BANDS at the TJYBF - Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival

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5th annual TJYBF Sat., Feb. 13, 2010 Sac. State University Capistrano Hall 8:00am – 5:00pm Eve. concert 7:00pm California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA
	2010 BANDS These are the jazz combos participating in the 5th annual Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival on February 13, 2010. Scroll down to read about each group. MIDDLE SCHOOL Jazz Raptors Creekview Ranch MS - Roseville, CA Jazzamatazz J Street Studios - Davis, CA Jazzers Creekview Ranch MS - Roseville, CA	HIGH SCHOOL J Street Jazz Cats J Street Studios - Davis, CA Jazzinators I East Bay Trad. Jazz Society - S.F. Bay Area, CA Jazzinators II East Bay Trad. Jazz Society - S.F. Bay Area, CA Dixie Dominus Fremont Christian HS - Fremont, CA R Street Jazz Cats J Street Studios - Davis, CA Razin' the Bar Dir. Jack Mootz - Sacramento, CA San Marin H.S. Trad Jazz Band Novato, CA Sax by Popular Demand J Street Studios - Davis, CA Syncopating Sea-Monkeys I River City HS - West Sacramento, CA Syncopating Sea-Monkeys II River City HS - West Sacramento, CA Take 2 Elk Grove HS - Elk Grove, CA Take Five Dir. Harley White, Jr., Sacramento, CA	COLLEGE Jazz Combo I Sac. State University - Sacramento, CA Jazz Combo II Sac. State University - Sacramento, CA Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band Brigham Young University - Provo, UT RedSkunk Jipzee Swing Band Basin St. Regulars Jazz Club - Morro Bay, CA 2010 Clinicians HOST BAND (High School) TNT: The New Traditionalists Sac. Trad. Jazz Society Sacramento, CA
	2010 Bands Jazz Legacy, Provo, Utah – Dir. Steve Call Nothing conjures up the vision of 1920s America more than the swinging music of Brigham Young University's Dixieland band. Jazz Legacy, directed by Steve Call. As guest performer at international jazz festivals, Jazz Legacy has earned an international reputation of quality performance, while its repertoire of Dixieland standards and their fast-paced stage show has won it a name for entertainment at schools, conventions, and civic concerts. Featuring clarinet, trombone, trumpet, piano, banjo, drums, and bass, Jazz Legacy brings back the memories of a bygone era. Dixie Dominus, Fremont, CA – Dir. Thomas Bañuelos This rambunctious bunch of Fremont Christian High School students started rehearsing a little over three years ago and are excited about diving deep into the world of traditional jazz. The name "Dixie Dominus" is a play on words on George F. Handel's choral piece "Dixit Dominus." This is their fourth year at the Trad. Jazz Youth Festival. Band Director Thomas Bañuelos received his music performance degree from Cal State East Bay where he played trumpet and piano in one of their Dixieland Ensembles, Section 7, which entered the inaugural Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival. Jazzamatazz • J Street Jazz Cats • R Street Jazz Cats • Sax by Popular Demand, J St. Studios, Davis, CA – Dir. Celia Cottle Saxophone and clarinet instructor Celia Cottle has most of these bands perform in the Davis area for community and fundraising events at such locations as the Farmer's Market, retirement centers, senior center dances, etc. For selected events as the Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival, Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee and STJS Jazz Sundays, these large ensembles are broken down into more traditional-sized trad. jazz combos by having added brass and clarinet players take turns playing with the rhythm section. Jazzamatazz is made up of students ages 10 to 12. This is usually the first experience with jazz that many of these band members have had. The J Street Jazz Cats is a private band of students ages 12 to 16. They evolve as older, more experienced players "graduate" after 2 to 5 years to play with other bands while new players join to take their place and learn the trad. jazz tunes from more experienced ones who are working on improving their phrasing and improvisational skills. This band has enjoyed playing at the Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee throughout the Memorial Day weekend for the past 9 years. The R Street Jazz Cats are actually part of the larger group of J Street Jazz Cats, but were renamed so that more students could participate in this festival. Sax by Popular Demand is a band of predominately high school musicians. Traditional jazz tunes are presented from largely a saxophone perspective sometimes with interesting harmonies and intricate arrangements and other times with various members of the saxophone family covering the same roles of the trumpet, clarinet, and trombone for the group improvisation that occurs in more conventional trad jazz bands. This band has enjoyed playing at the Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee for the past 9 years. Jazz Raptors • Jazzers, Roseville, CA – Dir. Polly Edgerton These two combos are made of 7th and 8th grade students, directed by school band teacher and clarinetist Polly Edgerton, at Creekview Ranch Middle School in Roseville. They are in their second year of playing and are learning to play combo style jazz from lead sheets. They are piloting a Trad. Jazz Curriculum Kit for David Robinson. They make their own arrangements and are working on their improvising skills. In rehearsal, they often listen to the jazz greats, pause the recording, and try to emulate their licks and riffs. Several students have transcribed solos for themselves and for others in the group. Jazzinators I and II, Fremont and Milpitas, CA – Dir. John Soulis These are the dedicated youth musicians sponsored by the East Bay Traditional Jazz Society. Along with their traditional jazz genre, they also perform big band swing. In existence now for six years, there are fourteen musicians attending 8th grades through first year of college throughout the cities of Fremont and Milpitas. (Seven of their musicians attended a summer jazz camp in 2009.) The Jazzinators have been entertaining at senior/ retirement facilities & private parties; host two youth jazz band festivals/year; play 2 regular gigs a month at Pizza Depot, Grimmer and Auto Mall Parkway, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 7-8pm, and the Centerville Farmers Market the 2nd Saturday, from 9am to 12noon. According to their band director John Soulis, these young people are an integral part of their society's efforts and motto, "Bridging the Jazz Gap." Razin’ the Bar, Sacramento, CA – Dir. Jack Mootz Razin’ the Bar is a group of middle school to high school musicians. Though the personnel changes a bit every year, the band has been playing since April of 2008 under the direction of STJS Gold Card trombonist Jack Mootz, President and Music Director of the Sacramento Jazz Connection. Each member attends a different school, but never misses the Wednesday night rehearsal in Sacramento. This energetic and talented band enjoys playing all types of jazz including traditional, swing and be-bop. RedSkunk Jipzee Swing, Morro Bay, CA – Dir. Jeff Beaumont Sponsored by the Basin Street Regulars. RedSkunk Jipzee Swing, a group of young central coast musicians, puts together a surprisingly mature sound that draws from Django Reinhardt, '30s European jazz and American roots traditions. RedSkunk delivers fun, hot, rumpus jazz with a twist. This ensemble has recently performed at venues such as: Live Oak Music Festival, Pismo Jazz Jubilee, Morro Bay’s Harbor Festival, and Big Sur’s Jade Festival. They recently opened for Portland’s own 3 leg Torso. The RedSkunk Jipzee Swing Band received superior ratings at the 2009 Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival. When their latest CD was submitted for review, Dave Ruffner of the American Rag wrote, "This group is outstanding! All the solos are ‘in the pocket’ and the arrangements are well-conceived and interesting." With two CD’s already available, this band is rapidly cutting a wide path to success. Syncopating Sea-Monkeys, Davis, CA – Dir. Felicia Greenwood River City High School Band Director Felicia Greenwood is an STJS Trad. Jazz Camp alumnus. She created two trad. jazz combos from her original Syncopating Sea-Monkeys jazz ensemble (the second being the All-Stars). They are a high-energy group of teenagers who have a passion for traditional jazz. Their director has been described by Stan Mark as, “one of the most important music educators in our country.” The Sea-Monkeys are a shining example of what the STJS youth education program accomplishes each year. Sac. State Jazz Combos I and II, Sacramento, CA – Dir. Steve Roach & Sac. State Jazz Studies Faculty These ensembles from Sacramento State University provide a creative outlet for the beginning improviser as well as the advanced. Under the guidance and direction of the Sacramento State Jazz Faculty, students work together within assigned combos to develop proficiency in the art & craft of jazz improvisation and small-group jazz ensemble playing. Groups are often organized according to themes where the repertoire of a specific jazz composer or genre is addressed. To prepare students for professional performance situations, the memorization of standard jazz repertoire is expected. Combos perform frequently on and off campus for a variety of different functions and events. Music majors, non-music majors, and students enrolled through the College of Extended Studies may participate in the Sac. State Jazz Combos. Placement in jazz combos is by audition only. San Marin HS Trad. Jazz Band, Novato, CA – Dir. Emily Gates (Bill Badstubner and Ray Walker) The creative partnership between a Novato high school and the T.R.A.D.J.A.S.S. Club of Santa Rosa resulted in the Traditional Jazz Band of San Marin High School. In October 2007, a student from San Marin High School, attending a band festival at Analy HS, picked up a flyer from the T.R.A.D.J.A.S.S. Club. School band director Emily Gates read it and requested that the jazz club help her establish a traditional jazz band at her school. Rehearsals are presently scheduled once a week on Thursdays after school. Jazz club musicians Bill Badstubner and board member Ray Walker support the rehearsals with their materials and coaching. Emily is always in attendance and often runs the band when they can't. (T.R.A.D.J.A.S.S = Traditional Ragtime And Dixieland Jazz Appreciation & Strutters Society.) Take 2, Elk Grove, CA – Nancy Kreis In 2009, Take 2 participated as a middle school band for its first time at the TJYBF. The band members have since graduated and now attend Elk Grove High School. Directed by Nancy Kreis, two of its members are siblings of musicians from The Howlin’ Coyote Jazz Band (circa 2000-2005), so here’s the second take! Take Five, Sacramento, CA – Dir. Harley White, Jr. Take Five is an energetic, talented group of musicians from the Sacramento area. They attend different schools and rehearse weekly under the direction of Harley White, Jr. Most of the band members are also in the Sacramento Youth Symphony Academy. Band manager is Karen Baumann. The New Traditionalists (aka: TNT), Sacramento, CA – Dir. Nahum Zdybel, Mgr. Patty Wassum TNT is the host youth band sponsored by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society managed by STJS Trad. Jazz Camp head counselor Patty Wassum and directed by The New Lowdown guitarist Nahum Zdybel, a past award recipient of the Kenton O. Smith College Scholarship. Each year, as TNT members graduate from high school, auditions are held in the late summer for new recruits. They are well versed in early jazz via their participation at the STJS Trad Jazz Camp, weekly rehearsals, and Jazz Sunday concerts at the Dante Club. This honor jazz band of middle and high school students represents an STJS commitment to “passing the torch” at their jazz club activities, community events, and at other jazz festivals.
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	Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival (TJYBF) • Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society(STJS) c/o 1101 Kingsford Drive • Carmichael, CA 95608-6161 (916) 372-5277 • E-mail: youthbandfest@sacjazz.org