UNT Division of Jazz Studies

Adam Schatz
Brooklyn-based Creative Musician
Founder and CEO of Search & Restore
searchandrestore.com

March 1, 2012, 5-6:30 p.m.
Room 287, Music Building

Adam will discuss:
• the founding of Search & Restore, the non-profit that serves as a point of discovery for new audiences for the jazz and improvised music community;
• new ways to build audiences;
• and your questions.

Sponsored by the College of Music music career development initiative and the Division of Jazz Studies

Creative Entrepreneurship in the New Music Industry
Michael League
bassist, composer, founder of the band Snarky Puppy
www.snarkypuppy.com
Friday February 3, 2012 3-4 p.m. Music Building 321

I’ll be discussing the changing trends in the music industry, running and managing a creative ensemble, analyzing and dissecting my yearly income, comparing college degree requirements to skill set requirements for financial sustainability, creating a blue ocean market for your musical passion, structuring your brand around an ethical and inspired ethos, and a list of things I wish I would have learned in college.

We have a full calendar of events for spring 2012. More are being added (like degree recitals). There are several ways to keep track of them:

One O'Clock Lab Band concerts are listed here: jazz.unt.edu/oneoclock/gigs and on the Jazz Studies Events Calendar: jazz.unt.edu/calendar.

The Jazz Studies Events Calendar lists all of the degree recitals, on-campus concerts and masterclasses, and off-campus concerts. It's updated frequently.

Weekly ensemble concerts in the University Union are included in our events calendar and posted here:

syndicate-sp-2012.pdf
Special event this semester: The Army Blues Small Band will be performing at the Syndicate on Wednesday, February 29 from 9pm to midnight. As the name implies, this is a small group comprised of members of the United States Army Blues big band. The members are:
Sax: Joseph Henson (UNT Alumnus)
Trumpet: Craig Fraedrich (UNT Alumnus)
Trombone: Victor Barranco (UNT Alumnus)
Piano: Tony Nalker
Bass: Regan Brough
Guitar: Jim Roberts
Drums: Steve Fidyk

one-oclock-lounge-sp-2012.pdf

If you would like to confirm details of any of our events, you can call the Jazz Studies Office at (940) 565-3743.

Alumnus and trombonist Victor Barranco mentioned in conversation at the recent JEN conference that there are a lot of UNT alumni in Washington, D.C.-area service jazz bands. I asked him if he could compile a list and he kindly obliged. --JM

[The West Point Band's Jazz Knights has Scott Arcangel on piano, Brandon Nelson bass, Mark Tonelli guitar & Eric Ordway on trombone. Thanks to Scott Arcangel for this information.]

28 out of 73 musicians in Washington, D.C.-area servicejazz bands:

U.S. Army Blues: 6
Trumpets: Craig Fraedrich
Trombone: Victor Barranco
Sax: Antonio Orta, Bill Linney, Joesph Henson
Drums: Steve Fidyk

Airmen of Note: 8
Trumpets: Rich Sigler
Trombone: (former)Joe Jackson, Jeff Martin, Ben Patterson
Sax: Tyler Kuebler, Andy Axelrad, Doug Morgan
Arranger: Alan Baylock

U.S. Navy Commodores: 4
Trombone: David Perkel
Saxes: Luis Hernandez, Phil Burlin, Stephen Williams

U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors: 10
Trumpet: Jack Wengrosky, Kevin Watt
Trombone: Michael Bravin, Michael Buckley
Sax: Andrew Layton, Bradford Danho, Joshua Fox, Pat Shook, (Dustin Mollick when he finishes Basic Training in April)
Piano: Tim Young

Current graduate student Laura Otero has released a new CD, "Atrás", in her native Colombia. It's a collaboration with guitarist Daniel Pinilla. With Laura's permission, here is a sample track, Este Niño.

Armando Núñez Portillo, a 2004 master's graduate of UNT, who published a book last year, is playing an important leadership role in jazz education in Mexico. He was appointed on Jan. 3, 2012 as Academic Director at Chihuahua's Music Conservatory. He also serves on the faculty at the Universidad de Chihuahua. Last week he succeeded in getting the administration to approve a jazz program at the bachelor's level. The program will include jazz improvisation, jazz theory, jazz composing and arranging, jazz history and jazz combos, in addition to the private instrument lessons. Congratulations, Armando!

Pianist and recent graduate Roberto Verastegui has released his debut CD, "Meeting Point". It features Quamon Fowler on sax, Jason 'JT' Thomas and Matt Young on drums, Li Xiaochuan on trumpet and Jacob Smith on bass. Find out more about it at Roberto's site and cdbaby and iTunes.

Current doctoral student Sergio Pamies has released a new CD entitled "Borrachito" on bebyne, a Spanish label. Sergio recorded it with the "Entre Amigos" band, his longtime flamenco jazz colleagues in Spain, and guest artists Christian Scott (trumpet), Antonio Serrano (harmonica), Diego Amador (piano), Rubem Dantas (percussion), and Pepe Luis Carmona "Habichuela" (vocals). Sergio composed most of the tracks. With Sergio's permission, here is a sample track, his tune "Fandango in Boskovice". The label page links to iTunes and Amazon.