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IAJE Evening 1 - Clifford Brown/Stan Getz All-Stars
January 10, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.
Add new comment | Filed under: attendace, clifford brown, Discovery, fresh faces, gala concert, gregory chaplin, high school students, hopedale ma, iaje, IAJE 2008, international pool, jitters, Live Music, milwaukee wi, professional musicians, ringer, sax, stan getz, those kids, trombone, trumpeter nicholas payton, vancouver bc, vancouver wa, youngstersOne of the nicest things about IAJE is seeing the fresh faces - the young talent who are really excited about playing jazz. It's funny to watch them go ga-ga over the professional musicians in attendance. Then I remember how that used to be me 15 years ago. Now I'm 33, and all those kids say, "Excuse me, SIR." Ugh. Go right ahead, kiddo...
The Clifford Brown/Stan Getz All-Stars are high school students. They're selected from an international pool of talent, though this group comes exclusively from North America. They opened the IAJE Gala Concert tonight. They are:
Gregory Chaplin - bass (Hopedale, MA), Jake Sherman - piano (Boston, MA), Conrad Jones - trumpet (Long Island), Javier Nero - trombone (Vancouver, WA), Eli Bennett - sax (Vancouver, BC), Jonathan Ragonese - sax (Pennsylvania)
And from Milwaukee, WI, drummer Carl Allen. He's the ringer.
Seems like the youngsters had some jitters at first (probably because they were playing to a few thousand strangers), but they came together on the standard, "After You've Gone." I could tell they enjoyed the arrangement, a transcription from trumpeter Nicholas Payton's record, Gumbo Nouveau. Hear it now:
Clifford Brown/Stan Getz All-Stars - After You’ve Gone
Keep an ear out for them. They're the future of our music. - Josh
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