeth Dotson-Westphalen; Clarinet/Bass: 
Dennis Irwin; Trumpet: Terell Stafford; Piano/Organ/Accordion: Gary Versace. 
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Registration, Hilton Hotel, 2nd Floor (until 4:00 p.m.)
Clinic : The Art of the Rhythm Section. Jeff Campbell will discuss and 
illustrate the elements that unify a rhythm section. The clinic will feature 
Reggie Thomas (piano), Rick Haydon (guitar), Jeff Campbell (bass), and the 
great Harold Jones (drums). Clinicians: Jeff Campbell, Rick Haydon, Harold 
Jones, Reggie Thomas. Presiding: Rick Petrone, Connecticut Unit Officer. 
Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: Frank Trumbauer's Solo Style. Presenter: Eunmi Shim, 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. Location: Concourse G, 
Hilton.
New Music Reading Session: Strings. Conductor: Bert Ligon. Violins: Sam 
Bard, Sara Caswell, Stanley Chepatis , Mark Chung, Rigdzin Collins, Fung 
Chern-Hwei, Susie Hansen, Christian Howes, Elektra Kurtis, Jeremy Kittel, 
Gwen Laster, Yehudit Lieberman, Victor Lin, Trina Basu Mauney, Queen Rose, 
Paula Zeitlin; Violas: Tanya Kalmanovitch, Alva Anderson, Ann Marie 
Pocklembo, Nicole Federici, Merrietta Oviatt; Cellos: Renata Bratt, 
Christine Harrington, Choi Fairbanks, Catherine Bent; Piano: Joe Parillo; 
Bass: Alan Bernstein; Drums: Barry Farley. Presiding: Christine Harrington. 
Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Workshop: JJA Radio Workshop ­ Writing for Radio. Facilitators: Multiple. 
Location: Riverside Suite, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: Microphone Basics for Live Sound. Use selection and placement of 
microphones to control your sound. This workshop will cover microphone 
characteristics such as polar pattern, operating principle and frequency 
response. Learn microphone placement techniques for various instruments, 
solo vocalists and spoken word. Clinician: Dave Mendez. Presiding: Brian 
Post. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Looking Forward: How Can We Better Prepare Future Teachers? Music 
Education programs are often inadequate in their jazz pedagogy offerings. 
This clinic will discuss what students need to know as they enter the world 
of music education and how we can design courses to help meet this need. 
Clinician: Dean Sorenson. Presiding: Allen Carter, IAJE Resource Team. 
Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Brass Tactics: "Is That Thing Hard to Play?" Trumpeter and author 
Chase Sanborn demonstrates the right way (that sounds easy) and the wrong 
way (that sounds hard) to play a brass instrument, and offers tips and 
suggestions for improving tone, range, intonation and endurance. Clinician: 
Chase Sanborn. Presiding: Terry Segress, Oklahoma Unit Officer. Location: 
Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: CIRCLESONGS and IMPROVISATION. This clinic is an experience in 
creating CIRCLESONGS - spontaneous polyphonic compositions - as a vehicle 
for improvisation. Singers, instrumentalists, directors will learn the 
elements of CIRCLESONGS and will participate in creating them on the spot! 
Fun, challenging, out-of-the-box! Clinician: Roger Treece. Presiding: 
Jeffrey Kunkel, New Jersey Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 
2nd Fl.
Technology: Sibelius Worksheet Creator. Explore the different ways of using 
Sibelius' Worksheet Creator. From using the Worksheet Creator's built-in 
curriculum to creating your own curriculum to add to the Worksheet Creator, 
this hands-on session will fully outline this unique new feature in Sibelius 
4. Sibelius Basics is recommended as a pre-requisite for this session. 
Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce Munson. Location: Concourse A, 
Hilton.
Clinic: The Indi Jazz Musician (Outline for Success). With eight consecutive 
#1 National Jazz Radio Releases on his own Jen Bay Records, Mark Elf 
outlines how to have success in an increasingly crowded jazz market. This 
clinic will cover every aspect for success. Clinician: Mark Elf. Presiding: 
Joe Eckert, Virginia Unit Officer. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd 
Fl.
Meeting: Disney's College Band Auditions. Location: Madison Suite #6, 
Sheraton.
Meeting: IAJE Women's Caucus. Location: Concourse B, Hilton.
 
10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Open 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
[fancy pants]
Meeting: International Association of Schools of Jazz. Location: Concourse 
E, Hilton.
Performance: Celebration, King's Junior High, Seattle, WA. Director: Darla 
Pumphrey. Presiding: Dave Greennagel, Virginia Unit Officer. Location: 
Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Taking Care of Business - Mind, Body, and Soul. Panelists discuss the 
care and feeding of a jazz artist on and off the road. Moderator: Suzan 
Jenkins (JAI). Panelists: Dee Dee Acquisto (MusicCares), Iqua Colson, 
Dorthaan Kirk (WBGO), Dr. Joanne Loewy (The Louis Armstrong Center for Music 
& Medicine/Beth Israel Medical Center), Leni Stern. Location: New York West, 
Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Here's Doc! Jazz educator Mary Jo Papich interviews Doc Severinsen, 
world-renowned trumpet player and flamboyant Grammy Award-winning Music 
Director of the Tonight Show. Interviewer: Mary Jo Papich; Special Guest: 
Ian Darrington. Presiding: J. Richard Dunscomb, IAJE Past President. 
Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Workshop: The Jazz Radio Repertoire: Selecting What Does and Doesn't Make 
The Cut. (10:00 a.m. ­ 12:00 p.m.). 600+ new releases made it on the air the 
past year, but perhaps twice that many got little airplay. What makes a CD 
good for radio? How do stations select what is played? What is the role of a 
promoter? Does it even matter if a CD makes it on the air? Does jazz radio 
play too many things too infrequently or old music too much? Moderator: Ed 
Trefzger (JazzWeek); Panelists: John Bouille (WSHA), Josh Ellman (Groov 
Marketing), Eric Jackson (WGBH), Derrick Lucas (WGMC), Shaunna Morrison 
Machosky (WDUQ). Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: Jazz and Big Band in the Digital Age. This clinic will focus on 
state-of-the-art music technology as it applies to jazz and big band, and 
how it demonstrates the new tools available. The clinic will explore how to 
use the "Garritan Jazz and Big Band" DVD as a compositional and arranging 
tool, for playback in notation programs (Finale and Sibelius), and how to 
achieve greater expression and realism. Clinician: Gary Garritan. Presiding: 
Bob Sinicrope. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
New Music Reading Session: Instrumental (Big Band) Session I. Director: 
Shelly Berg. Saxophone: Thom Mason, Jim Rigggs, Gunnar Mossblad, Steve Owen, 
Mike Tomaro; Trumpet: John Thomas, Jeff Jarvis, Larry McWilliam; Trombone: 
Dennis Wilson, Dave Glenn, Larry McClellan, Tom Matta; Rhythm: Shelly Berg 
(piano), TBA (bass), TBA (drums). Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 
2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: When Are We Really Improvising: Towards an 
Understanding of Reciprocal Contingency. Presenter: Patrick Boyle, Memorial 
University of Newfoundland, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. Location: Concourse 
G, Hilton.
Meeting: Curricular Resources Forum. Location: Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
11:00 a.m.
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Panel: Recording Academy® Presents 14th Annual Grammy® Jazz Soundtable. The 
very top practitioners of the art will play excerpts from their 
discographies and tell inside stories form their craft. Audience members 
will be able to engage the artists behind today's acclaimed recordings in 
candid dialogue about the latest jazz trends and development. Panelists: 
Christian McBride, Roy Haynes. Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl. (2 
hour session)
Clinic: Now What Should I Do? Vocal Jazz Improvisation! Successful 
strategies for dealing with perspective soloists in your jazz choir. What 
you do with "Ms. Aggressively Successful," "Mr. False Confidence," "Mr. 
Passively Pleasant," and "Ms. You-Can't-Make-Me" to enable them to become 
good soloists. Examples of good vocal improvisation exercises, listening 
excerpts, techniques, and materials will be introduced. Clinician: Kirk 
Marcy. Presiding: Jay Hildebrandt, Delaware Unit Officer. Location: Murray 
Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Western Michigan University Jazz Octet with Stefon Harris, Fred 
Hersch, and Billy Hart, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. 
Director: Scott Cowan. Guest Artists: Stefon Harris, Fred Hersch, Billy 
Hart. Presiding: Danny Jordan, Michigan Unit Officer. Location: Empire 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Technology: The User Definable Finale Clinic. A one time only Finale user 
group meeting. This session provides open invitation for Finale users. Bring 
your questions and problem files (on Macintosh readable CD ROM or USB flash 
drive) and find answers. Clinician: Vince Leonard. Presiding: Stewart Smith. 
Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Sara Gazarek. Leader/Voice: Sara Gazarek; Piano: Josh Nelson; 
Bass: Erik Kertes; Drums: Matt Slocum. Presiding: Laura Johnson, IAJE 
Executive Board. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Shorewood High School Jazz Band, Shorewood High School, 
Shoreline, WA. Director: Paul Harshman. Presiding: Reggie Thomas, IAJE 
Resource Team. Location: Grand Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Playing from the Space. Kenny Werner explains how to detach from the 
mundane aspects of playing such as comparing one's self with others or 
seeking self esteem, in order to transcend limited goals and allow one's 
spirit to do the playing. Clinician: Kenny Werner. Presiding: Jon 
Gudmundson, Utah Unit Officer. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Pacific Crest Combo I, Pacific Crest Community School, 
Portland, OR. Director: Thara Memory. Presiding: Ronald Carter, IAJE 
Executive Board. Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
Research Presentation: Let's Go Back to the Waltz: Metric Dissonance, 
Stratification, and Unification in Bill Evans' 3/4 Playing. Presenters: 
Robert Hodson, Steven Rodriguez, Hope College, Holland, MI. Location: 
Concourse G, Hilton.
Performance: Doncaster Jazz Orchestra, Northern Jazz Centre, Doncaster, 
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Director: John Ellis. Presiding: Geoff 
Matthews, IAJE United Kingdom Officer. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 
3rd Fl.
 
12:00 noon
Performance: NewYorkestra featuring Rob Middleton and Steve Kenyon. 
Saxophones: Chris Bacas, Jay Brandford, Steve Kenyon, Ben Kono, Andy 
Middleton, Rob Middleton; Trumpets: Bill Mobley, Jon Owens, Mike Ponella, 
Rick Savage; Trombones: Bruce Eidem, Pete McGuinness, Jeff Nelson, Mark 
Patterson; Piano: Mike Holober; Bass: Andy Eulau; Drums: Scott Neumann. 
Presiding: Victor Goines, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Metropolitan 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Meeting: Sisters in Jazz Mentoring. Location: Concourse B, Hilton.
Performance: First Take, The School for Music Vocations at Southwestern 
Community College, Creston, IA. Director: Jeremy Fox. Presiding: Kent 
Jurgenson, Minnesota Unit Officer. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd 
Fl.
Panel: Jazz Curricula For College String Players. A new generation of 
improvising string players is poised to enter college-level jazz programs en 
masse. How can jazz programs welcome them? Panelists from leading jazz 
conservatories discuss challenges and opportunities they encounter in 
serving diverse instrumental populations through inclusive jazz curricula. 
Moderator: Renata Bratt; Panelists: Allan Chase, Matt Glaser, Tanya 
Kalmanovitch, Rob Thomas. Presiding: Joe Parillo, Rhode Island Unit Officer. 
Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Tri-C Jazz Studies Performance Combo, Cuyahoga Community 
College, Cleveland, OH. Director: Ernie Krivda. Presiding: Scott Garlock, 
Ohio Unit Officer. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Performance Artist Master Class: The How, What and NOW of Jazz 
Trombone Style, Phrasing, Articulation and Improv Technique. World renowned 
trombonist/composer/educator, Bill Watrous focuses on melodic interpretation 
stylistic elements, improvisation, ideas and how to create a jazz solo. Bill 
will demonstrate and clarify his lyrical style, phrasing and improv skills 
so you can listen, learn and teach these techniques. Live play-along 
demonstrations will be featured. Clinician: Bill Watrous. Presiding: Conrad 
Herwig, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Scales and Changes: Woodshedding with Sibelius Scorch. Use 
Sibelius to create Scorch interactive exercises and scales for students to 
practice at home. Students can change tempo, key, play along with MIDI 
audio, and even print. Scorch is a free web browser plug-in. Clinicians: 
Deborah Barber, Holly Ruth Gale, John Gale, Timothy Howe. Presiding: 
Geoffrey Haydon. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Research Presentation: Jazz and Hip Hop: A New Brand of the New Jazz. 
Presenter: Mark Baszak, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Location: 
Concourse G, Hilton.
Meeting: Community College Interest Group. Location: Concourse E, Hilton.
 
1:00 p.m. 
Interview: Old Friends: A Conversation with Nat Hentoff & Phil Woods. 
Author, journalist, political activist, and NEA Jazz Master Nat Hentoff 
interviews the legendary alto saxophonist Phil Woods, a consummate musician, 
composer, leader, and sideman with the bands of Charlie Barnet, Buddy Rich, 
Quincy Jones, and Benny Goodman among many others. Interviewer: Nat Hentoff. 
Location: New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Heritage for Tomorrow, National Superior Conservatory of Music 
and Dance of Paris, France. Director: Riccardo Del Fra. Presiding: Ken 
Tittelbaugh, IAJE Western Region Coordinator. Location: Trianon Ballroom, 
Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Sing Along With Ella: The Key to Vocal Jazz Improvisation. One of 
the surest ways to learn scat singing is to sing along with Ella's solos. 
Amy London leads the audience through Ella's solos on Take the A Train, 
analyzing/singing with them, phrase by phrase, to achieve improvisational 
knowledge and skill. Clinician: Amy London. Presiding: Dave Barduhn, Oregon 
Unit Officer. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Vocal Jazz Arranging with Finale. Learn how to adapt 
instrumental arranging techniques for voices, and learn how the playback and 
part manipulation capabilities of Finale make it much easier to work out 
arrangements quickly and effectively. Studio recordings of the sample 
arrangements will also be used. Clinician: Stephen Saxon. Presiding: James 
Frankel. Location: Rendezvous Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Kelly Eisenhour. Leader/Voice: Kelly Eisenhour; Piano: Steve 
Keen; Guitar: Kenji Aihara; Bass: Matt Larson; Drums: Jay Lawrence. 
Presiding: Sherry Luchette, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Bridges Lobby 
Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
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Performance: SOCAN/IAJE 2006 Commission Recipients ­ Ian McDougall, 
Established Composer; Michael McClennen, Emerging composer. Performance 
Ensemble: The Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra. Director: Jill Townsend; 
Saxophones: Campbell Ryga, Jack Stafford, Ross Taggart, Chris Startup, Chad 
Makela; Trumpets: Derry Byrne, Tom Shorthouse, Brad Turner, Kent Wallace; 
Trombones: Dennis Esson, Rod Murray, Jeremy Berkman, Neil Nicholson; Rhythm: 
Tilden Webb (piano), Bill Coon (guitar), Jodi Proznick (bass), Dave Robbins 
(drums). Location: Grand Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Clifford Brown/Stan Gets All-Stars. Director: Ron McCurdy; 
Saxophone: Edwin Barbash (North Carolina School of the Arts, NC); Trumpet: 
Callum G'Froerer (Applecross Sr. High School, Perth, Australia); Trombone: 
Isaac Kaplan (Long Beach Polytechnic HS, CA); Piano: Sam Reider (The Urban 
School of San Francisco, CA); Guitar: David Rosenthal (Longmeadow HS, MA); 
Bass: Jeff Picker (Arts & Communication Magnet Academy, OR); Percussion: 
Jake Goldbas (Gtr Hartford Academy of the Arts, CT). Presiding: Greg 
Carroll, IAJE Director of Education. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd 
Fl.
Clinic: Balance, The Role of the Modern Bassist. Bromberg will help bassists 
find the balance between the role of the bass as the harmonic and rhythmic 
foundation in music, while still allowing for one's own voice as a soloist. 
Clinician: Brian Bromberg. Presiding: Mark Plummer, Wisconsin Unit Officer. 
Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Gary Thomas/Exile's Gate. Presiding: Brian Coyle, IAJE 
Executive Board. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Workshop: Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Presents: Who Asked You, 
Anyway? Discussion of student reviews. Facilitators: Paul de Barros (Seattle 
Times), Dan Ouellette (DownBeat). Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd 
Fl.
Research Presentation: Oscar Peterson: A Historical View of his Style and 
Pedagogy. Presenter: Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman, Indiana University 
Bloomington, IN. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
Technology: Really Affordable Digital Audio Recording. Using computer based 
and stand alone recording systems, Mr. Johnson will demonstrate live 
recording techniques that any teacher or ensemble director can understand 
and afford. Live performances recorded with Pro Tools will be played and 
options for editing, adding effects, and rendering to a CD will be explored. 
Micro-phone selection and placement, simple recording setups, and 
multi-track setups will be discussed. Clinician: Ken Johnson. Presiding: 
Rick Schmunk, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
 
2:00 p.m.
Visit the Exhibit Hall - Exclusive Hour. Hilton Hotel.
[fancy pants]
 
3:00 p.m.
Performance: Sisters in Jazz. Director: Ingrid Jensen. Saxophones: Sharel 
Cassity (The Juilliard School), Chelsea Baratz (The New School); Piano: Mika 
Nishimura (Berklee College of Music); Bass: Vanessa McGowan (University of 
Nevada Las Vegas); Drums: Kristina (Tina) Raymond (University of 
Cincinnati). Presiding: Katchie Cartwright, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Vocal Jazz I, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. 
Director: Vijay Singh. Presiding: Dave Barduhn, Oregon Unit Officer. 
Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra, Pacific Crest Community School, 
Portland, OR. Director: Thara Memory. Guest Artist: Terrel Stafford. 
Presiding: Ronald Carter, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Trianon Ballroom, 
Hilton 3rd Fl.
Clinic: Eric Marienthal: Tricks of the Trade for Saxophone. Eric Marienthal 
will discuss, demonstrate, and clarify the tricks of the trade for the 
saxophone. Topics will include how to lead a great sax section, how to 
approach each part in the section, the key elements of various jazz styles, 
good time, how to practice effectively and how to achieve a big sound. The 
clinic will feature live demonstrations. Clinician: Eric Marienthal. 
Presiding: Caleb Chapman, Utah Unit Officer. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 2nd 
Fl.
Performance: Sir Oswald. Students of the FNEIJMA  (National Federation of 
Influenced Jazz and Actual Music Schools): APEJS (Chambéry), JAV (Valence), 
IMFP (Salon de Provence) and National Conservatories in Chambéry, Valence, 
and Marseilles.) Presiding: ____. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Internet Resources for Jazz Educators. This session will explore 
various internet resources for jazz educators, including sites that teach 
jazz concepts, sites by jazz band directors who utilize the Internet to 
supplement their programs, and resources for finding jazz charts online. 
Clinician: James Frankel. Presiding: Roget Pontbriand. Location: Rendezvous 
Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Panel: Jazz Education At Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This 
AAJC session features a discussion of the past, present, and future of jazz 
education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Moderator: Dr. 
James Ammons (North Carolina Central University Chancellor). Panelists: Dr. 
Karen Chandler (College of Charleston, SC), Dr. Russell Thomas (Jackson 
State University, MS), Dr. Ira Wiggins (North Carolina Central University). 
Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Arranging for Big Band in Sibelius. This hands-on session will 
cover the techniques of using Sibelius' powerful and unique Arrange feature. 
Learn how to take a piano score and instantly arrange it for big band. 
Sibelius Basics is recommended as a pre-requisite for this session. 
Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce Munson. Location: Concourse A, 
Hilton.
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Interview: Live Blindfold Test Featuring Bassist/Composer Ron Carter and 
DownBeat. One of DownBeat's most popular columns, the "Blindfold Test" is a 
listening test that challenges a musician to identify and discuss the music 
and musicians who performed on selected recordings, and no information is 
given to the artist prior to the test. Interviewer: Dan Ouellette 
(DownBeat). Location: New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Workshop: Ask the Experts. 10 minutes on the clock is given by industry 
experts offering hands on one-on-one career strategies for aspiring and 
established musicians and executives. (3:00-5:00 p.m.) Location: Riverside 
Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Research Presentation: Mozart, Wagner, and Coltrane. Presenter: Donald 
Chittum, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Location: Concourse G, 
Hilton.
Reception: Manhattan School of Music. Location: Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton.
 
4:00 p.m.
Interview: Africa Cooks. NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston discusses his lifelong 
quest for African rhythms and the spiritual travels that have lifted him in 
his unparalleled career in jazz. A one-on-one conversation with Willard 
Jenkins, the author of Weston's forthcoming autobiography, Africa Remains. 
Interviewer: Willard Jenkins. Location: New York West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra. Composer/Conductor: Anita Brown; 
Saxophones: Todd Bashore, Peter Hess, Dave Pietro, Jason Rigby, Ed Xiques; 
Trumpet: Evan Barker, Greg Gisbert, Scott Harrell, Jon Owens; French Horn: 
Theresa MacDonnell; Trombone: Bruce Eidem, Pete McGuinness, Jeff Nelson, 
Mark Patterson; Piano: Mike Holober; Bass: Mary Ann McSweeney; Drums: Ray 
Marchica. Presiding: Orbert Davis, IAJE Resource Team. Location: 
Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Jeff Gardner Trio. Leader/Piano: Jeff Gardner; Bass: Drew 
Gress; Drums: Anthony Pinciotti. Presiding: Ndugu Chancler, IAJE Resource 
Team. Location: Bridges Lobby Stage, Hilton 1st Fl.
Clinic: The F Word: The Resurgence of Fusion. George Colligan and his group 
will talk about how fusion of the ¹70s has influenced their music and why 
many groups known for straight-ahead jazz are incorporating elements of 
fusion in to their music. Clinician: George Colligan. Presiding: Mary 
Haynes, IAJE United Kingdom Officer. Location: Murray Hill Suite, Hilton 2nd 
Fl.
Performance: Pierrick Pedron "Deep in a Dream." Saxophones: Pierrick Pedron, 
Jerome Sabbagh; Piano: Laurent Coq; Bass: Thomas Bramerie; Drums: Franck 
Agulhon. Presiding: Conrad Herwig, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Sutton 
South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Panel: Joe Williams: A Portrait in Song Film Screening. This 1996 concert 
documentary was produced at Hamilton College by film maker Burrill Crohn. It 
captures Joe Williams, the consummate jazz, blues and ballad singer in a 
reunion with the Count Basie Orchestra, a match made in jazz heaven. 
Moderator: Monk Rowe; Panelists: Burrill Crohn, Nicole Yarling; Presiding: 
Chuck Berg, IAJE Resource Team. Location: Central Park, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Technology: Sibelius Basics. Learn the basic techniques of using Sibelius 4 
notation software, including creating a chart, entering notes and basic 
editing. The new features of Sibelius 4 will also be outlined. This hands-on 
session is highly recommended as a pre-requisite for all of the other 
Sibelius hands-on sessions. Clinician: Bruce Munson. Presiding: Bruce 
Munson. Location: Concourse A, Hilton.
Research Presentation: Bobby Hackett, an Approach to Traditional Jazz 
Phrasing and Improvisation. Presenter: Steve Call, Brigham Young University, 
Provo, UT. Location: Concourse G, Hilton.
 
5:00 p.m.
Performance: Community College All-Stars. Director: Bruce Keeling. Guest 
Artist: Wycliff Gordon. Saxophones: Max Bryk (Mt. Hood Community College), 
Nick Rowland (Kansas City Community College), Vincent Limon (Temple 
Community College), Caleb Aldrich (Kansas City Community College), Jordan 
Goldblatt (Collin County Community College); Trumpets: Aaron Johnson (Temple 
Community College), Tom Young (Snow Community College), Brady Anderson (Snow 
Community College), Alex Ceibos (Snow Community College), Joseph Meadows 
(Seminole Community College); Trombones: Samual Schmidt (Iowa Western 
Community College), Jeremiah Garwick (Florida Community College @ 
Jacksonville), Spencer Clark (Snow Community College), Wes Anderson (Snow 
Community College), Taylor Louis Fox ­ (Brazosport Community College); 
Piano: Jamelle Houston (Temple Community College); Guitar: Robert Ellis 
(Brazosport Community College); Bass: Jonathan Peachy (Brazosport Community 
College); Drums/Aux: Andrew Wangermann (Snow Community College), Jeff 
Davidson (Kansas City Community College). Presiding: Sparky Koerner. 
Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Montreux Jazz Festival Competition Winners. Piano: Dan Tepfer 
(USA); Guitar: Jacob Hertzog (USA); Voice: Kristin Berardi (Australia); 
Guests: Bass: Geoff Newman; Drums: Richie Barshay. Presiding: 
Stephanie-Aloysia Moretti. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: Jazz in America­The National Jazz Curriculum. Panelists give an 
exciting overview of the latest free materials and resources provided by the 
Monk Institute for teaching Jazz History in elementary through high school. 
Herbie Hancock is your animated tour guide in this interactive futuristic 
jazz time machine! Clinician: Marcia Dunscomb, J.B. Dyas, Thelonious Monk, 
Jr., Bobby Watson. Presiding: Joyce DiCamillo, Connecticut Unit Officer. 
Location: Nassau Suite, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Clinic: New Trends in Latin Jazz. The exciting sounds of Latin Jazz can be 
greatly expanded by incorporating styles and rhythms from Argentina, 
Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Come learn about and hear some of 
the coolest new developments in Latin Jazz! Clinician: Oscar Stagnaro. 
Presiding: Mark Plummer, Wisconsin Unit Officer. Location: Gramercy, Hilton 
2nd Fl.
Research Presentation: Bernard Peiffer: History's Forgotten Giant. 
Presenter: Don Glanden, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA . Location: 
Concourse G, Hilton.
Performance: Genesis, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR. Director: 
Dave Barduhn. Guest Artist: Nancy King. Presiding: Connaitre Miller, IAJE 
Resource Team. Location: Mercury Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: The Music School's Crescent Super Band, The Music School, 
American Fork, UT. Director: Caleb Chapman. Guest Artist: Doc Severinsen 
(?). Presiding: Mary Jo Papich, IAJE Executive Board. Location: Trianon 
Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Interview: One on One: Eddie Palmieri & Ned Sublette. The multiple Grammy 
and Latin Grammy award-winning Latin jazz pianist and composer, Eddie 
Palmieri will be interviewed by noted author, musician, musicologist, and 
authority on Cuban music Ned Sublette. Interviewer: Ned Sublette. Location: 
New York East, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Technology: The ALIVE Project (Accessible Live Internet Video Education). 
Accessible Live Internet Video Education allows musicians and educators to 
perform and interact with students of all ages on four continents. Join 
ALIVE project cofounders Allan Molnar and Stewart Smith to discuss distance 
education and share video highlights of past sessions. Clinicians: Allan 
Molnar, Stewart Smith. Presiding: Stephen Saxon. Location: Rendezvous 
Trianon, Hilton 3rd Fl.
 
5:30 p.m.
Reception: IAJE Europe Section. Open to all IAJE Europe Section members. 
Location: Lenox Ballroom, Sheraton.
Reception: IAJE Latin America Section. Open to all IAJE Latin America 
Section members. Location: Riverside Suite, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Reception: IAJE Africa/Middle East Section. Open to all IAJE Africa/Middle 
East Section members. Location: Carnegie East, Sheraton.
 
6:00 p.m. 
Performance: Pekka Pylkkänen's Tube Factory. Leader/Saxophones: Pekka 
Pylkkänen; Piano/Keyboard: Mika Pohjola; Guitar: Pekka Luukka; Bass: Steve 
Doyle; Drums: Jaska Lukkarinen. Presiding: Darryl Pitt, Depth of Field 
Management. Location: Sutton South, Hilton 2nd Fl.
Performance: John Fedchock New York Big Band. Leader/Trombone: John 
Fedchock; Saxophones: Mark Vinci, Charles Pillow, Rich Perry, Rick Margitza, 
Scott Robinson; Trumpets: Tony Kadleck, Craig Johnson, Scott Wendholt, Barry 
Ries; Trombones: John Fedchock, Keith O'Quinn, Clark Gayton, George Flynn; 
Piano: Allen Farnham; Bass: Dick Sarpola; Drums: Dave Ratajczak; Percussion: 
Bobby Sanabria. Presiding: William Lee III, IAJE Past President. Location: 
Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Panel: Latin Jazz: the Perfect Combination, the Marketing Nightmare. The 
Smithsonian Institution called Latin jazz the "Perfect Combination" (La 
Combination Perfecta), but musicians and label execs will tell you that 
getting the music beyond hard core fans has challenges. A prestigious panel 
of industry vets discuss high-profile triumphs (Havana Jam) as well as 
disasters (TK) in promoting music that sometimes falls between the cracks in 
a business that thrives on labels. Is it Latin or is it jazz? Moderator: 
Felix Contreras (NPR). Panelists: Jochen Becker (Zoho Records), Nat Chedik 
(Calle 54), Rebecca Mauleon, Jesse "Chuy" Varela (KCSM). Location: New York 
West, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
Jam Session: Pro Jam Session. Saxophone: Don Braden; Organ: Kyle Koehler; 
Drums: Cecil Brooks III. Presiding: Don Braden. Location: Bridges Lobby 
Stage, Hilton,1st Fl.
Reception: IAJE Australasia Section. Open to all IAJE Australasia Section 
members. Location: Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton 3rd Fl.
 
7:00 p.m. 
Performance: AAJC/HBCU All Star Student Big Band. Director: Russell Thomas. 
Guest Artist: Curtis Fuller; Saxophones: Brent Nabors (Texas Southern 
University), Serena Wiley (North Carolina Central University), Marcus 
Anderson (North Carolina Central University), Benjamin Courtland Saxon 
(Jackson State University), Larry Sumpter (Claflin University); Trumpets: 
Leonard L. Maxey (Jackson State University), Steven Moore (North Carolina 
Central University), Tamahl Gorham (North Carolina Central University), 
Elliott Womack (University of Maryland Eastern Shore), Marion O. Ross (Texas 
Southern University), Jonah Vincent (North Carolina Central University); 
Trombones: Mercury Morris (University of Maryland Eastern Shore), Herman 
Louis Spearman, Jr. (Clark Atlanta University), Matthew Hartnett (Texas 
Southern University), Joshua Vincent (North Carolina Central University), 
Michael Peterson (North Carolina Central University); Piano: Christopher 
Moten (Clark Atlanta University); Guitar: Justin Martin (North Carolina 
Central University); Bass: Anthony Brown (North Carolina Central 
University); Drums: Clifton A. Wallace (North Carolina Central University). 
Presiding: Larry Ridley. Location: Empire Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Groove Society. Soprano: Bianca Herbert; Alto: Rachel Gavaletz; 
Tenor: LaDamion Massey; Baritone: Joe Herbert; Bass: Dave Sheehan; Vocal 
Percussion: Matt Murphy. Presiding: Don Lucoff, DL Media. Location: Mercury 
Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: George Robert Quartet Featuring Guest Star Phil Woods. 
Leader/Saxophone: George Robert; Guest Artist/Saxophone: Phil Woods; Piano: 
Jon Davis; Bass: Jay Anderson; Drums: Adam Nussbaum. Presiding: Herb Wong, 
IAJE Past President. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Ximo Tebar & Fourlights Featuring Dave Samuels, David Pastor, 
and Ester Andujar. Leader/Guitar: Ximo Tebar; Voice: Ester Andujar; Trumpet: 
David Pastor; Organ: Rob Bargad; Bass: Anthony Jackson; Drums: Donald 
Edwards; Vibes/Marimba: Dave Samuels. Presiding: Murray Horwitz, IAJE 
Advisory Council. Location: Sutton North, Hilton 2nd Fl.
 
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Evening Concerts € 8:00 p.m. € Hilton Grand Ballroom
 
³French Quarter² 
Jean-David Levitte, United States Ambassador of France, host.
 
Heritage for Tomorrow, National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance of 
Paris, France. Director: Riccardo Del Fra
Richard Galliano Trio. Leader/Accordion: Richard Galliano; Bass: George 
Maraz; Drums: Clarence Penn.
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra - Not In Our Name. Leader/Bass: 
Charlie Haden; Saxophones: Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Miguel Zenon; Trumpets: 
Seneca Black, Michael Rodriguez; Trombones: Curtis Fowlkes; French Horn: 
Vincent Chancey; Tuba: Joe Daley; Piano: Gil Goldstein; Guitar: Steve 
Cardenas; Drums: Matt Wilson.
French Elite All Stars. Violin: Didier Lockwood; Harmonica: Oliver Ker 
Ourio; Guitar: Sylvain Luc; Bass: Remi Vignolo; Drums: Andre Cecarelli.
 
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11:00 p.m.
Special Performance: AAJC Presents Free as a Bird: A Sacred Cantata. 
Composer: Howard C. Harris, Jr., Texas Southern University. A program 
reflecting man¹s spiritual communion with God, as expressed in music over 
the ages ­ sacred songs, Negro spirituals, and contemporary gospel 
compositions ­ woven into a poetic and jazz musical whole. Location: Empire 
Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
Performance: Bruce Gertz Quintet with Jerry Bergonzi, Gabriel Guerrero, Ken 
Cervenka, and Tim Horner. Leader/Bass: Bruce Gertz; Saxophone: Jerry 
Bergonzi; Trumpet/Fluglehorn: Ken Cervenka; Piano: Gabriel Guerrero; Drums: 
Tim Horner. Location: Trianon Ballroom, Hilton 3rd Fl.
Performance: Charles Tolliver Big Band. Leader/Trumpet: Charles Tolliver; 
Saxophones: Todd Bashore, Craig Handy, Billy Harper, Howard Johnson, Bill 
Saxton; Trumpets: Chris Albert, David Guy, Keyon Harrold, David Weiss; 
Trombones: Clark Gayton, Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson, Aaron Johnson; 
Piano: Robert Glasper; Bass: Cecil McBee; Drums: Victor Lewis. Location: 
Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton 2nd Fl.
 
12:30 p.m.
Performance: Avishai Cohen "Continuo." Leader/Bass: Avishai Cohen; Piano: 
Shai Maestro; Drums: Mark Guiliana.. Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, 
Sheraton 2nd Fl.