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GOING FOR ADDS: October 14, 2014 FILE: JAZZ GLOBAL RADIO CAMPAIGN CONTACT KATE SMITH PROMOTIONS 814.482.0010 www.katesmithpromotions.com [email protected] PHIL BROWN & the New Arts Jazztet: ARKADIA
1. ARKADIA 7:16 2. NEIL’S NOTION 8:02 3. AMETHYST EYES 6:22 4. DEMAGE 7:01 5. HABAÑERA 5:19 6. SHAKEDOWN 5:26 7. IN THE BLACK 7:01 8. AND THE PEOPLE SAID… 6:47 9. SAUDADE 7:35 10. CHANGES WE CAN BELIEVE IN 4:22 11. WHERE BEAUTY LIES 7:05 Total Run Time: 72:16
PHIL BROWN & the New Arts Jazztet has long been regarded as southern Illinois' premier jazz group, regularly presenting a select repertoire—engaging original works as well as choice standards—forged in the energy of hard bop and the eclecticism of contemporary jazz. With its hip, approachable character and sound, the cross-generational group—saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass and drums—convincingly helps to sustain jazz into the 21st Century.
Arkadia (a caldera productions, 2014), the new release by NAJ bassist, Phil Brown, again features the band. The group enjoyed considerable nationwide radio airplay and attention on Brown's previous recording, Bright Side (a caldera productions, 2009). And the New Arts Jazztet, along with the duo, FourOnSix, was also featured on Brown's Darkness Into Light (a caldera productions, 2006).
The NAJ is in residence at Southern Illinois University, where all but one of its members are School of Music faculty. Its current line-up is Dick Kelley, reeds; Bob Allison, trumpet/flugelhorn; Tim Pitchford, trombone; Mel Goot, piano; Phil Brown, bass; and Ron Coulter, drums. Annually, for one week in June, New Arts Jazztet members staff a jazz improvisation camp at SIU. Each fall, the group presents a formal concert of jazz standards, and each spring, a formal concert of original music. The NAJ is also a headline ensemble at the Southern Illinois Music Festival each summer.
DICK KELLEY joined the New Arts Jazztet in 2008, and is currently Assistant Professor of Saxophone, and Director of Jazz Studies at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Kelley has performed with Jon Faddis, Dick Oatts, Stefon Harris, the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Bob Mintzer, Wycliffe Gordon, Jim Pugh, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Bobby Shew and Kenny Werner, among others. Additionally, he has toured extensively with Patti Page, Marie Osmond, and the Motown Soul Review. As well as performing with the New Arts Jazztet at the inaugural Jazz Education Network Conference, Dr. Kelley has performed or presented at several conferences of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
BOB ALLISON is Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Allison is a founding member of the New Arts Jazztet, which formed in 1984. He has performed with numerous jazz artists, including James Williams, Cal Thomas, Willie Thomas, and Stanley Clarke.
TIM PITCHFORD, formerly of SIU, is now Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Trombone at Illinois Wesleyan University. Dr. Pitchford has performed with Joe Williams, Maureen McGovern, Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Gaynor, The Manhattan Transfer, John Pizzarelli, Patti Austin, Byron Stripling, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and many others. He has recorded on several Grammy- and Latin Grammy-nominated albums and numerous independent and commercial recordings.
MEL GOOT joined the New Arts Jazztet in 1995. He has performed with artists such as Charles McPherson, Nathan East, Daniel Jackson, Luis Gasca, Cal Tjader, Poncho Sanchez, John Heard, Carol Kaye, Kevyn Lettau, Peter Sprague, Jaime Valle, Abraham Laboriel, Bobby Shew, and Dave Valentin.
PHIL BROWN earned his graduate degree in music education at North Texas State University, where he was a member of NTSU's highly acclaimed jazz ensemble, the One O'Clock Lab Band. His undergraduate degree in composition was completed at Northwestern University. Brown's bass teachers have included Lawrence Hurst, Ringwalt Warner, Evan Tonsing, Warren Benfield and Edward Rainbow. He studied composition with M. William Karlins and with Luciano Berio.
Brown’s recent writing efforts have produced almost 50 originals for the NAJ. In 2003, the Illinois Arts Council honored him for his work and commitment within the arts with an Artist Fellowship Award in music composition. He has released four recordings as leader, and appears on a number of other recordings, including the compact discs that accompany the 2-volume Jazz Tunes For Improvisation, by Dan Haerle, Jack Petersen and Rich Matteson.
Notable among the many jazz artists with whom Brown has collaborated are Pepper Adams, Lockjaw Davis, Herb Ellis, Steve Gadd, Red Garland, Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Harrell, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mark Murphy, and Clark Terry. A native of Amarillo, Texas, he is currently Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies at Southern Illinois University. He joined the New Arts Jazztet in 1991.
Brown has also served as guest artist, clinician, and adjudicator at any number of national and area jazz competitions, camps, and festivals, most recently the University of Louisville Jazz Week.
RON COULTER, formerly of SIU, is now Instructor of Percussion, Improvisation, and World Music Studies at Casper College. He has performed with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Harry James Orchestra, Sean Jones, Keith Javors, Marvin Stamm, Joanne Brackeen, Maria Schneider, and Chuck Mangione, among many others.
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