California State University Northridge Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication Department of Music presents
Jon Hatamiya in Concert Thursday, May 5th 2022
with Jazz A and B Bands Tina Raymond, Jazz A Director Michael Mull, Jazz B Director 7:30pm
Plaza del Sol
Program All compositions by Jon Hatamiya unless otherwise indicated Blank Screen A Step Back Light 1 BB Jazz B Band Michael Mull, Director Saxophones - Finn Dunham (lead), Chris Panameno, Logan Gonzales, AJ Reyes, Eric Cortez Trumpets - Brandon Douglas (lead), Zack Robinson, Macrae Eckelberry (split lead), Mauricio Castellanos, Ismael Lorzo Jr. Trombones - David Farley (lead), Matteo Rivera, Riley Baker, Ido Meshulam** Guitar - Fahem Erfan, Christopher Viesca Piano - Cameron Chavez, Kaleo Regalmuto Bass - Darvin Aguilar, Sophia Augustine Drums - Matthew Lombardi, Jonah Shin **special guest performer Intermission As Friends Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Jon Hatamiya
But Where Are You Really From? Unfamiliar Territory Give It a Year Pep-Pep Jazz A Band Tina Raymond, Director Saxophones - James Day (lead), Taylor Bailey, Kosta Kutay, Steven Griggs, Taylor Blake
Trumpets - Ryan Buchanan (lead), Carlos Gonzalez Santiago (lead), Ethan Lavenstein Bendall, Mark Trejo, Jordyn Brown Trombones - Johnathan Osterloh (lead), Riley Baker, James Darrow, Thomas Mooy Guitar - Calvin Chiang, Will Luster Piano - Lana Drincic, Elder Gindroz Bass - Julian Littlehale, Brady Young Drums - Aeron Price, Alex Zuniga Withmory
Guest Artist, Jon Hatamiya Trombonist, composer, and B.A.C. Endorsing Artist Jon Hatamiya is one of the most promising trombonists to come out of the Sacramento area and is rapidly making a name for himself on both the New York and California music scenes. He was recognized in the August 1st, 2011 edition of Jet Magazine as the only trombonist on Wynton Marsalis’s list of “Who’s Got Next”, which highlighted the next generation of emerging jazz artists. Jon released his debut album as a leader More Than Anything on Orenda Records in early 2020, as well as an electronic EP Some Might Say (Revisited) in December 2020. As a performer, Jon has established a wide-ranging reputation reflecting his diverse musical interests. In the big band world, Jon is known as a lead trombone specialist with a soulful and fiery resonance, as well as a supportive and responsive section player. This versatility and knowledge of the big band tradition has led him to performances and recordings as lead trombone with the Kyle Athayde Dance Party, Jacob Mann Big Band, and the big band on Michael Bublé’s albums Love (2018) and Higher (2022), and as a member of the trombone sections of the Bob Mintzer Big Band, John Daversa Progressive Big Band, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, among others. Jon is also widely regarded as an imaginative and receptive improviser, and a proponent of the trombone as a modern creative voice. He appears in numerous smaller group settings that emphasize improvisation, musical communication, and spontaneity, such as nopanda (Los Angeles based quartet), and SMILES (collective quintet with members based all over the US), and as a sideman and featured soloist in performance, touring, and recording with artists such as Louis Cole, David Binney, Luca Alemanno, Paul Cornish’s BANNED, and Logan Kane’s Flotation Band and Nonet. Jon is active as an educator, having been faculty at the Lafayette Summer Music Jazz Workshop, Stanford Jazz Workshop, guest clinician at the Sitka Jazz Festival and Stanislaus State Jazz Festival, and a traveling clinician for the Monterey Jazz Festival. He is currently instructor of Jazz Trombone at Sacramento State University and El Camino College, applied trombone instructor at Cosumnes River College, and adjunct faculty at University of Southern California Thornton School of Music (directing the Concert Jazz Orchestra). He also works as a bandleader with the New York City based jazz-rock fusion band XD 7 (with two self-released recordings), and the Jon Hatamiya Big Band, as well as several other ensembles under his own name ranging from trio to nonet. His work as a composer and arranger (beyond in his own groups) includes commissions from Los Angeles trombone quartet Skinny Lips and the Sound Malfunction, Oakwood Brass, SFJAZZ, Fernando Pullum Center, and numerous high school and college level big bands around the world. Jon received the 2021 Jeff Clayton Memorial New Note Award from the Los Angeles Jazz Society, leading to an original 40 minute work Where Did it Go? (a
reflection on the COVID year) that was premiered by the Jon Hatamiya Big Band at the 2021 Angel City Jazz Festival. He also received the 2021 ASCAP Johnny Mandel Prize, 2015 and 2021 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, and a 2016 Downbeat Student Music Award for his merits as a composer and arranger. In 2019, Jon was asked to arrange Australian grade-school student-written melodies selected by Herbie Hancock into the theme song for International Jazz Day. Jon’s arrangements have been performed by such major artists as Michael McDonald, John Mayer, Aloe Blacc, Jhene Aiko, and Jackson Browne. Jon received his Bachelor of Music degree in jazz trombone performance from Manhattan School of Music (where he was given the John Clark award for excellence in brass performance) his Master of Music in jazz studies from University of Southern California, and an additional Master of Music from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (now known as the Herbie Hancock Institute).
Special thanks to CSUN Jazz Faculty: Tina Raymond, Gary Fukushima, Matt Harris, Scott Whitfield, Ido Meshulam, Howie Shear, Michael Mull, Shai Golan, Ben Williams, David Robaire, Jamie Rosenn, Jason Harnell, Gene Coye, & Erin Bentlage Emeritus Gary Pratt, Emeritus Joel Leach Soraya & Plaza del Sol Team: Carey Christensen, Lauren Dopp, & Beto Sistos CSUN Department of Music Faculty and Staff: John Roscigno, chair; Ric Alviso, Katherine Ramos Baker, Lorenz Gamma, Julia Heinen, Jeffry Izzo, Andrew Surmani, Liviu Marinescu, A.J. McCaffrey, Alexandra Monchick, Dmitry Rachmanov, Diane Roscetti, Lawrence Stoffel, Steven Thachuk, Hugo Vera, John Whitener, Shawn Kolb, Tommie Norris, and Nicole Hovland The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation The Herb Alpert Foundation