presents - West Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association

Low-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thad JonesBig Swing Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill PottsLester Leaps In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lester Young arr. Gordon GoodwinStart of Something Big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Larry McKennaAlto SaxophoneJesse Gilbert White Station HighBrody McDonald White Station HighAlto Saxophone AlternateCullen Johnson Memphis Central HighDarron Savage Overton HighRobbie Eng Germantown HighTenor SaxophoneGuo Yu White Station HighTyler High Brighton HighTenor Saxophone AlternateEric Bailey Houston HighSam Robbins Memphis Central HighBaritone SaxophoneChristion Ashford Cordova HighBaritone Saxophone AlternateXavier Brodnax White Station HighVenson Eddins Memphis Central HighTrumpetNathaniel Pinkney The Soulsville CharterTyler Paige White Station HighTerrica Parker Overton HighKristyn Martin Overton HighTrennie Williams White Station HighTrumpet AlternateVincent Manard Memphis Central HighKesley Wallace McKenzie HighTimmy McCarthy White Station HighCameron Hidayat White Station HighDolyn McCaster Houston HighRed Jazz BandTanya DarbyMusic to be performed will be selected from the following:Too Late......The Mambo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill ZaccagniA Child Is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thad Jones arr. Norman DavidBasie-Straight Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sammy NesticoLament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.J. Johnson arr. Mike TomaroTromboneEric Nguyen Memphis Central HighKatelyn Daniel White Station HighDaniel Shelton Overton HighNicholas Seymour Memphis Central HighTrombone AlternateSteven Hamlin Crockett County HighTyler Naughton Collierville HighJon Buehler Memphis Central HighBass TromboneStephan Williams Overton HighPianoNathan Bradberry Cordova HighPiano AlternateDwayne Verner Overton HighGuitarJonathan Keene Memphis Central HighGuitar AlternateRyan Young Liberty Technology Magnet HighBassPreston Clark The Soulsville CharterBass AlternateSolomon Smith White Station HighRonald Davis Memphis Central HighBayley Payant Bartlett HighJeremiah Murphy Arlington HighDrum SetNygel Yancey Memphis Central HighDrum Set AlternateChristian Smith Collierville HighAux. PercussionBasia Thomas Overton HighAux. Percussion AlternateQuinton Bowman Overton High“…a virtuoso with remarkable control and power…who shows that though Miles Davis died in 1991, his unbounded soul will inspire for years to come.” New York TimesBy the age of 12, Tanya Darby was already expressing the elements of a mature jazz player and anually performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Tanya receivedher Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music where she received various awards including the Jon Faddis Award in MusicalExcellence for Most Promising Jazz Trumpet Talent of the Year. She gained notoriety for her soulful style and began freelancing throughout the New Yorkmetropolitan area and the world.Tanya is a current member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and Jimmy Heath’s Queens Jazz Orchestra.She has performed and toured with artists and ensembles including Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Paquito D’Riviera, Gladys Knight, Frank Foster, Bill Cosby, MichelCamilo, Slide Hampton, Dianne Reeves, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Mingus Band, George Gruntz, Rufus Reid, and theCab Calloway Orchestra. She has appeared on the television show “BET on Jazz” as part of the T.S. Monk Sextet and performed with Aretha Franklin as part ofthe Arista Records Twenty-Five Year Anniversary Special on NBC.Tanya regularly performs clinics, master classes, and workshops internationally. She is currently an adjunct professor of trumpet at Temple University and aninstructor and supervisor for the New York Pops Salute to Music, Create a Symphony, and Rhythm Rhyme and Rap education programs.Tanya can be heard on numerous recordings including Grammy award winning artists Amy Winehouse and Joss Stone. Recordings also include Grammynominated recording artists: Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Sanabria, and DIVA. Tanya also recorded the soundtracks for Showtime’s original series The LWord, Ann Hampton Calloway Blues in the Night, Anat Cohen Noir, Maurice Hines To Nat King Cole with Love, and various commercial studio works.Did You Call Her Today. . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Webster, arr. Kris JohnsonBroadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byrd & McRae Wood, arr. NesticoDay by Day, . . . . . . . Cahn, Stordahl, and Weston, arr. John ClaytonAlto SaxophoneBrandon Moore Memphis Central HighTyler Huss Houston HighTenor SaxophoneCharles Pender Overton HighRonisha Stewart Memphis Central HighBaritone SaxophoneKailah Jackson Overton HighTrumpetWill Paladino Houston HighVal Ault Collierville HighMalik Taylor Memphis Central HighDarian Matthews Overton HighJustin Phillips Overton HighTromboneMartin Currica Overton HighClifton Jackson Overton HighGabriel Nelson White Station HighAnterrial Harris Overton HighBlue Jazz BandRodney WhitakerMusic to be performed will be selected from the following:Night In Tunisia . . . . . . Dizzy Gillespie, arr: Michael Philip MossmanTeenie’s Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Nelson, arr. Kris JohnsonBass TromboneJake Hunt Bolton HighPianoAndrea Vancil White Station HighGuitarDerek Renfroe White Station HighBassKem Gray Overton HighDrum SetJosh Johnson Overton HighAux. PercussionLogan Scarbrough Bartlett High SchoolRodney Whitaker is one of the world’s renowned double bass performers, educators, mentors and is dedicated to inspiring and growing the next generation of jazz educators and musicians. ADetroit native, he grew up in the city soaking in the sounds of jazz and classical music and working with the finest musicians in the city. Building on his Detroit roots and enormous talent,Whitaker went on to earn an international reputation as one of the world’s finest jazz double bass performers. He completed a seven-year tenure as bassist with the Wynton Marsalis’ Sextet, theLincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has toured the world over the last twenty-six years, collaborating with over 100+ legendary performing jazz artists such asDianne Reeves, Hank Jones, Mulgrew Miller, Junko Onishi, Yutaka Shiina, Kenny Burrell, Diana Krall, John Lewis, Kathleen Battle, Marian McPartland,Wycliffe Gordon, Kenny Garrett, Bradford Marsalis, Bob James, Roy Hargrove, Jon Carl Hendricks, Tommy Flanagan, FrankMorgan, Terence Blanchard, Betty “Be-Bop” Carter, Chick Corea, and leading symphony orchestras across the world—just to name a few. In addition, he hasappeared and presented master classes at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conferences. Featured on more than 100+ recordings - fromfilm to compact discs - Whitaker’s film scores, China, directed by Jeff Wray, was released on PBS Fall 2002 and Malaria and Malawi, released on PBS Fall2010. Also, Whitaker has a DVD release featuring Michigan State University’s Jazz Department entitled, “Inside Jazz” and three new compact discs entitled,“Get Ready” & “Work To Do”—both on Mack Avenue Records and “Better Than Alright” by Michigan State University College of Music. In 2011, he wasnominated for an EMMY for the ‘Original Music’ category, “Malawi and Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children” produced by Robert Gould and Sue Carter.Whitaker collaborated with musicians Phil Dwyer and Alan Jones on “Let Me Tell You About My Day,” produced by Alma Records and was nominated for aJuno Award in 2006 for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year, Canada’s equivalent to the United State of America’s Grammy. He is a full professor of jazz doublebass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University where he has built one of the leading jazz degree granting programs offering both a bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees in Jazz Performance.