Pacific Jazz Combos
Britt Combo
Sean Britt, director
Dubberly Combo
Jamie Dubberly, director
Mell Combo
Andrew Mell, director
The Pacific Jazz Collective
Joe Mazzaferro, director
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:00 pm
Recital Hall
NOVEMBER 24, 2024, 2:00 PM
Pathways (2024)
Aloha O’e (1878)
Cassandra (1966)
Britt Combo
Warren Wigfall, alto sax
Kyle Saelee, tenor sax
Don Parker, guitar
Michael Anderson, bass
Wesley Shafer, drums
Sean Britt, director
Cantaloupe Island (1964)
Beautiful Love (1931)
Pent-Up House (1956)
Dubberly Combo
Ves Turk, alto sax
Kai Hatton, trumpet
Bergen Finley, piano
Victor Camacho, bass
Pete Norman, drums
Jamie Dubberly, director
Don Parker (b. 2004) Lili’uokalani (1838–1917) arr. Wesley Shafer
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
Victor Young (1898–1956)
Miles Davis (1926–1991) Four (1954)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Joy Spring (1954)
Mell Combo
Alejandro Villalobos, trumpet
Jenna Kalik, vibraphone
Fabian Beltran, piano
Andrew Mell, bass, director
Luiz Bonfa (1922–2001)
Clifford Brown (1930–1956)
Black Narcissus (1969)
Summertime (1935)
The Kicker (1964)
Joe Henderson (1937–2001)
arr. Alex Maldonado
George Gershwin (1898–1937) arr. Bergen Finley
Joe Henderson (1937–2001)
The Pacific Jazz Collective
Mateo Ruiz, tenor sax
Alex Maldonado, trumpet
Bergen Finley, guitar
Kyle Saelee, bass
Joe Evans, drums
Joe Mazzaferro, director
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Massachusetts native Sean Britt became the first guitarist for the Brubeck Institute Fellowship program at University of the Pacific in 2013. He was a member of the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet (currently Pacific Jazz Ambassadors) which Downbeat Magazine named the best undergraduate jazz combo in their Student Awards Poll in 2016. Currently, he serves on Pacific’s jazz studies faculty.
While at Pacific, Britt performed with visiting artists including Christian McBride, Stefon Harris and Chris and Darius Brubeck among others. Britt transferred to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City where he received his BFA in Jazz Studies. He went on to receive a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 2019.
At University of the Pacific Jamie Dubberly teaches advanced improvisation and intro to jazz. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Georgia, and a master’s degree in music from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford). Currently, he also on teaches the low brass studio, student chamber and jazz ensembles at California State University, Stanislaus.
A multitalented trombonist, composer, and bandleader, Dubberly moved to California in 2003. He has been a part of the burgeoning Bay Area Latin and jazz scenes and is currently a member of the following prominent ensembles: Avance, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Realistic Orchestra, Jazz Mafia Symphony, Montuno Swing, Brian Andres’s Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel, and Orquesta Dharma (leader). He also works frequently with notable Bay Area bands such as La Fuerza Gigante, Mazacote (Louie Romero).
Having come from a classical/orchestra background, Dubberly performs with Bay Area and Central Valley orchestras such as the Townsend Opera Orchestra (principal trombonist) or the Oakland Opera Orchestra. He has also performed with many internationally known acts such as The Manhattans, Joan Rivers, Bloodstone, and Gene Chandler and has performed along jazz artists such as Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, Steve Davis (trombone), Arturo O'Farrill, Kenny Rampton, Doug Beavers, Alan Ferber, Marc Gross, Jimmy Greene, Paul Contos, and Mic Gillette. He has also performed with bands backing top salsa names including Frankie Vazquez, Tony Vega, Eddie Santiago, Willy Torres, Marco Bermudez, Tito Rojas, Willie Gonzales, and Cali Aleman.
Dubberly helped initiate a monthly jazz vespers service at First United Methodist Church in Modesto, California. Additionally, he has formed a Latin jazz orchestra, Dharma, which showcases his writing and arranging skills. Their debut album, Road Warrior, was selected as the "2011 next generation Latin jazz album of the year" by the latinjazzcorner.com and ranked number seven on Rudy Mangual’s "top ten albums of 2012" by Latin Beat Magazine.
Andrew Mell joined University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music faculty as assistant professor of practice in jazz and music industry studies in 2023. As a bassist, Mell has performed across the country at renowned venues with jazz, Latin, classical, and popular music groups. He has shared the stage with celebrated artists such as Emilio Solla, Marcus Lewis, Jeffery Jenkins, or Mitch Towne.
Mell has worked in many areas of the music industry. He has held the position of artistic operations coordinator for the Eugene Symphony, stage manager for the Stanford Jazz Festival, and a recording engineer for the University of Oregon.
Mell holds a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University, a master’s degree from the University of Oregon, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has also held the position of bass instructor at Willamette University and taught in the jazz and music technology departments at University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Joe Mazzaferro is the associate director of jazz studies and associate professor of practice in jazz at University of the Pacific. As a trumpeter, educator, and composer, Mazzaferro is active in the Northern California jazz scene and in demand as a guest artist and clinician across the United States. Mazzaferro’s debut release In Terms of . . . (2017)—which features saxophonist Jeff Clayton along with special guests, drummer Carl Allen and pianist Donald Brown—received high praise from critics and was described as “vintage hard bop with maturity” (George Harris, Jazz Weekly).
Mazzaferro has gained critical acclaim as a composer and arranger and has arranged works for pianist Edward Simon, drummer Carl Allen, trumpeter Terell Stafford, and vocalist Jazzmeia Horn. In 2019 he contributed arrangements to Smoke Session Record’s release Bird at 100, commemorating the centennial of Charlie Parker’s birth, which featured alto saxophonists Vincent Herring, Bobby Watson, and Gary Bartz. Mazzaferro’s July 2020 big-band release Talk About It! Live @ The CLARA features exclusively his arrangements and compositions.
Mazzaferro is a graduate of University of the Pacific (BM, music education) and the University of Tennessee (MM, jazz and studio music).
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