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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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IU Summer Festival Jazz “Dream Team” a sure bet

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's "Dream Team" is a sure bet for a winning evening when the Festival Jazz Orchestra performs July 14 at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center during the IU Summer Music Festival.

Reminiscent of the U.S. men's 1992 Olympic basketball team -- where organizers were able to pick the very best of the best and assemble the unforgettable "Dream Team" -- IU Jacobs School of Music Dean Gwyn Richards approached IU Distinguished Professor and Chair of the IU Jazz Studies Department David N. Baker and the rest of the jazz faculty two years ago about assembling the crème de la crème of the Indiana jazz world, and beyond, to form a new ensemble to add to the already impressive ranks of the IU Summer Music Festival.

Thus the formidable Festival Jazz Orchestra, directed by Baker himself, was born, and it will continue the tradition for the third year this summer.

"This concert is a smorgasbord of original compositions and arrangements of favorite jazz compositions," said Baker. "They're written, arranged and chosen by the All-Star performers who comprise this group of distinguished Jacobs School alumni and faculty."

Baker and his IU jazz faculty colleagues have once again handpicked a roster of primarily IU graduates, all of whom have gone on to extremely successful careers in performance, teaching or recording -- often, all three. The group reads like a who's who of jazz:

Indeed, the Festival Jazz Orchestra well-represents the legacy of jazz at IU, with the affiliations of its members, composers and arrangers dating back as far as the late forties and as recent as today. In many ways, the orchestra vividly portrays the past, present and future of jazz at IU.

The standout players and Baker have chosen music by some of the jazz world's biggest names, including Joe Henderson, Slide Hampton, Charles Mingus and Baker, as well as several members of the orchestra.

Tickets are on sale now and can be obtained from the following:

Web links to artists performing in the ensemble:

Jacobs School of Music faculty

Jeremy Allen: https://www.myspace.com/jeremyallenmusic

David Baker: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/22.html

Luke Gillespie: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/863.html

Pat Harbison: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/864.html

Steve Houghton: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/1010.html

Joey Tartell: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/856.html

Brent Wallarab: https://www.bwjo.org/about.htm

Tom Walsh: https://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/831.html

Additional musicians in the ensemble

David Bixler: https://www.davidbixler.com

Ralph Bowen: https://www.ralphbowen.com/index.html

Mark Buselli: https://bsu.edu/music/profile/0,2017,10964-1172-168157,00.html

Tim Coffman: https://music.depaul.edu/faculty/user.php?username=tcoffman

Rich Dole: https://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dole

Lenny Foy: https://www.depauw.edu/music/people/faculty/foy.asp

Derrick Gardner: https://www.music.msu.edu/faculty/faculty.php?id=27

Jon Gudmundson: https://www.usu.edu/music/ensembles/jazz/USUJazz/JonGudmundson.htm

Roger Pemberton: https://www.sitesbysteve.com/atlanticjazz/rp.html

Erick Storckman: https://www.erickstorckman.com/


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