Media Day at Monterey Jazz Festival’s Summer Jazz Camp, Wednesday, June 24, 10 AM - 1 PM
2009 MJF Artists-In-Residence Trombonist Vincent Gardner And Drummer Ali Jackson Meet The Press
Gardner And Jackson Will Conduct Master Clinic, Work With Students Performing In Ensembles & Big Bands
Summer Jazz Camp Takes Place At
Monterey Peninsula College Music Buildings
980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA
Monterey, CA -- The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that “Media Day” at the MJF Summer Jazz Camp will take place Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Monterey Peninsula College’s music buildings from 10 AM - 1 PM. Over 150 Monterey County students will be in attendance, participating in master classes, clinics, rehearsals and special sessions.
Media representatives are invited to come observe the MJF Summer Jazz Camp in action with a master clinic by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members and 2009 MJF Artists-In-Residence, trombonist Vincent Gardner and drummer Ali Jackson from 10:00 to 10:45 AM; and then see and hear the big band rehearsals from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. There will be a 10 minute break from 10:50 - 11:00 AM. Mr. Gardner and Mr. Jackson, camp clinicians, students and staff of the two-week long jazz camp will be available for media interviews during the student lunch break from 12 PM - 1 PM.
Vincent R. Gardner (trombone) was born in Chicago in 1972 and was raised in Virginia. His family had a strong musical background, including his mother, his brother, and his father, Burgess Gardner (a trumpeter and music educator who has been very active on the Chicago music scene since the 1960s). Singing in church from an early age, he began playing piano when he was six, and soon switched to the violin, saxophone, and French horn before finally deciding on the trombone at age 12. Mr. Gardner became interested in jazz while attending high school and upon graduating went on to Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida and the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. In college, he took a summer job performing with a jazz band at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where he caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, who hired him for his first professional job. After graduating in 1996, he moved to New York to pursue his professional career. Mr. Gardner has performed, toured, and/or recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, the Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest, Nancy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Nicholas Payton, Illinois Jacquet, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Flanagan, Marcus Roberts, Matchbox 20, Jimmy Heath, Lauryn Hill and others. He has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 2000.
Ali Jackson Jr. (drums) developed his talent on drums at an early age. In 1993, he graduated from Detroit’s Cass Tech High School and was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigious Artserv “Emerging Artist” award in 1998. As a child, he was selected as the soloist for the “Beacons Of Jazz” concert that honored legend Max Roach at New School University in New York City. After earning an undergraduate degree in music composition at the New School University for Contemporary Music, he studied under Elvin Jones and Max Roach. Mr. Jackson has been part of Young Audiences, a program that educates New York City youth about jazz. He has performed and recorded with artists including Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman, Vinx, Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa, Diana Krall and the New York City Ballet. Most recently his production skills can be heard on George Benson’s GRP release Irreplaceable. Mr. Jackson is also featured on the Wynton Marsalis Quartet’s recording The Magic Hour (Blue Note, 2004). Mr. Jackson collaborated with jazz greats Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Veal and James Carter on Gold Sounds (Brown Brothers, 2005) that transformed indie-alternative rock band Pavement songs into unique virtuosic interpretations, with the attitude of the church and juke joint. Mr. Jackson currently performs with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Horns in the Hood and leads his own Ali Jackson Quartet. He also hosts “Jammin’ with Jackson,” a series for young musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy Club Coca-Cola. He is also the voice of “Duck Ellington,” a character in the Penguin book series Baby Loves Jazz, released in 2006.
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.
For more information about the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Summer Jazz Camp, please visit our website.
2009 MJF Artists-In-Residence Trombonist Vincent Gardner And Drummer Ali Jackson Meet The Press
Gardner And Jackson Will Conduct Master Clinic, Work With Students Performing In Ensembles & Big Bands
Summer Jazz Camp Takes Place At
Monterey Peninsula College Music Buildings
980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA
Monterey, CA -- The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that “Media Day” at the MJF Summer Jazz Camp will take place Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Monterey Peninsula College’s music buildings from 10 AM - 1 PM. Over 150 Monterey County students will be in attendance, participating in master classes, clinics, rehearsals and special sessions.
Media representatives are invited to come observe the MJF Summer Jazz Camp in action with a master clinic by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members and 2009 MJF Artists-In-Residence, trombonist Vincent Gardner and drummer Ali Jackson from 10:00 to 10:45 AM; and then see and hear the big band rehearsals from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. There will be a 10 minute break from 10:50 - 11:00 AM. Mr. Gardner and Mr. Jackson, camp clinicians, students and staff of the two-week long jazz camp will be available for media interviews during the student lunch break from 12 PM - 1 PM.
Vincent R. Gardner (trombone) was born in Chicago in 1972 and was raised in Virginia. His family had a strong musical background, including his mother, his brother, and his father, Burgess Gardner (a trumpeter and music educator who has been very active on the Chicago music scene since the 1960s). Singing in church from an early age, he began playing piano when he was six, and soon switched to the violin, saxophone, and French horn before finally deciding on the trombone at age 12. Mr. Gardner became interested in jazz while attending high school and upon graduating went on to Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida and the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. In college, he took a summer job performing with a jazz band at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where he caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, who hired him for his first professional job. After graduating in 1996, he moved to New York to pursue his professional career. Mr. Gardner has performed, toured, and/or recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, the Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest, Nancy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Nicholas Payton, Illinois Jacquet, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Flanagan, Marcus Roberts, Matchbox 20, Jimmy Heath, Lauryn Hill and others. He has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 2000.
Ali Jackson Jr. (drums) developed his talent on drums at an early age. In 1993, he graduated from Detroit’s Cass Tech High School and was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigious Artserv “Emerging Artist” award in 1998. As a child, he was selected as the soloist for the “Beacons Of Jazz” concert that honored legend Max Roach at New School University in New York City. After earning an undergraduate degree in music composition at the New School University for Contemporary Music, he studied under Elvin Jones and Max Roach. Mr. Jackson has been part of Young Audiences, a program that educates New York City youth about jazz. He has performed and recorded with artists including Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman, Vinx, Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa, Diana Krall and the New York City Ballet. Most recently his production skills can be heard on George Benson’s GRP release Irreplaceable. Mr. Jackson is also featured on the Wynton Marsalis Quartet’s recording The Magic Hour (Blue Note, 2004). Mr. Jackson collaborated with jazz greats Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Veal and James Carter on Gold Sounds (Brown Brothers, 2005) that transformed indie-alternative rock band Pavement songs into unique virtuosic interpretations, with the attitude of the church and juke joint. Mr. Jackson currently performs with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Horns in the Hood and leads his own Ali Jackson Quartet. He also hosts “Jammin’ with Jackson,” a series for young musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy Club Coca-Cola. He is also the voice of “Duck Ellington,” a character in the Penguin book series Baby Loves Jazz, released in 2006.
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.
For more information about the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Summer Jazz Camp, please visit our website.
