Pacific Jazz Ensemble
Stefon Harris, vibraphone
Patrick Langham, director
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
7:30 pm
Faye Spanos Concert Hall
112TH PERFORMANCE OF 2023–24 ACADEMIC YEAR
APRIL 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Selections may be chosen from the following:
What a Wonderful World (1967)
Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
Ellison’s Song (2010)
Summertime (1934)
Devil in the Details (2010)
Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies (1970)
Bob Thiele (1922–1996)
George David Weiss (1921–2010)
arr. Stefon Harris (b. 1973)
orch. Joe Mazzaferro (b. 1984)
Horace Silver (1928–2014)
arr. Stefon Harris (b. 1973)
orch. Omar Thomas (b. 1984) Harris
arr. Scott Arcangel (b. 1976)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
arr. Harris
orch. Vern Sielert (b. 1970) Harris
arr. Thomas
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
arr. Harris
orch. Arcangel
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Stefon Harris has earned four Grammy nominations and has been named Best Mallet player eight times by the Jazz Journalist Association. He was also chosen Best Vibes in the 2018 and 2017 Downbeat magazine Critics Poll, the 2016 Jazz Times Expanded Critics Poll, the 2014 Jazz Times Critics Poll, and the 2013 Downbeat Critics Poll. NPR’s All Things Considered praised Harris’s audacious CD Urbanus, which also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, as one of “The Year’s Best New Jazz” recordings. Harris was a member of the SFJAZZ Collective, whose 2014 CD, Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder, won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album. Harris received his Bachelor of Music degree in classical music and Master of Music degree in jazz performance at Manhattan School of Music where he formerly served as the associate dean and director of jazz arts. Harris is a professor at Rutgers University–Newark and served on the jazz faculty of New York University for the past decade.
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 the University’s jazz studies degree programs. During his time at Pacific, 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.
PACIFIC JAZZ ENSEMBLE FACULTY COACHES
Patrick Langham, program director, saxophone
Jamie Dubberly, trombone
Barry Finnerty, guitar
Aaron Garner, piano
Brian Kendrick, percussion
Joseph Mazzaferro, associate director, trumpet
Andrew Mell, double bass
Jonathan Latta, ensembles program director
Pacific Jazz Ensemble is an award-winning big band in the tradition of Duke
Ellington and Count Basie. The ensemble performs classic big band literature and embraces the music of contemporary composers and arrangers. The group has an impressive list of credentials having been invited to perform at jazz festivals around the West Coast.
Saxophones
Aimee MacDonald, alto
Gianna Pedregon, violin
Lee Milano, tenor
Mateo Ruiz, tenor
Kyle Saelee, baritone
Trumpets
Alex Maldonado, lead
Kamron Qasimi
Alayna Ontal
Kai Hatton
Trombones
Victor Alcazar, lead
Seth Neves
Matthew Miramontes
Jayden Laumeister
Rhythm Section
Toby Keys, piano
Bergen Finley, guitar
Marwan Ghonima, bass
Reyna Machado, drums
Samson, Hulett, drums
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