Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students
Free Two-Hour Music Clinic Takes Place November 6, 2010 at Hartnell College in Salinas
International Latin Jazz Recording Artists Part of MJF's
Traveling Clinicians Program
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce the Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students, taking place Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Hartnell College Music Building, located at 411 Central Avenue in Salinas. The clinic is free. Students and teachers will receive hands-on instruction in Latin rhythms and styles such as mambo, cha-cha, son, samba, and bolero; techniques on Latin percussion, bass, guitar, piano, vocals, and improvisation for all horns, Latin jazz arranging, and more.
The clinicians include international Latin jazz recording artists David Belove (bass); Murray Low (piano); Michael Spiro (percussion) and Wayne Wallace (trombone) and are part of MJF's Latin Jazz Program.
“Originally a supplement to our Traveling Clinician Program, the Latin Jazz Program began several years ago with one or two clinicians visiting school music programs in Monterey, Salinas, and Salinas Valley with a focus on exploring the rhythms and stylistic traits specific to Latin jazz music, says Dr. Rob Klevan, MJF's Education Director. “In this newest two-hour clinic format, open to anyone interested in learning more about this exciting genre, MJF is able to reach out to a wider demographic of students as well as adults. I know that the Second Annual MJF Latin Jazz Clinic at Hartnell College in Salinas will provide another fun-filled musical experience for those in attendance who will receive hands-on instruction from four highly acclaimed Latin jazz professional musicians."
Interested students and teachers are invited to contact Dr. Rob Klevan at 831-373-3366 or by email at [email protected].
About the Clinicians
Bass clinician David Belove is a Bay Area bassist and photographer. He studied at San Francisco State and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Since the 1980s he has recorded sixty albums and performed with Pete Escovedo, John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, Danilo Perez, Tito Puente, Francisco Aguabella, Rebeca Mauleon, Ray Obiedo, Marcos Silva, Joe Henderson, Max Roach, Blue Mitchell, Eddie Harris, Mark Levine, Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell and Zakir Hussain. He teaches jazz and Latin bass at a variety of institutions around the Bay Area, including the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
Piano clinician Murray Low is a native of Santa Cruz and a veteran pianist of the Bay Area jazz scene, and is the regular pianist with the Pete Escovedo Latin Jazz Orchestra and with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, which was nominated in 2003 for a Grammy for the album S.F. Bay. His career has included both local and international performances with Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Bob Mintzer, Sheila E, Clark Terry, Benny Golson, John Patitucci, George Duke, Omar Hakim, Bob Sheppard, George Young and John Handy. He is a frequent guest artist with the top Latin musicians in the Bay Area and beyond, including Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble, Que Calor, Ray Obiedo, QBA, Karl Perazzo/Raul Rekow of the Santana band, Ray Vega, John Calloway, and Wayne Wallace. As an educator, Murray has taught privately for several years and at Jazz Camp West and the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
Percussion clinician Michael Spiro is an internationally recognized Grammy-nominated percussionist, recording artist, and educator. He has performed on thousands of records, including artists ranging from David Byrne, Cachao, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Ella Fitzgerald, Gilberto Gil, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ray Holman, Toninho Horta, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. John, Machete Ensemble, Bobby McFerrin, Andy Narell, Ray Obiedo, Chico O'Farrill, Eddie Palmieri, Lazaro Ros, Carlos Santana, Grace Slick, Omar Sosa, Clark Terry and McCoy Tyner, to name just a few. Michael earned his Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Latin American Studies from the University of California, and graduate degree from the University of Washington, and held a seven-year apprenticeship with legendary percussionist Francisco Aguabella. He has been a faculty member or artist-in-residence at the UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Mt. Holyoke, University of Massachusetts, University of Missouri, BYU, Smith College, Wichita State University, Banff Center of the Arts, CSU San Diego, University of North Carolina, Winthrop College in South Carolina and the Cornish Institute of the Arts, and has conducted clinics and master classes at numerous universities throughout North America and Europe.
Grammy-nominated producer/composer/trombonist and clinician Wayne Wallace is a Bay Area icon for his contributions to Latin jazz. With an extensive background in Afro-Cuban jazz and many other musical genres, he has worked with numerous artists including Angela Bofill, Celine Dion, Pete Escovedo, Chris Isaak, and Santana. Among his many credits as composer and dozens of recordings both as a leader and sideman, Wallace has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Zellerbach Foundation. As one of the most prominent educators in the country, Wallace has taught Afro-Cuban music workshops worldwide, including West Germany and Cuba. He has taught performance and history courses at San Francisco and San Jose State Universities, Stanford, Antioch College, among others.
About the Monterey Jazz Festival and MJF's Jazz Education Programs
The Monterey Jazz Festival is dedicated to perpetuating the uniquely American form of music known as jazz by producing performances that celebrate the legacy and expand the boundaries of jazz; and by presenting year-round local, regional, national, and international jazz education programs. The Monterey Jazz Festival is a nonprofit organization and has donated its proceeds to musical education since its inception in 1958. These hands-on, cutting-edge educational components include the Traveling Clinician and Latin Jazz Programs, with professional musicians visiting Monterey County schools to teach students how to play and improvise in jazz and Latin styles; the Artist-In-Residence Program, which brings a leading jazz performer to work with students throughout the year; the MJF Summer Jazz Camp, the MJF Instrument and Sheet Music Library, the Digital Music Education Project, the Next Generation Jazz Festival, the Monterey County High School All-Star Band, the MJF Middle School Honor Band and MJF Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
Monterey Jazz Festival Presents the Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Hartnell College Music Building, 411 Central Avenue, Salinas, CA 93901
Free
CLINICIANS: David Belove, bass; Murray Low, piano; Michael Spiro, percussion; Wayne Wallace, trombone. Some percussion and other equipment will be provided.
Free Two-Hour Music Clinic Takes Place November 6, 2010 at Hartnell College in Salinas
International Latin Jazz Recording Artists Part of MJF's
Traveling Clinicians Program
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce the Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students, taking place Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Hartnell College Music Building, located at 411 Central Avenue in Salinas. The clinic is free. Students and teachers will receive hands-on instruction in Latin rhythms and styles such as mambo, cha-cha, son, samba, and bolero; techniques on Latin percussion, bass, guitar, piano, vocals, and improvisation for all horns, Latin jazz arranging, and more.
The clinicians include international Latin jazz recording artists David Belove (bass); Murray Low (piano); Michael Spiro (percussion) and Wayne Wallace (trombone) and are part of MJF's Latin Jazz Program.
“Originally a supplement to our Traveling Clinician Program, the Latin Jazz Program began several years ago with one or two clinicians visiting school music programs in Monterey, Salinas, and Salinas Valley with a focus on exploring the rhythms and stylistic traits specific to Latin jazz music, says Dr. Rob Klevan, MJF's Education Director. “In this newest two-hour clinic format, open to anyone interested in learning more about this exciting genre, MJF is able to reach out to a wider demographic of students as well as adults. I know that the Second Annual MJF Latin Jazz Clinic at Hartnell College in Salinas will provide another fun-filled musical experience for those in attendance who will receive hands-on instruction from four highly acclaimed Latin jazz professional musicians."
Interested students and teachers are invited to contact Dr. Rob Klevan at 831-373-3366 or by email at [email protected].
About the Clinicians
Bass clinician David Belove is a Bay Area bassist and photographer. He studied at San Francisco State and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Since the 1980s he has recorded sixty albums and performed with Pete Escovedo, John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, Danilo Perez, Tito Puente, Francisco Aguabella, Rebeca Mauleon, Ray Obiedo, Marcos Silva, Joe Henderson, Max Roach, Blue Mitchell, Eddie Harris, Mark Levine, Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell and Zakir Hussain. He teaches jazz and Latin bass at a variety of institutions around the Bay Area, including the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
Piano clinician Murray Low is a native of Santa Cruz and a veteran pianist of the Bay Area jazz scene, and is the regular pianist with the Pete Escovedo Latin Jazz Orchestra and with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, which was nominated in 2003 for a Grammy for the album S.F. Bay. His career has included both local and international performances with Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Bob Mintzer, Sheila E, Clark Terry, Benny Golson, John Patitucci, George Duke, Omar Hakim, Bob Sheppard, George Young and John Handy. He is a frequent guest artist with the top Latin musicians in the Bay Area and beyond, including Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble, Que Calor, Ray Obiedo, QBA, Karl Perazzo/Raul Rekow of the Santana band, Ray Vega, John Calloway, and Wayne Wallace. As an educator, Murray has taught privately for several years and at Jazz Camp West and the Jazzschool in Berkeley.
Percussion clinician Michael Spiro is an internationally recognized Grammy-nominated percussionist, recording artist, and educator. He has performed on thousands of records, including artists ranging from David Byrne, Cachao, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Ella Fitzgerald, Gilberto Gil, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ray Holman, Toninho Horta, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. John, Machete Ensemble, Bobby McFerrin, Andy Narell, Ray Obiedo, Chico O'Farrill, Eddie Palmieri, Lazaro Ros, Carlos Santana, Grace Slick, Omar Sosa, Clark Terry and McCoy Tyner, to name just a few. Michael earned his Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Latin American Studies from the University of California, and graduate degree from the University of Washington, and held a seven-year apprenticeship with legendary percussionist Francisco Aguabella. He has been a faculty member or artist-in-residence at the UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Mt. Holyoke, University of Massachusetts, University of Missouri, BYU, Smith College, Wichita State University, Banff Center of the Arts, CSU San Diego, University of North Carolina, Winthrop College in South Carolina and the Cornish Institute of the Arts, and has conducted clinics and master classes at numerous universities throughout North America and Europe.
Grammy-nominated producer/composer/trombonist and clinician Wayne Wallace is a Bay Area icon for his contributions to Latin jazz. With an extensive background in Afro-Cuban jazz and many other musical genres, he has worked with numerous artists including Angela Bofill, Celine Dion, Pete Escovedo, Chris Isaak, and Santana. Among his many credits as composer and dozens of recordings both as a leader and sideman, Wallace has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Zellerbach Foundation. As one of the most prominent educators in the country, Wallace has taught Afro-Cuban music workshops worldwide, including West Germany and Cuba. He has taught performance and history courses at San Francisco and San Jose State Universities, Stanford, Antioch College, among others.
About the Monterey Jazz Festival and MJF's Jazz Education Programs
The Monterey Jazz Festival is dedicated to perpetuating the uniquely American form of music known as jazz by producing performances that celebrate the legacy and expand the boundaries of jazz; and by presenting year-round local, regional, national, and international jazz education programs. The Monterey Jazz Festival is a nonprofit organization and has donated its proceeds to musical education since its inception in 1958. These hands-on, cutting-edge educational components include the Traveling Clinician and Latin Jazz Programs, with professional musicians visiting Monterey County schools to teach students how to play and improvise in jazz and Latin styles; the Artist-In-Residence Program, which brings a leading jazz performer to work with students throughout the year; the MJF Summer Jazz Camp, the MJF Instrument and Sheet Music Library, the Digital Music Education Project, the Next Generation Jazz Festival, the Monterey County High School All-Star Band, the MJF Middle School Honor Band and MJF Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
Monterey Jazz Festival Presents the Second Annual Latin Jazz Clinic for Music Teachers and Students
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Hartnell College Music Building, 411 Central Avenue, Salinas, CA 93901
Free
CLINICIANS: David Belove, bass; Murray Low, piano; Michael Spiro, percussion; Wayne Wallace, trombone. Some percussion and other equipment will be provided.
