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University of Mary

John Pittman

Born: March 15, 1980

Featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's mini series "One to Watch", Toronto-based trumpeter/composer/educator John Pittman is in high demand as both a soloist and lead player on the jazz, commercial and salsa scenes because of his big sound, high energy and melodicism.. His playing has been described as having a “wide dynamic and emotional range" consisting of ideas that are “very unique” even when performing within more traditional contexts. Pittman is the winner of several arts grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council as well as the 2006 -2007 Rayburn Wright Scholar and the 2007 Schirmer Prize winner for an outstanding performance major at the prestigious Eastman School of Music. In Toronto, Pittman is featured on a regular basis as a member of The Heavyweights Brass Band, The Toronto Jazz Orchestra, The Lula All-Stars, Conjunto Lacalu, The Yani Borrell Orchestra, and The Chris Hunt Tentet

The University Of Mary Jazz Ensemble

By University of Mary

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2002

The University Of Mary Jazz Ensemble: The University Of Mary Jazz Ensemble

by Jim Santella
May 1, 2002

Special guest Bob Montgomery gives this student big band a mellow flavor with an emphasis on clear harmony. It's not the piercing electronics and pulsating rhythms that many college and university big bands espouse. Instead, trumpeter Montgomery and Jazz Studies director Scott Prebys have chosen to bring out the mellow kind of big band sound taught ...