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Producer’s Notes by Art Good
overnight hotel rooms, let alone 3 nights
of hotel rooms cause you got it. The
biggest name of the weekend always performs last. And if I thought I had it figured
out after 20 years which is the exact same
as 2 decades which when you’re young
you think is forever but when you get
old “er” it’s almost a flash. Then along
comes a worst recession of our lifetime
and still you keep coming to this
destination festival and then this year you
voted the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
The Best Jazz Festival in America. Guess
there was water underneath the high dive.
Welcome to an Island in the Middle of the
Pacific Ocean where for a Quarter
Century each October, the Center of the
Smooth Jazz Universe has been this historic old Ballroom built 82 years ago by
chewing gum magnate William Wrigley
(to impress his new Hollywood cronies on
an Island he’d purchased sight unseen 10
years earlier from his office in
Chicago…later bringing his Chicago
Cubs for Spring Training here for 25 years
playing on the soccer field of dreams by
the first hole of the golf course, thus the
Country Club bar and actual Cubs locker
room). In a French Riviera style tiny seaport village, called Avalon, because of the
Magic he felt here, 26 miles off the
Southern California coastline. Now a
25th Year Celebration of the JazzTrax
Magic of October with yet another 30
Stars of Smooth Jazz stepping off boats
and onto the JazzTrax Live Performance
Stage…..looking out to Sea.
This is the Oldest Smooth Jazz Festival in
the World. Since October 1987 when I
hadn’t a clue what I was doing. But that’s
how great things start. With someone
jumping off a high dive not bothering to
check to see if there is…..water underneath. There were moments that first summer I looked for a bridge to jump off. To
this day dealing with booking agents and
artist managers not my favorite way to
spend a day, with a few exceptions. I
wouldn’t recommend to anyone attempting what I attempted and somehow pulled
off back then…and since. A festival. On
an Island. Asking festival goer’s to not
only buy a ticket, but shell out for the 1
hour boat ride as well. Where except for
day trippers it was more mullah for
There are a lot of great jazz festivals
across this great country of ours and my
hat’s off to each and every one. We all
want each other to be successful and this
genre to stay healthy. Sometimes they are
festivals held on hillsides inside big hotel
resorts. Sometimes held in hillside shaped
amphitheatres in big parks in the middle
of big metropolitan areas just off bumper
to bumper freeways. Sometimes they’re a
holiday weekend scene in downtown
bustling restaurant and nightlife areas.
All fabulous festivals that draw thousands
of people and jazz festivals despite the
sad depletion of smooth jazz radio stations. All doing exceptionally well as we
crawl out of this re c e s s i o n a ry hole.
But….. in ALL the world there is NO place
like …..THIS Island…..THIS ballroom…..
THIS village….. THIS beach, surrounded
by this OCEAN…..for Jazz.
Instead of a bustling downtown it’s a tiny
seaport village. You can walk to everything. Major mode of transportation is
golf carts. Where a boardwalk takes you
along a harbor filled with floating hotel
rooms, otherwise known as boats. That
festival goer’s have sailed across from
L.A., Orange County, Santa Barbara/
Ventura and up from San Diego. A boardwalk down to Wrigley’s Casino where the
Avalon Ballroom sits up inside. 6 stories
high. A boardwalk that continues right
alongside the ocean to Descanso Beach
where sits a beach bar open all day, with
kayaks and cabana’s and chaise lounges
to rent. Even a Massage Tent. Where our
S a t u rday Night JazzTrax After Parties
have you dancing on the beach until 2
a.m. with food and drink. Where our
Thursday Night Unplugged Concerts
25th Annual The Grand Daddy of ‘em All
JazzTrax.com
Under the Stars now for the first time begin
each festival weekend a night early and
when you wake up on Friday, you’re
already here.
Instead of a hillside grassy amphitheatre
at a resort or park, the JazzTrax venue is
right at ocean’s edge, looking out to sea.
For 25 years you’ve arrived to a venue
that takes you ‘Back in Time.’ You’re the
smooth jazz Great Gatsby. To 1929 and
into a room where the Big Bands once
ruled and CBS radio broadcast it all
across America ‘Live from the Avalon
Ballroom.’ Still SummerTime Warm in
October off the Southern California
Coastline so as during performance,
French doors that circle the ballroom open
onto a sweeping verandah looking out
over Avalon Harbor, Descanso Beach and
the entire Pacific Ocean. Where twice
Saxophonist Richard Elliot has parasailed
past playing his saxophone high in the air.
This festival is pure smooth jazz October
Delight and in 2012 we enter our next
Quarter Century of magical Octobers
and JazzTrax on an Island in a historic
old ballroom. However we recently had
a most notable person in the Smooth Jazz
World lower the rating on our Island
Experience to “only the 2nd best smooth
jazz festival in the world.” Because of our
other ‘In All the World No Place Like This
for Jazz.’ Way up in the Summertime
Southern California Mountains where Last
Weekend in June our JazzTrax Summer
Music Festival happens Right ON Big
Bear Lake. The Lake where Elvis Presley
once filmed movies.
Where Bonanza
once filmed their television episodes.
Where Roy Rogers kept his boat. Where
Mel Blanc, the voice of all the Warner
Bros. cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny,
Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Woody
Woodpecker, first bought a cabin in
1945 where his son Noel still spends his
complete Summers.
June 20, 21, 22, 2012 will be our 7th
annual. As you sit on a lakeside lawn in
the Mountain Village of Big Bear Lake, the
Stars of Smooth Jazz performing from a
FLOATING STAGE. A Mountain Lake In
Your Face. Perfect summer temperatures.
Kayaks and pontoons and fishing and
power boats all getting drawn by the
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sound from around what was the largest
manmade lake in the world when
dammed up in the late 1800’s, over to
the JazzTrax Floating Stage to see what
this pure summertime delight is all
about….. even a Pirate Ship!
It took us a few tries to figure out Big Bear
even as I’ve kept a cabin there since my
son was born 12 years ago. First taking
the Snow Summit Sky Chair to the very top
of the mountain, the entire lake back
dropped down below before I realized it
was too high an altitude. Then to a Forest
Service Discovery Stage in the woods.
Cancelled one year by the combination of
a nasty divorce on top a nasty recession.
Then the most magical location for a
mountain festival imaginable simply
appeared when my friend Charlie
Brewster of the Robin Hood Resort asked
me to join him there at a fundraiser for the
local “Trash Dump company!” Ask the
growing crowd, now coming and raving
and glowing about this newest festival
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location on a mountain lake up above the
clouds.
One prominent smooth jazz
industry publisher stating after seeing our
Big Bear Lake venue for the first time this
summer that the Lakeside Lawn, the
Floating Stage, the JazzTrax Summer
Music Festival were now her favorite
smooth jazz venue in the entire
Continental United States.
Enjoy this, the Grand Daddy of ‘em
All…..on an Island 26 miles out to sea.
Oldest smooth jazz festival in America.
Just voted BEST Jazz Festival in America.
Smooth Jazz Island.
Dancing on the
Beach at Midnight. Fresh Fish caught just
that day in the ocean off the Island. Then
don’t miss the newest JazzTrax Magic of
late June . Our floating stage on Big Bear
Lake in the Summertime Southern
California Mountains.
In All the World…No Place Like
THESE…For Jazz
Don’t ever Miss the Magic…..Don’t EVER
….wait another year!
In All The Wo r l d . . . No Place Like This for Jazz!
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Cat Program CREDITS 2011
Producer/ Creator
Art Good
Stage Director
Gregg Hudson
Ticket Manager
Cristina Gorka
Webmaster & Program Graphics
Michael Massoud
Program/Poster Picture by
Alex Neumann Photography
Head of Security
Jack Tofelogo
Sound
US AUDIO
Lighting
PACIFIC ENTERTAINMENT
Sponsors
ALASKA AIRLINES
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The 30 Different Stars of Smooth Jazz coming to Avalon for 25th Annual JazzTrax
MINDI ABAIR
Saxophone & Vocals
C u rrent Release: 2010
'Mindi Abair in Hi Fi Stereo' 5th album
Born: May 23, 1969
St. Petersburg, Florida
Resides: Bungalow in Hollywood, CA
Debut Year: 2003
Unplugged Under the Stars at
Descanso Beach Performance:
THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 6
Ballroom Performance:
SATURDAY EVENING OCTOBER 22
Of Note:
Mindi and Art Good met in La Jolla azz
Club 20 Years Ago. 1st Island appearance: 1994 All Star Jam and raging
Blue Parrot After Parties. Named
JazzTrax 2003 Debut Artist of the Year.
'Life Less Ord i n a ry' named JazzTrax
2006 Album of the Year. Featured on
2011 American Idol season as sax
soloist with Paul McDonald and Casey
Abrams. Also playing behind contestants Jacob Lusk and Haley Reinhart.
A e rosmith's Steven Tyler remarked to Paul
McDonald after her debut on the show
“ F o rget you, who's your sax player? ”
Has toured and/or re c o rded with the
Backstreet Boys, Duran Duran, Mandy
Moore, Josh Groban, Adam Sandler,
Keb' Mo', Lalah Hathaway, Lee Ritenour,
Teena Marie, John Tesh, Bobby Lyle,
Jonathan Butler, Peter White, and Rick
Braun.
ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY
BROOKE ALFORD
British Band
G reg Carmichael
Nylon Guitar - London, England
Miles Gilderd a l e
Steel & Electric Guitar - York, England
Anthony “Fred” White
Keys - Burley in Wharfedale, England
Gary Grainger
Bass - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Greg Grainger
Drums - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Artist of the Violin
C u rrent Release: Fall 2011 'Roseland'
19th album
Based in London
Debut Year: 1987
Of Note:
JazzTrax Producer Art Good was 1st
promoter in America to call London to
ask AA to play a concert date in
America. Arriving U.S. in 1988 re s u l t e d
in 1989 song 'Catalina Kiss.'
Current Release: 2008 'Expressions'
Debut Album
Raised: Pinehurst, North Caro l i n a
Resides: Atlanta, Georg i a
Debut Year: 2008
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 16
SUNDAY EVENING OCTOBER 23
Of Note:
Has been featured on BRAVO TV series,
"Housewives of Atlanta" and Tr i n i t y
B roadcasting Network's (TBN) "Praise
the Lord" program. Given the name
"viosocalist" because of way she "soufully sings through the instrument:, like
no other violin player.
Casts her instrument in a "new light"
aside from the normal classical setting.
This is West Coast Debut.
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Band nearly dissolved with 1998 death
of founder Nick Webb. Greg Carm i c h a e l
made proving decision to continue on.
'Aart' CD named JazzTrax 2001 Album
of the Year. Island appearance that year
named 'JazzTrax 2001 Best Live
Performance of the Year.'
Art Good asked to write Liner Notes for
2002's 'The Ve ry Best of Acoustic
Alchemy.' The drummer and bass players are brothers and only Americans in
Band.
Voted Best Jazz Festival in America
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MARCUS ANDERSON
CINDY BRADLEY
RICK BRAUN
Saxophone
Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Tru m p e t
Current Release: June 2011
'NOW' 3rd album
Raised: Roebuck, South Caro l i n a
Resides: This Summer moved fro m
D u rham to Cary, outside Raleigh,
North Caro l i n a
Debut Year: 2009
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 22
Current Release: June 2011
'Unscripted' 2nd album
Born: North Tonawanda, New York
near Buffalo and Niagara Falls
Resides: New Jersey just outside
New York City
Debut Year: 2009
Current Release: August 2011
'Sings With Strings' 15th album
Born: July 6, 1955 Allentown,
Pennsylvania
Resides: Woodland Hills, California
Debut Year: 1993
Of Note:
2009 JazzTrax & Smooth Jazz News
Debut Artist of the Year. Best New Artist
American Smooth Jazz Aw a rds. Oasis
Contemporary Jazz Awards:
2011
Brass Player of the Year....2011 Best
New Jazz Artist. Has conducted hundreds of jazz workshops at high schools
and community colleges across the country. Keeps a day job as an elementary
school teacher in New Jersey in the NYC
metro area while booked for gigs nearly
every weekend.
Of Note:
First surfaced as member of jazz-fusion
outfit AURACLE. Scored a hit with REO
Speedwagon's "Here with Me." Toured
on Trumpet with Sade, Rod Stewart, Jeff
Golub's Avenue Blue.
Of Note:
Won 2009 Capital Jazz Festival Talent
Challenge. Studied with Branford
Marsalis. Won North Carolina Gospel
Announcers Guild 2011 Pre s t i g e
Awards for Gospel Jazz Artist of the
Year. Has played before Hillary Clinton
and Jesse Jackson.
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Did collaboration album with Boney
James in 2000, 'Shake It Up.' 2-Time
Winner Mid 90's Gavin Report's Smooth
Jazz Artist of Year. He was the one who
first brought Trumpet into flavor in
smooth jazz genre. Co-founded Artizen
Music Group with Richard Elliot.
Together they did 2007 collaboration
album 'R n' R' and many tours together.
Brand new CD is Vocals....by Rick.
Of Note:
Soon after High School was playing in
Vi rginia Symphony Orchestra. First
Professional tour was with Soul II Soul.
Spent 13 years touring and re c o rd i n g
with YANNI. Cameo appearance in
1999 motion picture 'Music of the Heart.'
Born: December 18, 1970 in
S h re v e p o rt, Louisiana
Raised: Kansas City
Resides: Los Angeles, Californ i a
Northridge
Debut Year: 1992
THURSDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 20
Of Note:
One of the B's in 2002's all star band
BWB with Rick Braun and Kirk
Whalum. Won 2003 Grammy Aw a rd
for Best Pop Instrumental Album for
2002's 'Just Chillin.' 2007 No. 1
Radio Hit "Let's Take a Ride." 7 We e k s
at Top of Charts. 2nd oldest daughter
Keesha, a U.S. Army Lieutenant spent 1
year fighting in Iraq.
KAREN BRIGGS
Vi o l i n
Current Release: 2009
'Soulchestral Groove' 2nd album
Born: 1963 in New York City
Grew Up: Portsmouth, Vi rginia
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Debut Year: 1996
FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 21
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NORMAN BROWN
Guitar and Vocals
C u rrent Release: 2010
'Sending My Love' 9th album
Oldest daughter Rochella sings on
newest CD and with Dad in live shows.
Hosts his own weekly radio show on
Smooth Jazz Network.
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Luau Larry’s
Where the Bar Meets the Bay!
Friday & Sat. Nights
LIVE MUSIC
• Harbor View Dining
• Live Music & Happy Hour
• Open daily for lunch & dinner
11am - 10pm
Breakfast Buffet
Steaks, Seafood, Pasta, Gourmet Pizza
All you can eat - 8am - 12pm
Saturday & Sunday
Rthe El Encanto, where the Artists Dine
In All The World...No Place Like This for Jazz!
For reservations, please call 510-1474 or just come in!
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NICK COLIONNE
ERIC DARIUS
DOTSERO
Guitar and Vocals
Saxophone
Denver Based Band
C u rrent Release: July 2011 'Feel the
Heat' 7th album
Born: Chicago, Illinois West Side
Resides: Chicago, Illinois West Side
Debut Year: 1994
Current Release: 2010 'On a Mission'
4th album
Born: New Jersey
Raised: Tampa, Florida
Resides: Wesley Chapel, Florida
outside Tampa
Debut Year: 2004
Current Release: April 2011
'Storyhouse' 10th album
Resides: Denver, Colorado
Debut Year: 1990
Of Note:
Succeeded 2006 winner Chris Botti as
2007 International Instrumental Artist of
the Year at Wave Jazz Aw a rd s .
Nominated as Guitarist and Entertainer
of the Year 2010 by American Smooth
Jazz Awards. Received Wayman Ti s d a l e
Humanitarian Aw a rd for ongoing commitment to mentoring children.
Also his work in the community and
nationally in support of breast cancer
causes. Won 2010 JazzTrax Best Live
Performance of the Year Honors for
October Unplugged Under the Stars at
Wrigley Ranch Catalina Island.
Loves being booked at JazzTr a x
Festivals packing fishing rod alongside
guitars to Big Bear Lake and Catalina
Island. Reeling in the fish before re e l i n g
in the audience.
Of Note:
At age 11 performed in youth-based
Sonny LaRosa and America's Youngest
Jazz Band at Montreaux Jazz Festival.
Released First Album at Age 17.
Titletrack to "Goin' All Out' reached No.
l October 25, 2008 on Billboard's
Smooth Jazz Songs Chart. Business
School Grad University of South Florida.
Father is from Haiti. Mother is fro m
Jamaica. To u red all summer with 'The
Soul of Summer' featuring Jonathan
Butler and Maysa. “Uptown Swagger”
Aug. 21, 2010 reached No. l on
Smooth Jazz Charts.
Of Note:
Named after small town deep in the
Rocky Mountains Dotsero, Colorado.
Dotsero is also a 700 meter wide by
400 meter deep maar currently dormant
volcano located in Dotsero near Junction
of Colorado River and Eagle River.
Colorado's “youngest” volcano having
e rupted approximately 4,200 years
ago. Band erupts lots though at their
Denver Jazz Club “Jazz at Jacks.” Led
by 2 brothers, Stephen (sax) and David
(guitar) Watts.
CANDY DULFER
Saxophone
Current Release: 2009 'Funked Up'
12th album
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Born: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Resides: Farmhouse Outside
A m s t e rdam, Holland
Debut Year: 1990
Pacific Net. Co-founded Artizen Music
G roup re c o rd label along with
Trumpeter Rick Braun in 2005. Rick and
Richard released collaboration together,
'R n' R' in 2007. “Best Wind Player”
award at 2010 American Smooth Jazz
Aw a rds.
Of Note:
First formed her Band, 'Funky Stuff' at
age 14. Met Prince in 1988 who invited
her to play an improvised solo during
one of his shows. Alongside Prince many
shows thereafter as special guest including at Grammy Show. 1st Single 1989
“Lily Was Here” re c o rded with
Eurythmics guitarist David A. Stewart
and reached No. 11 on U.S. Billboard
Hot 100 Chart. Received Grammy nomination for 1990 debut album
'Saxuality' which was certified Gold.
WARREN HILL
Saxophone and Vocals
JONATHAN FRITZEN
RICHARD ELLIOT
Zebra Striped Saxophone
Current Release: September 2011
'In the Zone' 19th album
Born: Glasgow, Scotland
Family Moved to Los Angeles suburbs
1963, age 3
Resides: Escondido, California
Debut Year: 1986
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Current Release: 2008 'La Dolce Vi t a '
10th album New CD is imminent
Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resides: Marina Del Rey, California
Debut Year: 1991
Piano and Keyboard s
Current Release: 'Diamonds' 2010
3rd album
Born: October 11, 1982
Stockholm, Sweden
Resides: Stockholm, Sweden
Debut Year: 2008
Of Note:
Backed Chaka Khan early 90's.
Opening Act for Natalie Cole's
' U n f o rgettable' Tour. Original member,
1995, of All Star Guitars and Saxes.
C u rrent member of All Star 'Gentlemen
of the Night' Tour with Paul Taylor &
Marion Meadows.
Of Note:
Swedish Mother. American Father. Son
of Pianist Steve Dobrogosz. Master's
Degree in Jazz from Royal Swedish
Academy of Music. Played 8 diff e re n t
instruments on 2008 solo debut.
Daughter Olivia stars in Olivia Rox
Movie airing as a 14 segment Webisode
Series www.OliviaRox.com.
Olivia
Starred in role of Annie for 75 shows
Summer of '09. Student in Math/Physics
accepted into prestigious Engineering
Science School U of Toronto. Warre n
Hill's Smooth Jazz Cruise debuted in '04
running 3 years, then became Wayman
Tisdale Cru i s e .
"Dance With Me" spent 10 weeks at #1
on the Billboard Indicator Smooth Jazz
Chart. Follow-up single "Underc o v e r '
made it to #2.
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Of Note:
Member of Tower of Power Horn Section
for 5 years in the 1980's. Played with
Huey Lewis and the News. Solo career
took off with his remake of Percy Sledge
classic “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Co-founded 1990's Internet Company
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JACKIEM JOYNER
JOHANNES LINSTEAD
KEIKO MATSUI
Saxophone
Latin Guitar
K e y b o a rd and Piano
'Jackiem Joyner' 3rd album
Born: Vi rginia
Resides: Corona, Californ i a
Debut Year: 2007 JazzTrax Debut
Artist of the Year
Current Release: 2009 'Mistico'
9th album
Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resides: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Debut Year: 1999
Current Release: January 2011
'The Road' 22nd album
Born: Tokyo, Japan
Resides: Tokyo & Los Angeles
Debut Year: 1987
Of Note:
Named 2010 World Artist of the Year in
the T.O.M.A. Aw a rds (The Ontario
Music Aw a rds.) Recipient of Best World
Album. . .Best Instrumental Album Acoustic in the ZMR Awards.
Of Note:
Born Keiko Doi ...at age 17 was selected to be a Yamaha System Record i n g
Artist joining the Japanese jazz fusion
group Cosmos.
Of Note:
2007 Solo Debut AND Hired as
Saxophonist for Keiko Matsui Band for
whom still plays.
“I'm Waiting for You” was 2009's
longest running #1 single. 13 consecutive weeks. It's follow-up radio single
“Take Me There” also reached No. l on
America's Top 20 Smooth Jazz
Countdown. He reached Top 10 this
past summer with 'Push.'
At age 30 before releasing 3rd solo
p roject last year, Jackiem reunited with
his father after 23 years, And 2 older
sisters whom he had not seen or spoken
to since he was 7 years old. Thus the
JazzTrax album cut “The Reunion.”
Guitarist of the Year 2007 pre s t i g i o u s
Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. Signing
an "Influential Artist" endorsement
a g reement in 2010 with Ya m a h a
Corporation of America.
C e rtified Kundalini Yoga instru c t o r
bestowed the name Seva Singh or "Lion
of Devotional Service" by Kundalini
yoga master Yogi Bhajan. Join him at the
Hawaiian Paradise Music / Yo g a /
Dolphin Retreat Oct. 22 - 28 in Hawaii
experiencing your inner stillness.
Sent to America by Yamaha to re c o rd
her first album at age 19. Yamaha
selected Kazu Matsui to produce her.
He became her future and later ex husband.
Rated Billboard's Number 3 To p
Contemporary Jazz Artist for 1997.
Oasis Best Female Smooth Jazz Artist of
the Year 1999 and 2000. "When I
Close my Eyes" named JazzTrax 2007
Song of the Year. Look for a 2nd Four
Hand Piano project with Bob James
shortly.
JazzTrax After Party at Descanso Beach
Each Weekend Immediately after Evening's Final
Performance with dj Jonathan Phillips. Full Bar &
Food Service & dancing on the beach 'till 1am
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MARION MEADOWS
BRIAN O'NEAL
LEE RITENOUR
Saxophone
K e y b o a rds and Piano
Guitar
C u rrent Release: 2009 'Secrets'
11th album
Born: West Vi rg i n i a
Raised: Stamford, Connecticut
Resides: Maui, Hawaii on side of
Mt. Haleakala
Debut Year: 1990
Current Release: 2007 'Daisy'
2nd album
Born: July 5, 1965 Detroit, Michigan
Resides: Detroit, Michigan
Debut Year: 2003
Current Release: 2010 '6 String Guitar'
3 3 rd album
Born: January 11, 1952
Los Angeles, California
Resides: Malibu and Santa Monica, CA
Debut Year: 1976
THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 13
Of Note:
In college in a band called the
Aboriginal Music Society. Spotted playing in Grand Central Station in New
York by an associate of Keyboardist Bob
James who was catching a train.
Tenor and soprano Saxophonist of
Native American, African American and
Caucasian descent. Just relocated to
side of a volcano on Maui in the
Hawaiian Islands from Phoenix.
Touring 2011 with Gentlemen of the
Night along with Paul Taylor and
Warren Hill. Is launching a new gro u p
of websites called the jazzkat sites with
state to state virtual musicians re f e rr a l
service, online re-sale store where musicians can sell or trade equipment and
i n s t ru m e n t s .
Of Note:
Has re c o rded Piano & Keyboards for
KEM Album II. Began in the world of jingles such companies as the McDonald's
Corporation then composing film score s
c h i l d rens movies.
1st toured with Rock and Top 40 Bands
and then Atlanta based jazz band "Take
Notes" then R&B artists. Executive
D i rector and Founder of the DO
Foundation who's mission is to alleviate
and end Homelessness. Pre v i o u s l y
worked as a Certified Computer
Programming Engineer for Coca Cola,
BP, Amoco, and Ford Motor Company.
Now owner of BCO Media, Inc., a multimedia company in business over 10
years.
www.saxkats.com
www.pianokats.com
www.guitarkats.com
www.basskats.com
www.drumkats.com
Of Note:
Began career at age 16 in a re c o rding
session with the Mamas & the Papas.
Original Member of Fourplay 1991 –
1997.
Aw a rded a Lifetime Achievement Award
in 2010 by Guitar Player Magazine.
2010's '6 String Theory' winning Guitar
Album of the Year by Guitar
I n t e rnational Magazine. 2011 Echo
Aw a rds in Germany Best International
I n s t rumentalist. Nicknamed Captain
Fingers having appeared in over 3000
sessions.
Won Guitar Player Magazine's Best
Studio Guitarist honors TWICE in the
70's. Won Grammy for 1985's
'Harlequin' collaboration with Dave
Grusin and 19 other Grammy nominations. 2 of his promotional videos were
played during MTV's first day.
Son Wesley at age 13 in 2006 made his
debut on drums on dad's 'Smoke 'n
Mirrors.' Son Wesley now around 18
expected on drums with Dad Unplugged
at Descanso Beach.
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keys. David Benoit & Russ Freeman have
recorded 2 collaboration albums together,
the 2nd named JazzTrax 2004 Album of
the Year.
RIPPINGTONS
SPYRO GYRA
Group featuring Guitarist Russ Fre e m a n
Group
RUSS FREEMAN
Guitar originally from Nashville
BILL HELLER
Keys originally from Long Island, NY
DAVE KARASONY
Drums -originally from Southern
California's San Fernando Valley
JEFF KASHIWA
Sax originally from Seattle
RICO BELLED
Bass originally from Holland
Current Release: February 2011
'Cote 'De Azure'19th album
Debut Year: 1987
Of Note:
Band's mascot a smiling sunglasses-wearing jazzy "hep cat" appears in artwork of
all Rips releases and website. 2011 Jazz
Cat is lounging cartoon style on the deck
of a boat sailing along the French Riviera
for CD 'Cote D' Azure.' Rippingtons name
c reated for how initial albums guests
including Kenny G “simply Ripped.”
Leader Russ Freeman with a 1985 solo
album had signed the rights away to his
own name thus was forced to create a
group name to escape his debut record
label contractual deal. Art Good hosted
bands very first live show early 1987 at
The Catamaran in San Diego, David
Benoit on keys but by time both Rips and
Benoit arrived in October that fall for the
very first JazzTrax Festival David's career
had taken off and Gregg Karukas was on
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SPECIAL EFX
featuring Guitarist Chieli Minucci
C u rrent Release: Febru a ry 2011
'Without You' 20th album
Chieli Minucci also has 8 Solo Albums
Born: Chieli born in New York City
Resides: New York City
Debut Year: 1984
Of Note:
Chieli co-founded Special EFX with the
late percussionist George Jinda. Chieli's
father Ulpio Minucci wrote the music to
1955 hit song "Domani," as well as "A
Thousand Thoughts of You," and "Felicia"
both sung by Nat King Cole. Known as
composer for television and film, Chieli
has been nominated for several Daytime
Emmy Awards and won 3, in 1998, 2007
and in 2008 for his compositional work
on CBS's The Guiding Light. Has written
themes for ABC's Good Morning
America, Bloomberg Radio, Access
Hollywood, The 700 Club. Chieli's song
"Kickin' It Hard" well known as the prime
hold music bed for Verizon's conference
audio bridge system. Has composed and
produced soundtrack for the 2 Live
Nation/ Nickelodeon live stage productions of hit TV series, Dora the Explorer
"Dora's Pirate Adventure" and "The City
of Lost Toys" currently touring internationally. Also British children's TV show,
Thomas & Friends Live - Thomas Saves The
Day, and A Circus Comes to Town.
SCOTT AMBUSH
Bass originally from Frederick and
Ubana , Maryland
BONNY B
D ru m s / P e rcussion from Las Vegas
JAY BECKENSTEIN
Sax Founder originally from
B rooklyn, New York
JULIO FERNANDEZ
Guitar originally from Havana, Cuba
TOM SCHUMAN
Keys originally from Buffalo, New York
'A Foreign Affair' 31st album
Formed mid 1970's in Buffalo, NY
Now reside across America.
Jay Beckenstein in New York
K e y b o a rdist Tom Schuman in Las Vegas
Debut Year: 1978
Of Note:
Very 1st band to commit to Art Good to
play 1987 inaugural of Catalina Island
JazzTrax Festival which fell into place
from there. Formed in Jay Beckenstein
and Tom Schuman's college days mid
70's in Buffalo. Over 10 million copies
sold. First 2 hits "Shaker Song" and
"Morning Dance" crossed over to pop
music radio stations. 'Morning Dance'
sold Platinum as it's title track went No.
l on Adult Contemporary Chart. Even
No. 17 in England. Spyro Gyra was living almost a Rock Star existence in the
early 80's.
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JazzTrax.com
Spyro Gyra continued
Odd band name is a misspelling of
Spirogyra, a genus of green algae on
which Beckenstein had written a college
biology paper years earlier. Came
about before a gig in a Buffalo nightclub
called Jack Daniels when the owner
twisted Jay's arm for a band name. It
stuck. Grammy nominations in 1980,
TWO in 1982, 1983, 1984, TWO
again in 1985. and 2008. Winning the
Grammy for Best Pop Instru m e n t a l
Albums in 2007, 2008, 2009 and
2010.....4 consecutive years!
turesome smooth jazz project to strings
was debuted live 6 months prior at the
October 2009's JazzTrax Festival including Violin, Viola and Cello.
JULIAN VAUGHN
Bass
UNCLE FESTIVE / AND
SOME KOMBO
Group
CHRIS STANDRING
Guitar
C u rrent Release: 2010 'Blue Bolero'
9th album
Forthcoming Christmas Album
re c o rded to Strings
Born: 1960 in Ay l e s b u ry,
B u c k i n g h a m s h i re, England
Resides: Van Nuys, California
Debut Year: 1998
Of Note:
'Hip Sway' named 2000 JazzTr a x
Album of the Year. 'Blue Bolero' named
2010 JazzTrax Album of the Year. "Love
and Paragraphs" named 2008 JazzTrax
Song of the Year. Was one-third of the
band SolarSystem. A one shot project.
Many times reaching No. 2 stuck behind
some monster hit for weeks, sometimes
months including huge hit song "Love
and Paragraphs." Finally achieved first
No. l song on America's Top 20 Smooth
Jazz Countdown with 2010's "Bossa
Blue." 2010's 'Blue Bolero' an adven-
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BUD HARNER Drums.....lives Woodland
Hills, California ….Personal Manager
to Mindi Abair and David Benoit
MARC LEVINE Bass......lives San
Francisco Bay Area …..Free Lance
Musician
RON PEDLEY Keys......lives Huntington
Beach, Californ i a . . . . remains Barry
Manilow's keyboard i s t
JON PONDEL Guitar ..lives New York
City...plays jazz clubs, teaches guitar,
released 2011 solo straight ahead cd
6 Albums late 80's early 90's........
Jon Pondel & Ron Pedley released 2
Albums as KOMBO 2000 & 2002
Debut Year: 1987
Of Note:
Formed while all 4 were playing in
Barry Manilow Band through the entire
80's. 1st band to ever take the stage
1987 inaugural year of Catalina Island
JazzTrax Festival. Opening Night first
band to perform First Year of JazzTrax.
Reuniting this weekend to celebrate 25th
J a z z Trax Festival anniversary they
helped to begin a quarter century ago.
Half of Uncle Festive/ Ron & Jon as
Kombo had big smooth jazz radio hit
called “Talk the Talk” early 00's.
'Purpose Project' Debut Album
Born: March 3, 1980 in Kansas City
Resides: Kansas City
Debut Year: 2010
Of Note:
Claims late great Wayman Tisdale as his
biggest Bass influence.Initial intro d u ction to smooth jazz was finding father's
Najee cassette of "Tokyo Blue." To this
day his favorite jazz re c o rding. Self
taught bass player who listened to
smooth jazz on headphones while others
on his high school basketball team were
listening to rap. Stands 6 feet, 7 inches.
P roduced by Darren Rahn, one of
smooth jazz industries top producers.
THE MAX WEINBERG BAND
Current Release: 2000 'Max Weinberg'
Born: April 13, 1951 Newark, New Jersey
Resides: Middletown Township
on New Jersey Shore
JazzTrax.com
Max Weinberg continued
Years with Bruce Springsteen 'E Street'
Band Sept 19, 1974 – Oct 18, 1989
Years as house band 'Max Weinberg
7' with Conan O'Brien September 13,
1993 – 2009 Demise of Tonight Show
Of Note:
Still living at home when Apil 7, 1974 he
met Bruce Springsteen, auditioned, was
off e red $110 per week, quit college, 6 academic credits short of his degree and first
appeared with Springsteen that Sept. 19th at
The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
His drumming the controlled beat stabilizing
of 1975's 'Born to Run.' July 1993 chance
sidewalk meeting outside Carnegie Deli with
Conan O'Brien led to 16 years leading his
house band. Sidekick Andy Richter's 2000
departure left Max as the show's nightly
“second banana.” Bruce Springsteen reunited the E Street Band in 1999 and the
Weinberg-Springsteen Rule broke normal
network TV standards. Because the Reunion
Tour was one of the highest profile reunions
in rock history NBC felt the long term benefit
to Conan's appeal and Jimmy Vivino (now
Conan's house band) covered when conc e rts conflicted with Late Night with Conan
O'Brien. This arrangement continued
through The Boss further comeback albums
and tours including the Halftime perf o rmance with Springsteen Febru a ry 2009 at
Super Bowl XLIII. He and 3 sons are fans of
New Jersey Devils and play hockey on their
2-acre pond in front of their house. Daughter
Ali Weinberg became an assistant to NBC
News re p o rter Chuck Todd. In 2010 Conan
and Max mutually decided to go separate
ways as 'Conan' debuted on TBS with Max
forming a 15 piece Big Band ensemble playing the music of Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich,
Count Basie and Maynard Ferguson.
WILLIE AND LOBO
Duo
Wi l l i e Royal Fiddle & Vocals
Born: El Paso, Texas
Wolfgang “Lobo” Fink Guitar
Born: Bavarian town of Teisendorf, Germany
Resides: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
C u rrent Release: 2011 'Playing Hard'
11 Albums
Debut Year: 1993
Of Note:
First met in 1983 in San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico both working/ performing at Mama Mia's restaurant. 1996 the
novel 'Puerto Va l l a rta Squeeze,' by
Robert James Waller was released. The
author, a fan of the duo's music, wrote
them into the story. The CD 'The Music of
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze' was re l e a s e d
at the same time. Disbanded in 2007.
Reuniting this year after 4 years apart.
Picked flute as it was easier to carry
and the flute section was all girls.
Albums he's appeared on include 1969
The "Monkees Present"...The Carpenters
1972 'Song for You'....1974 Dave
Mason, 1977 Dan Fogelberg 'Nether
Lands'... 1979 Kim Carnes 'St. Vi n c e n t ' s
C o u rt....2002 Herbie Hancock 'Day
D reams'....2010
David
Benoit
'Earthglow.' Tim's early 1980's band
k e y b o a rdist......David Benoit. David
Benoit produced Tim's classic 1989
'Outrageous Temptations.' Tim has sold
more than 5 million albums world-wide.
ZOÉ
Philadelphia Gro u p
TIM WEISBERG
Flute
Current Release: 1999 'Time Traveler'
11 albums
Born: 1943 Hollywood, Californ i a
Resides: Hermosa Beach, Californ i a
Debut Year: 1970 at Monterrey Jazz Festival
1971 Debut self titled CD
Of Note:
1978 first of 2 collaborations with Dan
F o g e l b e rg, 'Twin Sons of Diff e re n t
Mothers' went GOLD within weeks and
then Platinum. In High School at first
music class because his last name was at
the end of the alphabet, he was last to
pick an instrument. All that was left was
the Flute and the bassoon.
Saxophonist REGGIE HARRIS. .
Keyboardist CLEVELAND BELIN JR...
D rummer DAVID FEREBEE...
Bassist H. MAURICE FONVILLE...
Percussionist/ Tru m p e t e r
BOLIVA “CHICO” GUADALUPE
C u rrent Release: 2009 'Let's Fly'
3rd album
Resides: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Debut Year: 2001
Of Note:
Originates from South Jersey /
Philadelphia area often playing at
Warmdaddy's in Philly.
2008 ZOE performed “Heaven Bound'
for the Cumberland County's Got Talent
contest walking away with the People's
Choice award the Top Prize.
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