Shelley Carrol

Rob Parton's Ensemble 9+: Relentless

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2024

Rob Parton, who once led the Chicago area's marvelous JazzTech big band, has since moved on to other pursuits, namely mentoring the next generation of jazz trumpeters at the stellar University of North Texas Jazz Lab in Denton. Having released eleven widely acclaimed albums with the JazzTech band, Parton has pared the lineup to nine (plus) on Relentless, enlisting the skills and talents of colleagues at UNT and drawing on the large talent pool of first-call musicians in the Dallas-Fort ...

Rob Parton's Ensemble 9+: Relentless

by Troy Dostert
August 29, 2024

After many years in the Windy City, most notably as the leader of the JazzTech Big Band, trumpeter Rob Parton wanted a change of scenery, which brought him to the University of North Texas, where he joined the faculty in 2019. And of course, that meant he now had the opportunity to work with lots of premium large-ensemble talent, as the college has been an incubator for big-band jazz for decades. Many of Parton's colleagues from UNT and other stalwarts ...

Shelley Carrol: A Distant Star In View

by Michael L. Nelson
March 22, 2003

On this night, she requested that Shelley play her favorite tune that he plays. Amongst the reverberated shouts of 'yeah', she leans over to a companion to remark, 'that's so sexy'! Carrol plays in sub tones and drains every bit of emotion out of the horn as he whispers 'My Funny Valentine'. As the music plays on, any listener soon feels as if Shelley was playing their personal request.

At first glance, Carrol looks like any other cat just wanting ...

Jeff Lofton's Electric Miles Tribute With Saxophonist Shelley Carrol

Source: Jeff Lofton
July 12, 2013

Austin, TX: Jeff Lofton's Electric Miles Tribute debuts at the Scottish Rite Theater on Saturday, July 13. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance from JeffLofton.com and $25 at the door. Lofton, an Austin-based jazz trumpeter, composer and producer, leads his side project, the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang, in the tribute which honors Miles Davis' influence on fusion of the 70s and 80s. The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang features Shelley ...
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