Manhattan Concert Productions presents the 12th Annual Jazz Festival featuring The Pete McGuinness Sextet at Harlem’s world-famous Apollo Theater.
McGuinness’ credits as a critically-acclaimed jazz trombonist over the years, include performances with such jazz greats as Maria Schneider, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Heath, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Mike Holober’s “Gotham Jazz Orchestra”, Dave Pietro, Mike Kaplan Nonet, Jim Cifelli, Manny O’Quendo’s “Libre” and most recently as a member of the new “Smoke Big Band” directed by trumpeter/composer Bill Mobley. Pete also appears as a sideman on over 25 jazz CDs, including the GRAMMY Award-winning CD by Maria Schneider “Concert In The Garden.” This concert will also feature performances by Caleb Chapman's Voodoo Orchestra and UM-Duluth LAKE EFFECT. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of Jazz!
In person at the Apollo Theater Box Office By phone call Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000
Online at www.Ticketmaster.com From: https://www.apollotheater.org/all/details/393-mcp-2015-nyc-jazz-festival-4-11-15
Pete McGuinness - "Voice Like A Horn" (Summit Records)
After many years performing and recording as a NYC-based jazz trombonist, big band composer-arranger, and being involved in jazz education (Professor of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University), Pete McGuinness releases his first CD to fully focus on his jazz singing and high-level vocal improvisation skills with “Voice Like A Horn” (Summit Records). Winner of the 2010 Jazzmobile vocal competition and a past semi-finalist of the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition, Pete McGuinness presents a variety of well-known standards with his own forward-thinking arrangements for this latest CD. Pete’s trio is Ted Kooshian on piano, Andy Eulau on bass, Scott Neumann on drums. Also featured are special guests Jon Gordon on alto saxophone and Bill Mobley on trumpet.
"Pete sings as well as Chet Baker or Mel Torme...simply magnificent!" - Roseanna Vitro - GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist
-”McGuinness might prove to be the next thing in male jazz vocals...” - All About Jazz
"Pete's scat singing is stellar!" - Darmon Meader - The NY Voices
w/special guest vocalist - Roseanna Vitro
As a young man growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, Pete spent his teen-age years studying jazz trombone and arranging, sitting-in with the local Hartford-area professionals musicians, as well as participating in the renowned Hall High School jazz program. By this time, Pete had become firmly committed to a future as a jazz musician.
He went on for his formal musical training at the New England Conservatory, the University of Miami (Bachelor of Music in jazz 1986), and finally onto New York City, attending the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music in jazz, 1987). From that point on, Pete became busy in the NYC jazz scene as a trombonist, an arranger-composer, and later a jazz vocalist and jazz educator as well.
As a trombonist, he has performed with such well-known jazz artists/groups as The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, the Woody Herman big band (dir. By Frank Tibieri), Lionel Hampton, Dave Pietro, Mike Holober, Anita Brown, Scott Whitfield, the nonets of both Jim Cifelli and Mike Kaplan, and appears on over 20 jazz CDs. He also became very busy in the New York Broadway show scene, having performed with the orchestras of over 17 shows since 1991.
From 1988-1990, Pete studied with Bob Brookmeyer and Manny Albam as part of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, and has since established himself as a respected composer-arranger. He has received numerous commissions over the years for original compositions and arrangements, including those from from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dave Liebman, The Gotham Winds Symphony, and the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band. Pete is a regular contributing arranger for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, as well as the composer/arranger for his own ensemble - The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra (click on the Jazz Orchestra page for more on the group).
In the early 1990's, Pete formed the first of several groups he would lead/co-lead, with The Pete McGuinness Quintet. The group's debut CD "Sliding In" was released nation-wide in 1998 on Kokopelli Records, receiving much radio airplay and acclaim. It was in these years that Pete also developed his jazz vocal talents, landing him in the semi-finals of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition (1994).
Two years later, jazz legend Jimmy Heath hiring him as the the featured singer with his big band for the bands engagement on the S.S. Norway's "Jazz Cruise". Pete has been a co-leader of groups including The New York Trombone Conspiracy (CD "A Matter Of Time" released in 1998, Conspiracy Music Records), and The NewYorkestra big band (CD "Urban Soundscapes" released 2004, Seabreeze Jazz records).
His most recent project is the formation of his own big band - The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, which began performing in the NYC area in 2006. The group's debut CD "First Flight" was released nation-wide in June of 2007 on the Summit record label (see the Jazz Orchestra page for more on the band/info on ordering the CD).
As a jazz educator, Pete has been on the music faculty of New Jersey City University (Jersey City, NJ) since 1994, where he teaches jazz trombone, arranging, improvisation, and coaches various ensembles. He has also been invited to give clinics on a variety of jazz subjects at both high schools and college jazz programs throughout the country, including the University of Miami, and City College, NYC (CUNY), Temple University, and Hall High School (West Hartford, CT). Pete is available for concerts/clinics year-round. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Joan and their dog Daisy.
For information on booking Pete and/or the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra for a performance, his jazz educational clinic work, to purchase his new big band CD "First Flight" and/or any of the printed big band arrangements off the CD, click on the "contact/ordering" page of this website. Just to say "hello" would be cool too!
Jazz Trombonist • Composer-Arranger • Vocalist • Educator
As a young man growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, Pete spent his teen-age years studying jazz trombone and arranging, sitting-in with the local Hartford-area professionals musicians, as well as participating in the renowned Hall High School jazz program. By this time, Pete had become firmly committed to a future as a jazz musician. Photo: Pete and his wife Joan
He went on for his formal musical training at the New England Conservatory, the University of Miami (Bachelor of Music in jazz 1986), and finally onto New York City, attending the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music in jazz, 1987). From that point on, Pete became busy in the NYC jazz scene as a trombonist, an arranger-composer, and later a jazz vocalist and jazz educator as well.
As a trombonist, he has performed with such well-known jazz artists/groups as The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, the Woody Herman big band (dir. By Frank Tibieri), Lionel Hampton, Dave Pietro, Mike Holober, Anita Brown, Scott Whitfield, the nonets of both Jim Cifelli and Mike Kaplan, and appears on over 20 jazz CDs. He also became very busy in the New York Broadway show scene, having performed with the orchestras of over 17 shows since 1991.
From 1988-1990, Pete studied with Bob Brookmeyer and Manny Albam as part of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, and has since established himself as a respected composer-arranger. He has received numerous commissions over the years for original compositions and arrangements, including those from from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dave Liebman, The Gotham Winds Symphony, and the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band. Pete is a regular contributing arranger for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, as well as the composer/arranger for his own ensemble - The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra (click on the Jazz Orchestra page for more on the group).
In the early 1990's, Pete formed the first of several groups he would lead/co-lead, with The Pete McGuinness Quintet. The group's debut CD "Sliding In" was released nation-wide in 1998 on Kokopelli Records, receiving much radio airplay and acclaim. It was in these years that Pete also developed his jazz vocal talents, landing him in the semi-finals of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition (1994).
Two years later, jazz legend Jimmy Heath hiring him as the the featured singer with his big band for the bands engagement on the S.S. Norway's "Jazz Cruise". Pete has been a co-leader of groups including The New York Trombone Conspiracy (CD "A Matter Of Time" released in 1998, Conspiracy Music Records), and The NewYorkestra big band (CD "Urban Soundscapes" released 2004, Seabreeze Jazz records).
His most recent project is the formation of his own big band - The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, which began performing in the NYC area in 2006. The group's debut CD "First Flight" was released nation-wide in June of 2007 on the Summit record label (see the Jazz Orchestra page for more on the band/info on ordering the CD).
As a jazz educator, Pete has been on the music faculty of New Jersey City University (Jersey City, NJ) since 1994, where he teaches jazz trombone, arranging, improvisation, and coaches various ensembles. He has also been invited to give clinics on a variety of jazz subjects at both high schools and college jazz programs throughout the country, including the University of Miami, and City College, NYC (CUNY), Temple University, and Hall High School (West Hartford, CT). Pete is available for concerts/clinics year-round. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Joan and their dog Daisy.
For information on booking Pete and/or the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra for a performance, his jazz educational clinic work, to purchase his new big band CD "First Flight" and/or any of the printed big band arrangements off the CD, click on the "contact/ordering" page of this website. Just to say "hello" would be cool too!
The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra
After years of performing with and writing for numerous jazz big bands, Pete finally decided to realize his life-long dream and front a large jazz ensemble of his own. The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra was formed in 2006 and immediately began performing in NYC area jazz clubs. It features all of the various aspects of Pete’s musicianship - as a trombonist, composer/arranger, and jazz vocalist.
Pete’s music for the band is a reflection of all the many great jazz writers Pete has loved and been influenced by throughout his life, including composer/arrangers Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer (a former teacher of Pete’s), and the late Thad Jones, as well as more recently established voices, such as John Fedchock and Maria Schneider, creating a sound that is uniquely his own.
With a line-up of some of NYC’s very best big band players and jazz soloists, there is a variety of exciting and interesting personalities in the group which help spur Pete’s various arrangements on (see “galley” page to view photos of all of the musicians in the band). Like Pete, most of the players have spent time with many other well-known jazz big bands, including the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich big bands, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, John Fedchock’s “New York Big Band”, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and others. Some of the musicians, such as trumpeter Bill Mobley and pianist Mike Holober lead full jazz orchestras of there own.
In September of 2006, the band went into New York’s famous Nola recording studios to record it’s debut CD, “First Flight”. Pete was ably assisted by legendary trombonist-arranger bandleader John Fedchock, who acted as session producer, and later provided the linear notes for the finished CD. In January 2007, the band and the CD project caught the attention of the A + R people at Summit records, and the CD was set for release.
In June of 2007, “First Flight” was put out nation-wide. See below to hear audio samples of various tracks. The printed arrangements for each cut are also available for purchase. See the Contact page for ordering information for either the CD and/or any of the charts from the recording. You can find out when the band will be appearing next by clicking the “Events” page on this site.
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