Sheraton Gateway Hotel

Los Angeles Jazz Institute
Presents
Music For
Lighthousekeeping
Cover photo courtesy: LAJI/Howard Rumsey Collection
An All Star Tribute to Howard Rumsey
Celebrating Howard Rumsey’s
Legacy and the music and musicians
that created West Coast Jazz
Guest of Honor: Howard Rumsey
27 Concerts, rare films, &
special presentations
May 21-24, 2015
Tickets 562-200-5477
www.lajazzinstitute.org
Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles
6101 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045
Festival Details
Dates:
May 21-24, 2015
Pre Festival Event
May 20 at
Balboa Pavilion, Balboa, CA
Place:
The Sheraton Gateway Hotel
6101 West Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
The special rate for festival
attendees is $108 per night.
There is also a 10%
discount on food purchased
in the hotel restaurants
during the event.
You can reserve your
rooms by calling:
1-800-325-3535 or
to register online
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The cutoff to make
reservations at this special
rate is April 26, 2015.
The Sheraton has a free
shuttle to and from LAX.
Hotel stay not included in
registration fee.
How to purchase tickets:
There are three ticket choices to attend the festival
$450 VIP Registration ($425 for members) includes priority reserved seating
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$425 ($400 for members) includes reserved seating.
INDIVIDUAL EVENT TICKETS
Individual tickets range from $10-$25.
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PLATINUM
Music for Lighthousekeeping
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usic for
Lighthousekeeping is a
long-overdue tribute to
Howard Rumsey and his
incredible legacy. No one has
done more for the west coast
jazz scene and this event is
designed to showcase the
music and the musicians that
Howard was responsible for
bringing to the forefront.
or four full days and nights
the sounds of West Coast
Jazz past and present will echo
through the halls of the
Sheraton Gateway in an
unprecedented schedule of
concerts and events. There will
be many concerts featuring
original Lighthouse All-Stars
music as well as concerts
presenting music of famous
Lighthouse Alumni. There will
also be concerts and events
celebrating the original Stan
Kenton Orchestra and Howard
Rumsey’s Concerts By the Sea.
oward will be in attendance
as our very special Guest of
Honor and I hope you will plan to
join us to help give Howard the
tribute he deserves.
Sincerely,
Ken Poston, Festival Director
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Inter-collegiate Jazz Festival
ong before jazz was included in University
music curriculums, Howard was championing
and encouraging young jazz musicians by giving
them a spotlight every Easter week at The
Lighthouse. The list of musicians that took part in
the Easter Week festivities include such
luminaries as Les McCann, Mike Wofford, Charlie
Shoemake, Charlie Haden, Pete Christlieb, Ray
Manzarek, Daryl Dragon, Lanny Morgan, Steve
Huffsteter, Pinky Winters, Barry Zweig, Jim
Keltner and many more.
M
any alumni of the Easter Week festivals will
be on hand to participate in the various
concerts as well as specific concerts honoring
Howard’s role as a pioneer of Jazz Education.
n celebration of the Easter Week Collegiate
festivals we’re having a mini Inter-Collegiate
Festival of our own. Thursday-Saturday we will
feature two University groups each day at the
pool who will be critiqued by a panel of judges.
The winning band will be invited back to perform
on a Sunday Night Showcase.
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Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, Summer 1941
Pre-Festival Party
(extra event not included with registration)
Wednesday, May 20 • 12 noon • $75
Balboa Pavilion, Balboa Beach
400 Main Street, Newport Beach, CA
Balboa Bandwagon
Lunch and Concert
All Star Big Band
Music from Stan Kenton’s first Summer at Balboa Beach
After stints with Vido Musso and Johnny Scat Davis, Howard Rumsey came to prominence as one of the
original members of Stan Kenton’s Orchestra that premiered at Balboa Beach in the summer of 1941.
This concert features an all star big band playing music from the original Kenton book.
We kick off the festival by taking Howard back to the place it all began. The event includes lunch at the
Pavilion and the special concert.
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Thursday, May 21 • 9:30-10:30am • $10
FILM Gateway Ballroom
Sunset Eyes
Rare films from the L.A. Jazz Institute Archive featuring Howard Rumsey, Stan Kenton, Teddy
Edwards, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Milt Bernhart, Art Pepper,
Frank Patchen, Shelly Manne, Maynard Ferguson and more.
“Follow the Boys”
Universal Pictures, 1944
1
Thursday, May 21
11am-12:45pm • FREE
CONCERT Pool
Inter-Collegiate
Jazz Festival
Day 1
2
CONCERT
Thursday, May 21
1-2pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
Martians
Come Back!
Music of Shorty Rogers Giants
featuring Ron Stout
Shorty Rogers joined the Lighthouse All-Stars in 1951
and was a key figure in the early success of group. In
1953 he left the Lighthouse and took Jimmy Giuffre
and Shelly Manne with him to establish Shorty Rogers
and his Giants as a working Quintet. They debuted at
The Haig followed by a long engagement at Zardi’s
Jazzland.
LAJI/Shorty Rogers Collection
This concert features the music of Shorty’s Giants
including Martians Go Home, Trickleydidlier, My Heart
Stood Still and other west coast classics.
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PRESENTATION
Thursday, May 21
2:15-3pm • $10
Gateway Ballroom
Rodney Evans Bacon and the
Art of the Lighthouse
Presented by Ken Poston
LAJI/Howard Rumsey Collection
In the early 1950s, Howard Rumsey started
displaying modern art in the Lighthouse, and for
several years the paintings of contemporary
artists including Rodney Evans Bacon were a
regular part of the club’s decor.
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Thursday, May 21 • 3:15-4:15pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Tangents in Jazz
Music of Jimmy Giuffre featuring Ken Peplowski
Jimmy Giuffre left the All-Stars in
1953 and became a member of
Shorty Rogers and His Giants. In
1954 he began recording under his
own name eventually forming the
important Jimmy Giuffre 3.
Photo: ©Ray Avery/CTSIMAGES
Tangents in Jazz features Ken
Peplowski in a program of rarely
heard Giuffre compositions and
arrangements.
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CONCERT
Thursday, May 21 • 5:15-6:30pm
Lighthouse Cafe
30 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, CA
Dinner and Concert $50
Extra Event not included in Registration. Seating is very limited.
Big Boy
The Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 1
The Shorty Rogers-Jimmy Giuffre-Shelly Manne era
featuring Ron Stout, Ken Peplowski, Mike Fahn,
Jeff Hamilton and more.
Concert takes place at the legendary Lighthouse Cafe in
Hermosa Beach. Featuring classics from the first
Lighthouse All-Stars group performed on the same stage
where it all began. Includes such classics as Out of
Somewhere, Swing Shift, Viva Zapata, Morgan Davis,
Luau, Sunset Eyes, Big Boy and more.
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CONCERT
Thursday, May 21
8-9pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
Hawes Claws
The Music of
Hampton Hawes
featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi
Photo: ©Cecil Charles/CTSIMAGES
Hampton Hawes was a Lighthouse regular prior
to the official formation of The All-Stars. He
continued to perform at the Lighthouse in the
early 1950s and was a welcome guest at many
Sunday sessions.
Jazz legend Toshiko Akiyoshi presents a special
concert of the Music of Hampton Hawes.
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Thursday, May 21
9:30-10:30pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Shelly
Manne’s
West Coast
Sound
featuring Peter Erskine
Shelly Manne was another one of the key
contributors to the original Lighthouse All-Stars.
While still with the All-Stars he recorded an
important album as a leader titled The West
Coast Sound. Not long after leaving the
Lighthouse with Shorty he recorded The West
Coast Sound Volume 2. Both albums were
landmarks of west coast jazz featuring
arrangements by Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre,
Bill Russo, Marty Paich and Bob Cooper.
Peter Erskine leads an all star ensemble
playing music from each of the West Coast
Sound sessions.
2
Friday, May 22 • 9-10am • $10
FILM Gateway Ballroom
Jazz Invention
Rare films from the L.A. Jazz
Institute Archive
featuring Howard Rumsey, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Max Roach,
Conte Candoli, Rolf Ericson, Claude Williamson, Stu Williamson
and more.
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Friday, May 22 • 10:30-11:30am • $25
Photo: Stan Levey/Howard Rumsey Collection
Coop!
The Music of Bob Cooper
featuring Ken Peplowski
Bob Cooper was the longest tenured
Lighthouse All Star (except for Howard
Rumsey) and the most prolific
contributor to the All-Stars library. Bob Cooper’s original
Lighthouse music will be heard throughout the festival but this
concert features Ken Peplowski exploring Coop’s non-Lighthouse
Compositions and Arrangements.
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CONCERT
Friday, May 22
11:45am-1:30pm • FREE
Pool
Inter-Collegiate
Jazz Festival
Day 2
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PRESENTATION
Friday, May 22
1:45-2:45pm • $10
Gateway Ballroom
Live at the Lighthouse
Presented by Ken Poston
Unissued recordings from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive
Photo: © Ray Avery/CTSIMAGES
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
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Friday, May 22 • 3-4pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
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The Bud ShankBob CooperClaude WilliamsonMax Roach era
featuring
Bobby Shew
Pete Christlieb
Scott Whitfield
Lanny Morgan
and more
When Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre
and Shelly Manne all left the AllStars in 1953 a new group debuted
in September of 1953. Bob Cooper
replaced Giuffre, Claude Williamson
became the permanent pianist,
Max Roach replaced Shelly Manne
and Rolf Ericson replaced Shorty
Rogers. Bud Shank was added as
well. Bob Cooper wrote much of the
new music for this era of the band
including such Lighthouse classics
as Witch Doctor, Who’s Sleepy, Jazz
Invention, and Mad at the World.
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Friday, May 22
4:30-5:30pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Bud Shank
&
the Sax Section
featuring
Don Shelton
Roger Neumann
Doug Webb
Bob Efford
Adam Schroeder
arrangements
by Bob Florence
Bud Shank became a
legitimate jazz star during
his tenure with the
Lighthouse All-Stars which
enabled him to launch a
solo career that elevated
him to the top of the music
world for over 50 years.
Photo: LAJI Collection
This concert celebrating Bud Shank features Don
Shelton and an all star saxophone section performing
the Bob Florence arrangements from Bud Shank and
the Sax Section
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CONCERT
Friday, May 22
7-8pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
Hermosa Summer The Flute-Oboe Music
featuring Holly Hoffman and
Gene Cipriano with the
Mike Wofford Trio
A popular feature during the Bud Shank-Bob Cooper years at the Lighthouse were the flute-oboe duets
that the two performed regularly.
Hermosa Summer features Holly Hoffman and Gene Cipriano in a concert of the original flute-oboe
arrangements.
12
Friday, May 22 • 8:15-9:15pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
brown and roach
Incorporated
Music of the
Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet
featuring Bobby Shew
When Shelly Manne left the Lighthouse All-Stars he was
replaced by Max Roach who debuted in September of 1953.
Max worked for six months at the Lighthouse and left in 1954
to form his own group which included young trumpet
sensation Clifford Brown. The Clifford Brown-Max Roach
Quintet started at The California Club in the spring of 1954
and quickly became the talk of the jazz world.
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In the Solo Spotlight
CONCERT
Friday, May 22
9:30-10:30pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
The Octet
Arrangements by Bill Holman,
Marty Paich, and Bob Cooper
spotlighting Bob Efford, Mike Fahn,
Carl Saunders, Kim Richmond,
Doug Webb, Christian Jacob and more
For the fifth Lighthouse All-Stars album for Contemporary Records, Howard decided to augment
the regular group with two extra horns and commission new compositions and arrangements to
showcase the various members of the group.
3
Saturday, May 23 • 9-10am • $10
FILM Gateway Ballroom
Mambo Las Vegas
Rare Films from the L.A. Jazz
Institute Archive featuring
Howard Rumsey, Sonny Clark,
Frank Rosolino, Bob Cooper,
Stan Levey, Richie Kamuca,
Vic Feldman, Buddy Collette, and
Vince Guaraldi.
1
Saturday, May 23 • 10:30-11:30am • $10
PANEL Gateway Ballroom
Inter-Collegiate Festival Alumni
Moderator: Kirk Silsbee
Panelists:
Pete Christlieb, Mike Wofford, Charlie Shoemake, Steve Huffsteter, Lanny Morgan, Don Rader
USC Combo 1957 including Charles Lloyd & Charlie Shoemake
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4
Inter-Collegiate Jazz
Saturday, May 23
11:45am-1:30pm • FREE
CONCERT Pool
Festival
Day 3
15
Saturday, May 23 • 1:45-2:45pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
CONCERT
Howard Rumsey &
Pete Christlieb
UCLA Trio 1961
featured Ray Manzarek
LA State College 1958
Marvin Jenkins and Gabe Baltazar
Howard Rumsey’s Class Reunion
Inter-Collegiate Festival Alumni
Lanny Morgan, Pete Christlieb, Don Rader, Steve Huffsteter,
Mike Wofford, Charlie Shoemake, Barry Zweig and more
An All Star gathering of musicians who were student participants in the Easter Week Intercollegiate Jazz
Festival.
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Saturday, May 23
3-4pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Les McCann &
Lee Hartley’s
All-Star Band
Les McCann was a member of the Los Angeles
City College group at the 1958 Inter Collegiate
Festival. Before long Les McCann Ltd. was a
major force on the Los Angeles jazz scene.
17
CONCERT
Saturday, May 23 • 4:30-5:30pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
portrait of a
count
Celebrating Conte Candoli
featuring Chuck Findley
and Bobby Shew
18
CONCERT
Saturday, May 23
7-8pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
Evening in Paris
The Lighthouse All-Stars
Volume 3
The Vic Feldman-Bob CooperFrank Rosolino-Stan Levey era
featuring Charlie Shoemake and Andy Martin
In 1957 Howard settled on a two horn front line of tenor and trombone for the All-Stars and added the new
arrival from Great Britain, Victor Feldman. New charts were written by Bob Cooper, Victor Feldman and
Dick Shreve to showcase the new sound of the Lighthouse All-Stars.
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CONCERT
Saturday, May 23
8:15-9:15pm • $25
Grand Ballroom
Love Me or Levey
Stan Levey’s Drummin’ the Blues
& Stan Levey Plays the Compositions
of Holman, Cooper and Giuffre
Stan Levey was the Lighthouse All-Stars drummer from 1954
through the end of the decade. Besides his work with the
All-Stars, he was in demand for many west coast sessions and
made several recordings as a leader. This concert features music
from two different Stan Levey sessions. Stan Levey Plays from
1954 and Drummin the Blues from 1957.
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Saturday, May 23
9:30-10:30pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Frank Speaking
All Star Tribute to Frank Rosolino
featuring Andy Martin, Scott
Whitfield, and Bob McChesney
Frank Rosolino was the featured trombone player in the
Lighthouse All-Stars beginning in 1954 and continuing to the
end of the decade.
This concert features three of the greatest trombone players
in the world playing music associated with Frank Rosolino.
4
Sunday, May 24
8:30-9:30am • $10
FILM
Gateway Ballroom
Sunday Mood
Rare Films from the L.A. Jazz
Institute Archive featuring
Howard Rumsey, Art Pepper,
Conte Candoli, Bobby Bryant,
Forest Westbrook, Gabe
Baltazar, Dizzy Gillespie and
more.
Photo: ©Ray Avery/
CTSIMAGES
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Sunday, May 24 • 10am-1:30pm • $100
Grand Ballroom
CONCERT
Optional Sunday Brunch (not included in full registration)
$100 concerts with Brunch • $75 concerts only
NOTE: Brunch requires advance reservation
Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse
Celebrating the Sunday Marathon Concerts
Don Menza, Pete Christlieb,
Doug Webb, Bruce Babad,
Roger Neumann, Bobby Shew,
Kim Richmond, Bill Cunliffe,
Chuck Findley, Carl Saunders,
Bob Summers, Andy Martin,
Bill Watrous, Scott Whitfield,
Tom Ranier, Peter Erskine,
Matt Witek, Danny Janklow,
Paul Kreibich, Luther Hughes,
Erik Hughes, Katie Thiroux,
Edwin Livingston, Charlie
Ferguson, and more.
In the early
1950s Howard
Rumsey
instituted the
legendary
Sunday Concerts that started at 2 in
the afternoon and ran until 2 in the
morning. Local and National jazz
luminaries showed up each week to jam
with the All-Stars. To celebrate the
Sunday concerts we’re featuring a who’s
who of the current west coast jazz scene.
Gerry Mulligan (far left) sitting in (1952)
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PRESENTATION
Sunday, May 24 • 1:45-2:45pm • $10
Gateway Ballroom
Jazz Images from The Lighthouse
Rare photos from the lens of Ray Avery, William Claxton, Cecil Charles, Howard Lucraft, Stan Levey, Dave
Pell and more. PLUS
Memorablia from the Howard Rumsey Archives
Presented by Ken Poston & Cynthia Sesso
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Sunday, May 24 • 3-4pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Jazz Rolls Royce
The Lighthouse All-Stars Big Band
In 1957 the Lighthouse All-Stars were hired to perform as part of UCLA’s Homecoming festivities. For
the special occasion, Howard decided to have Bob Cooper write a program of original music for an
augmented Lighthouse All-Stars Big Band. This concert features an all star big band performing the
rarely heard Jazz Rolls Royce.
Photo: Stan Levey/Howard Rumsey Collection
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Sunday, May 24 • 4:30-5:30pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Jazz
Impressions
Celebrating Vince Guaraldi
featuring Larry Vuckovich
The Lighthouse All-Stars working group recorded for the final time in 1956.
Although the group continued on into the 1960s there were several
outstanding editions of the All-Stars that were not documented on record.
Vince Guaraldi came into the group after Victor Feldman and stayed for
several months. Even though he was only in Southern California for a short
time his presence had a major impact on the scene.
Pianist Larry Vuckovich was Vince Guaraldi’s only student and played in
Vince’s two-piano quintet, Powder Keg. This program will include many
Vince Guaraldi classics performed by a stellar group of musicians that
includes guitarist Josh Workman, who captures the excitement of Vince’s
collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete.
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CONCERT
Sunday, May 24
7-7:45pm • $10
Grand Ballroom
Inter-Collegiate Winner!
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Sunday, May 24
8-9pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Bijou the Poodle
The Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 4
The Art Pepper-Conte CandoliTerry Trotter era
featuring Don Shelton,
Bobby Shew, and Terry Trotter
Another of the undocumented Lighthouse All-Stars groups
was the short lived line up that featured Art Pepper and Conte
Candoli on the front line. This concert features several pieces
written for the group by Art Pepper and includes original
member Terry Trotter.
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Sunday, May 24
9:30-10:30pm • $25
CONCERT Grand Ballroom
Remembering
Concerts by the Sea
All Star Big Band featuring
Bob Florence Alumni playing
music from Bob Florence at
Concerts by the Sea
Directed by Kim Richmond
Howard left the Lighthouse in the early 1970s and
opened Concerts by the Sea. It immediately became one
of the important venues for jazz in southern california
and featured the best from around the world on a nightly
basis. Many albums were recorded live at Concerts by
the Sea. One of the most heralded introduced The Bob
Florence Limited Edition. Kim Richmond and an all star
band of Bob Florence Alumni close out the festival with
music from Bob Florence at Concerts by the Sea.
Order Form
Individual Tickets
If you are not attending all four days, you may purchase tickets for individual events below.
Wednesday • May 20
Pre-Festival Party-Balboa Bandwagon
$75.00_____
Thursday • May 21
Film 1 Sunset Eyes $10.00_____
Concert 1 Inter-Collegiate 1 Concert 2
Martians Go Home Presentation 1 Art of the Lighthouse Concert 3 Tangents in Jazz Mambo Las Vegas
$10.00_____
Panel 1 Easter Week Alumni $10.00_____
Concert 14
Inter-Collegiate 3 Concert 15 Class Reunion $25.00_____
FREE_____
FREE_____
Concert 16 Les McCann $25.00_____
$25.00_____
Concert 17
Portrait of a Count
$25.00_____
$10.00_____
Concert 18 Evening in Paris $25.00_____
$25.00_____
Concert 19 Love Me or Levey
$25.00_____
Concert 20 Frank Speaking $25.00_____
Concert 4 Lighthouse Party /Big Boy
$50.00_____
Concert 5 Hawes Claws $25.00_____
Concert 6
Saturday • May 23
Film 3
Shelly Manne West Coast Sound $25.00_____
Friday • May 22
Sunday • May 24
Film 4
Sunday Mood
$10.00_____
Concerts 21 with Sunday Brunch$100.00____
Concerts 21
Concert only$75.00_____
Film 2 Jazz Invention
$10.00_____
Presentation 3 Images from the Lighthouse
$10.00_____
Concert 7 Coop $25.00_____
Concert 22 Jazz Rolls Royce
$25.00_____
FREE_____
Concert 23 Jazz Impressions $25.00_____
Concert 24 Inter-Collegiate Winner
$10.00_____
Concert 25 Bijou the Poodle
$25.00_____
Concert 26 Concerts by the Sea $25.00_____
Concert 8 Inter-Collegiate 2 Presentation 2 Live at the Lighthouse
$10.00_____
Concert 9 Witch Doctor $25.00_____
Concert 10
Shank/Sax Section
$25.00_____
Concert 11
Flute/Oboe $25.00_____
Concert 12
Brown-Roach
$25.00_____
Platinum Registration$450.00_____
Gold Registration$425.00_____
Service Fee$3.00_____
Concert 13 In the Solo Spotlight $25.00_____
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