{"id":61189,"date":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-jazz-band-hits-high-note-invited-to-play-at-newport-jazz-festival\/"},"modified":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"uri-jazz-band-hits-high-note-invited-to-play-at-newport-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/06\/uri-jazz-band-hits-high-note-invited-to-play-at-newport-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 jazz band hits high note: invited to play at Newport Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, RI \u2013 June 11, 2013 \u2013 Move over Miles. The 溏心vlog免费B站 jazz big band will perform this summer at the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious music events in the country.<\/p>\n


\nJoseph Parillo, chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s music department, says the honor is a testament to the success of the jazz studies program, launched about a decade ago in the music department. <\/p>\n


\nHe\u2019s thrilled the band was invited to play. The musicians, alumni and current students, were selected in a blind audition judged by 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and outside musicians and educators.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had the jazz program for a decade and here we are,\u201d says Parillo. \u201cWe made it to this point. It\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe band will play a 45-minute set starting at noon Aug. 4 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport. Expect to hear \u201cmainstream big band,\u201d not the more esoteric jazz of the late Miles Davis.<\/p>\n


\nCount Basie\u2019s \u201cCorner Pocket,\u201d Thad Jones\u2019 \u201cGroove Merchant,\u201d and Sammy Nestico\u2019s \u201cBasie-Straight Ahead\u201d are on the playlist. Co-directors Jared Sims and John Monllos will take turns at the podium.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe\u2019re actually going to be on the main stage, which is a really, really big deal,\u201d says Sims. \u201cThese kids are going to sit in the same spot where some of the legends of jazz music, like Duke Ellington, have been. To be part of the tradition is great. To be included is fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMost of the band members are musicians from Rhode Island. Some are current students; many are graduates pursuing their passion and earning a living as music teachers and performers in local bands.<\/p>\n


\nJoe Godfrey will tickle the ivories at the festival. \u201cMy parents listened to a lot of jazz, and I grew up hearing about the Newport Jazz Festival,\u201d says the Providence resident. \u201cI\u2019ve been aware of its prestige for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe started playing the piano by ear when he was 11 and took his first lesson three years later. \u201cPlaying amplifies emotions for me,\u201d he says. \u201cI guess I\u2019m a very dramatic person. I like feeling emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe received a bachelor\u2019s degree in jazz studies from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2009 and a master\u2019s, also in jazz studies, from the University of South Carolina. He teaches jazz and classical piano at the Rhode Island Philharmonic School in East Providence, gives private lessons, and plays with a local band, Panoramic View.<\/p>\n


\nTenor sax player Charlie Larson, who lives on Providence\u2019s East Side, is pumped to play in front of such a large audience. The festival draws thousands of jazz fans during the three-day event.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to being in that environment as a performer,\u201d he says. \u201cFor the first time, playing in that big of a context, is just really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe picked up his first sax when he was 9 at his Long Island grade school and by the time he was in high school he knew he wanted to devote his life to music. He enrolled at 溏心vlog免费B站 for the music program, which did not disappoint.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe past four years have opened up my ability to play,\u201d says Larson, who graduated this spring with a bachelor\u2019s in classical music and music education. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience all around.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTo keep busy, he\u2019s subbing in the West Warwick public schools and this fall plans to attend the Boston Conservatory for a master\u2019s in classical music performance. He also plays the flute, clarinet and piano.<\/p>\n


\nFor Ben Marcoux, an alto and a tenor sax player, the festival offers a once-in-lifetime opportunity to perform on a national stage. The North Providence resident will graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 next year with a bachelor\u2019s in jazz studies.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt started off as kind of a whisper going around the music department and then we got the ball rolling and a month and a half later the department said we\u2019re going to do it,\u201d says Marcoux. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible. I\u2019ve been going to the festival every year, so it\u2019s going to be great.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nMarcoux\u2019s first wind instrument was the clarinet. He begged his parents to buy him one after a Dixieland band played at his grade school when he was in fifth grade. \u201cThat\u2019s where it all began,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n


\nHe switched to the sax in eighth grade and buckled down with music his junior year in high school. Like Larson, Marcoux was impressed with the music department at 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013 and its teachers. His focus was jazz.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cThe jazz professors are world-class players and teachers,\u201d he says. \u201cA lot of musicians are good at playing, but they don\u2019t know how to teach. At 溏心vlog免费B站, they\u2019re fantastic players but they put a lot of emphasis on being good teachers too. They can do both.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIs he nervous about performing at the festival? \u201cI\u2019m petrified,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is the most amazing thing that has happened to me musically. What makes me really nervous is that the guys who inspired me have been booked at the same festival.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThose \u201cguys\u201d include saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Christian McBride, pianist Herbie Hancock, and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, described by critics as probably jazz\u2019s greatest living small-group composer and a gifted improviser too.<\/p>\n


\nBut Marcoux is one cool cat. Once he starts playing, he\u2019ll happily do what the mournful jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker did: get lost in the music.<\/p>\n


\nOther band members are:<\/p>\n


\nAlto Saxophone 2, Dave Murphy \u201914, of North Kingstown

\nTenor Sax 1, Leland Baker \u201915, of Pawtucket

\nBari Saxophone, Molly Hammell \u201913, of Killingworth, CT.

\nTrumpet, Manny Morales \u201916, of Wakefield

\nTrumpet, Jarrod Gorman \u201995, of Plainville, Mass.

\nTrumpet, Ed DeArruda \u201911, of Portsmouth

\nTrombone, Erin Dawson \u201912, of Irvington, NY.

\nTrombone, Chris Depot \u201911, of Narragansett

\nTrombone, Mike Ottaviano \u201911, of Hope Valley

\nGuitar, Clay Nordhill \u201915, of Portsmouth

\nBass, Kyle Barboza \u201913, of Tiverton

\nDrum, Mich Muller \u201913, of Kingston<\/p>\n


\nA saxophonist from Boston, co-director Sims has toured in the United States, Europe, South America, India, and the Middle East. He has played live with Bob Brookmeyer, Stefon Harris, Han Bennink, Cecil McBee and Bob Moses, as well as with the orchestras of Artie Shaw and Jimmy Dorsey.<\/p>\n


\nHe has performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Flint Jazz Festival in Michigan, Beantown Jazz Festival in Boston, Quito Jazz Festival in Ecuador, and Northsea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n


\nSims has also appeared on more than 35 different recordings. His newest jazz recording, The New Stablemates, was released in 2012 and features bassist Dave Zinno and drummer Steve Langone. (Both Langone and Zinno teach in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s music department.)

\nMonllos, a guitar player from Newport, was the assistant director of Navy Band Northeast and a member of the United States Navy Band for more than 20 years. Monllos has toured extensively throughout Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n


\nA graduate of the University of Miami jazz program, he received his master\u2019s in music at 溏心vlog免费B站, where he is a lecturer in the music department. He is also on the faculty at Salve Regina University, where he teaches guitar. He has a private guitar studio in Newport. <\/p>\n


\nMonllos appeared with the Boston Pops in 2006 as a guitarist with the Navy’s showband. Monllos performs regularly in New England with his trio, Los Gatos, and with various jazz bands. His latest release is Pop the Cork, a smooth jazz single.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is terrific news for the band,\u201d says Winifred Brownell, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences. \u201cEveryone involved with our jazz program deserves high praise for reaching this milestone so early in the life of the jazz program. We are very proud of our faculty, students and staff in the music department.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nDiscounted $20 tickets are available for students, ages 16 to 21, with proper student identification. Students with discounted tickets will be asked to present valid student identification at the gate, along with the $20 ticket. If valid student identification is not presented, students will be directed to the box office to pay the difference for a regularly priced ticket. Adult tickets are $74 to $125, and children ages 3 to 15 are $15. Children under 3 are free. You can purchase tickets online at NewportJazzFest.net.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Musicians in the jazz big band at the University of Rhode. In front from left to right are Manny Morales, Clay Nordhill, and Joe Godfrey. In back from left to right are Leland Baker and co-directors Jared Sims and John Monllos. The band will perform at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 4.

\nPhoto by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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