Pacific Jazz Combos Mell Combo Andrew Mell, director
The Collective Joe Mazzaferro, director
Dubberly Combo Jamie Dubberly, director
Pacific Jazz Ambassadors Patrick Langham, director
Thursday, December 7, 2023 7:30 pm Recital Hall
47TH PERFORMANCE OF 2023–24 ACADEMIC YEAR
DECEMBER 7, 2023, 7:30 PM Milt Jackson (1923–1999)
Bag’s Groove (1952)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994)
Triste (1966)
Saga of Jenny (1941) Mell Combo Kai Hatton, trumpet Fabian Beltran, piano Josh Gutierrez, bass Louis Cufley, drums Andrew Mell, director
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
After You’ve Gone (1918)
Turner Layton (1894–1978)
Afternoon In Paris (1949)
John Lewis (1920–2001)
Recorda me (Remember me) (1963) Dubberly Combo Joseph Schwarz, clarinet Jenna Kalik, vibraphone Donald Parker, guitar Donald McIntyre, piano Michael Andersen, bass Bergen Finley, drums Jamie Dubberly, director
Joe Henderson (1937–2001)
DECEMBER 7, 2023, 7:30 PM Full House (1962)
Wes Montgomery (1923–1968)
Joy Spring (1954)
Clifford Brown (1930–1956)
Did You Call Her Today? (1962)
Ben Webster (1909–1973)
Open Sesame (1960) The Collective Alex Maldonado, trumpet Mateo Ruiz, tenor saxophone Bergen Finley, guitar Kyle Saelee, bass Reyna Machado, drums Joe Mazzaferro, director
Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008)
Tricotism (1954)
Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960)
So Near, So Far (1960)
Tony Crombie (1925–1999)
The Christmas Song (1945)
Robert Wells, Mel Tormé (1922–1998, 1925–1999)
Moment’s Notice (1958) Pacific Jazz Ambassadors Gianna Pedregon, violin Aimee MacDonald, alto saxophone Leo Milano, tenor saxophone Toby Keys, piano Marwan Ghonima, bass Samson Hulett, drums Patrick Langham, director
John Coltrane (1926–1967)
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 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.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 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), where he also participated in a doctoral program and was on the faculty as an adjunct, part-time instructor. He is currently also on the faculty of California State University, Stanislaus, where he teaches the low brass studio, student chamber and jazz ensembles and various classroom music courses. Dubberly is a multitalented trombonist, composer, and bandleader originally from Georgia. He moved to California from the New York City. Since he arrived 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), and many others. 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, where he is a member and acts as musical director for the jazz services. 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 website and ranked number seven on Rudy Mangual’s "top ten albums of 2012" by Latin Beat Magazine.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 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 is a graduate of University of the Pacific (Bachelor of Music degree in music education) and the University of Tennessee (Master of Music degree in jazz and studio music). 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.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Patrick Langham is an experienced educator and performer with a twenty-year career at University of the Pacific. As professor and director of jazz studies, Langham developed Pacific’s jazz studies degree programs. During this time Langham has traveled to Spain as a visiting jazz conductor, overseen student performances in Paraguay, and directed groups at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Reno Jazz Festival, and Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. As a saxophonist, he has performed with distinguished jazz artists including Lewis Nash, Bob Hurst, Donald Brown, Tom Harrell, Essiet Essiet, Terell Stafford, and Louis Hayes.
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