Bill will be featured arranger and piano soloist with the Mina Choi Orchestra at Campus JAX in Newport Beach. Show is 7 to 8:30.
Bill joins up-and-coming Korean pianist/composer Mina Choi in a fascinating blend of East and West big band sounds. Featuring songs from Mina’s new CD, Stories
Vibrato Grill and Jazz is one of LA’s best places to hear music, with great food and gorgeous artwork throughout.
Bill and the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra celebrate the music of Dizzy Gillespie with trumpeter Terell Stafford. Stafford Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.
He has played with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Steve Turre, Dave Valentin, and Russell Malone and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He recently released a CD entitled New Beginnings featuring a number of other new up-and-coming musicians such as bassist Derrick Hodge.
In addition to his position at Temple, Stafford has also worked with the Juilliard School's jazz program, at the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program, and with the 2006 All-Alaska Jazz Band.
Mina Choi, who was born in South Korea and has long been based in Southern California, is a talented pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. While she has been quite active during the past decade including performing at top clubs and a few jazz festivals, and working as an educator, Stories is her recording debut.
https://www.campusjax.com/entertainment/
Scott Robinson (born April 27, 1959) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Robinson is best known for his work on multiple saxophones, but he has also performed on clarinet, alto clarinet, flute, trumpet, sarrusophone, and other, more obscure instruments.
The son of a piano teacher and National Geographic book editor,[1] Robinson graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1981. The next year, he joined the college's staff, becoming its youngest faculty member.[2]
Robinson has appeared on more than 275 LP and CD releases, including 20 under his leadership,[3] with musicians Frank Wess,[2] Roscoe Mitchell, Ruby Braff, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Paquito D'Rivera, David Bowie, Maria Schneider, Rufus Reid,[3] Buck Clayton, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's.[1] Four of these recordings won a Grammy Award.[3] He has received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.[1]
Throughout his career, Robinson has worked to keep unusual and obscure instruments in the public view. For example, he has recorded an album featuring the C-melody saxophone and performs with the ophicleide. He also owns and records with a vintage contrabass saxophone so rare that fewer than twenty in playable condition are known to exist.[3]
Scott will be accompanied by the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, a big band led by Bill Cunliffe. The Cal State Jazz Singers, conducted by Teryn Re will also perform. Concert is at 8pm on Friday Dec 6 at CSUF’s Meng Concert Hall.
The Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, re-imagined for two pianos and big band, and a new piece, Amazonia, performed by Bill, with Michael Houstoun, New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist with the Rodger Fox Big Band
8-10 PM, The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North, New Zealand
The Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, re-imagined for two pianos and big band, and a new piece, Amazonia, performed by Bill, with Michael Houstoun, New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist with the Rodger Fox Big Band
The Piano Arts Centre, 156 Armagh St. Box 40019. Christchurch 8011, NZ
The Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, re-imagined for two pianos and big band, and a new piece, Amazonia, performed by Bill, with Michael Houstoun, New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist with the Rodger Fox Big Band
Expressions Arts Centre, 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt 5018 (Wellington)
The Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, re-imagined for two pianos and big band, and a new piece, Amazonia, performed by Bill, with Michael Houstoun, New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist with the Rodger Fox Big Band
The Bruce Mason Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, 2:30 to 4 PM
The Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, re-imagined for two pianos and big band, and a new piece, Amazonia, performed by Bill, with Michael Houstoun, New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist with the Rodger Fox Big Band
Concert at the University of Waikato, Gallagher Academy for the Performing Arts. Knighton Road, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216
Bill conducts the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra performing a brand new arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue featuring the classical pianist Alison Edwards. Also featuring music by Oliver Nelson, Pat Metheny, Count Basie, Benny Carter, John Clayton, and William Russo. Cal State Fullerton, Meng Concert Hall.
Tickets available here, and at the door. https://calendar.fullerton.edu/?group=music
Bill directs the flagship Fullerton Jazz Orchestra in a program of big band music featuring works by Bob Mintzer, Christine Jensen, Thad Jones, Billy Strayhorn, and Bill Holman
Bill leads Fullerton Jazz Orchestra with special guests trombonist Bob McChesney, and vocalist/violinist Calabria Foti in a concert of jazz standards and originals. “Bob McChesney is a virtuoso and has the gift to bring us the joy of music at the highest level." Lalo Schifrin
Performance will be in our Meng Concert Hall on campus. for tickets, http://calendar.fullerton.edu/colleges/college-of-the-arts-music.php
Bill conducts the flagship Fullerton Jazz Orchestra from Cal State Fullerton in music by Sammy Nestico, Duke Ellington, Bob Mintzer, and Thad Jones. The Westin Los Angeles Airport 5400 West Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045. Tickets 1-909-939-0777 www. lajazzinstitute.org
Screening of "Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story"
August 12th, 6-9:30pm
$50/person (no member discounts)
Free for Golden Ticket Holders
The Doc Severinsen documentary that was partially filmed here at the Muck will have an EXCLUSIVE screening in our amphitheater.
After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching. Trace the life and groundbreaking career of the unstoppable musical icon, revealing his personal trials and underscoring a remarkable journey of inspiration.
6pm: Grammy-award winning Jazz Pianist Bill Cunliffe leads an All Star band through Doc's Tonight Show arrangements with Vocalist Barbara Morrison
7:15pm: Comedian Dick Hardwick welcomes the audience to The Muck and to this Special Event
7:30pm: Dick Hardwick hosts Q&A with Nancy Severinsen, Doc’s daughter and film producer, and Jeff Consiglio, co-director and producer.
8pm: Screening of “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story”
