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Duke Heitger, Trumpet
Scott Robinson, Reeds
Dan Barrett, Trombone
Rossano Sportiello, Piano
Howard Alden, Guitar and Banjo
Kerry Lewis, Bass
Ricky Malichi, Drums
Rebecca Kilgore, Vocals
Chautauqua’s first ever Traditional Jazz Workshop will be held on the beautiful grounds of the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, with your home base at the historic Athenaeum Hotel. The 4-day session will include ensemble workshops, coaching, jam sessions and performance opportunities in student groups and with faculty members. Students will focus on jazz standards and works from the American Songbook, with emphasis on collective improvisation and ensemble performance. Enjoy social events with faculty and fellow students on beautiful Chautauqua Lake. The workshop culminates in a performance opportunity at the opening session of the 15th Annual Jazz at Chautauqua traditional jazz party on Thursday evening.
Workshop Tuition
$550 per student
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Lodging and Meal package at the Athenaeum Hotel
$525 per student, double occupancy
$775 per student, single occupancy
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Stay for the 15th Annual Jazz at Chautauqua jazz party, September 20-23, 2011, and receive a 20% discount on your weekend food and lodging!
For reservations contact:
Athenaeum Hotel, P.O. Box 66, Chautauqua, NY 14722
1-800-821-1881 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For additional workshop information contact Nancy Griffith
216-956-0378 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
September 16-20, 2012
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Dinner, Cash Bar and Jam Sessions with Faculty
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No application is necessary to participate in the Chautauqua Traditional Jazz Workshop, but at least an intermediate level of proficiency on your major instrument is expected.
Financial assistance for high school, college and graduate students is available upon application. Please contact the Athenaeum Hotel for more information.
Travel arrangements and transportation to and from the Chautauqua Institution from airport are the responsibility of each participant.
A frequent performer with the late Red Norvo, Howard’s superb solo and accompaniment skills were quickly recognized and sought after for appearances and recordings with such artists as Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Woody Herman and Bud Freeman. He has been a Concord Jazz recording artists since the late ‘80’s. Voted “Best Emerging Talent-Guitar” in the first annual Jazz Times critic’s poll, 1990, and “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” in the 1992, 1993 and 1995 Downbeat critic’s poll, Howard is one of the finest young guitarists working today. www.howardalden.com
A member of the last Benny Goodman orchestra, this multi-insruentalist has recorded and appeared with many respected jazz artists such as Doc Cheatham, Bob Haggart, Rosemanry Clooney and Buck Clayton. He has performed four times at Carnegie Hall, once with Woody Herman and the New York Pops. His talents include composing, arranging and orchestrating; a recording arranged by Dan featuring the great Bobby Short garnered a Grammy nomination. In 1999 he was nominated for the Bell Atlantic Jazz Award for “Trombonist of the Year.” www.blueswing.com
Duke Heitger is one of the most sought after players on the international scene today. Hailing from Toledo, Ohio, Heitger now calls New Orleans home. Since arriving on the jazz scene there in 1991, Heitger worked with classic jazz stalwarts such has Engelbert Wrobel, Marty Grosz, Dick Hyman, John Gill, and Banu Gibson. He has been featured at the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night’s Swing series, Edinborough Jazz Festival, and played the Caesarea Jazz Festival in Isreal as a member of the Statesmen of Jazz, which included the likes of Warren Vache, John Allred, and Ken Peplowski. www.dukeheitger.com
Kerry Lewis started his professional career as a bass player for Banu Gibson and her New Orleans Hot Jazz Band. More recently, he played with the Leroy Jones Quintet and Michael White’s Traditional Liberty jazz Band. He has been recorded on numerous CDs for various musical artists covering the blues, country, rock and jazz. His newest venture is as cofounder of Abstract with fellow members Gerald French and Joel Hamilton, and he records on 11th Commandment Records. www.kerryglewis.com
Rebecca Kilgore, Vocals
Rebecca Kilgore is one of America’s leading song stylists who finds particular delight in preserving and interpreting the music of the Great American Songbook. With over 30 recordings in her discography, some of her most notable with Dave Frishberg on piano. Rebecca performs regularly word-wide at jazz festivals, parties and cruises, is a frequent guest on NPR’s “Fresh Air”, and has appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion” and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall. www.rebeccakilgore.com
Ricky Malichi’s professional music career reads like a who’s who in the music community. He has performed with greats such as David “Fathead” Newman, Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Mann, Chuck Berry, Mose Allison, Chris Calloway, Regina Carter, Herb Ellis and Richie Cole, to name a few. A dedicated teacher and educator, Ricky also currently performs with Stefan Schyga in a World Beat guitar and percussion trio, X.O. and Ruben Gutierrez and the Latin Jazz Exchange, and the Malichi Four. www.rickymalichi.com
One of today’s most wide-ranging instrumentalists, Scott Robinson has been heard on tenor sax with Buck Clayton, trumpet with Lionel Hampton, clarinet with Paquito D’Rivera and bass sax with the New York City Opera, in addition to a cross-section of jazz’s greats representing nearly every imaginable style of music, from Braff to Braxton. A graduate of Boston’s Berklee College of Music, he has been awarded four fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts and has been with winner of a number of Down Beat Critics polls and Jazz Journalists Association awards in recent years.
Born in Vigevano, Italy, Rossano Sportiello has established himself as a skilled jazz musician all over the globe. When Rossano met legendary jazz pianist and educator Barry Harris over a decade ago, Harris called him “The best stride piano player” he has ever heard. Rossano received the 2009 Ascona Jazz Award, and continues to make frequent appearances at this festival, as well as with the likes of Slide Hampton, Cark Terry, Barry Harris, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob Wilber, Warren Vache, Eddie Locke, Dick Hyman, and many, many others. www.rossanosportiello.com
