Terell Stafford - "Blow Your Horn"

Trumpeter Terell Stafford performing "Blow Your Horn" as a member of The Clayton Brothers Band.

Sea of Jazz Fest

Terell Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player, he combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well-defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads. Since the mid-1990’s, Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, Kenny Barron Quintet, Frank Wess Quintet, Jimmy Heath Quintet and Big Band, Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Alumni Band. He has also been an integral member in bands led by esteemed artists such as Cedar Walton, Sadao Watanabe, Herbie Mann, and Matt Wilson. Stafford has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Rosie O’Donnell Show and he can be heard performing on over 130 albums.

Dick Oatts is a highly acclaimed, versatile musician. His instrument of choice is the saxophone, which he plays with soaring intensity. He has also been featured with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band, Norboton Jazz Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra, and the UMO Big Band in Helsinki. Oatts has accompanied such vocalists as Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Neene Freelon, Mel Torme, and Milton Nascimento. He has recorded solos for pop artists Luther Vandross, James Taylor, and Everything But the Girl.

A prolific musician and performer, Randy Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist whose versatility in musical tastes has made him a sought-after player, equally accomplished in playing jazz, rock, and R&B. He was a member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Brecker Brothers and Mingus Big Band, and has performed or recorded with numerous acclaimed musicians. Brecker’s achievements include six Grammy Awards. While the quintet’s expert sidemen are all gifted soloists in their own right, Brecker’s “secret weapon” is saxophonist, and wife, Ada Rovatti.  Her tenor sound is often dark and mysterious, but can be soulful and bluesy, or cutting and edgy. The two know how to accompany each other and their interplay is truly conversational.

Shelly Berg, virtuoso pianist and jazz educator extraordinaire, has many academic and musical accolades under his belt. His playing is effortless and his personality ebullient, drawing audiences in with his charm. Berg has recorded several critically acclaimed albums, including his CD, Blackbird, which reached #1 in US jazz radio (Jazzweek) and garnered “Record of the Year” and “Artist of the Year” nominations. Shelly was previously the McCoy/Sample Professor of Jazz Studies at the USC Thornton School of Music. He is currently Dean of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
  
Playing his first professional gig in elementary school, Ken Peplowski has spent his life – along with many a wedding and high school Polka band engagement – mastering the clarinet. With just a year of college under his belt, he joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Buddy Morrow. In 1980, he moved to New York City and, shortly thereafter, was hired by Benny Goodman to play tenor saxophone in his new band. Considering himself an interpreter of material who thrives on putting his own spin on music of various genres, Ken was inducted into The Jazz Cruise Hall of Fame in 2013 and returns for an encore performance on The Jazz Cruise 2016. With a diverse repertoire of Italian folk songs, avant-garde jazz, pop and classical music, the jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist has recorded approximately 50 CDs as a soloist and nearly 400 as a sideman. He’s collaborated with the likes of Mel Torme, Leon Redbone, Charlie Byrd, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Madonna, Hank Jones, Dave Frishberg, Rosemary Clooney, Tom Harrell, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Houston Person, Steve Allen, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Marianne Faithfull, Isaac Delgado and Erich Kunzel.

David Finck is all about that bass!  Since age 10, his mastery of the double bass has earned him spots in the jazz, popular, Brazilian and classical music worlds. David got his professional start touring with Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd. Since then he’s collaborated with a roster of notable and diverse artists like Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, Sinead O’Connor, Natalie Cole, Rod Stewart, Herbie Hancock, Ivan Lins, Al Jarreau, Tony Bennett, Paquito D’Rivera, George Michael, Rosemary Clooney and Andre Previn. The in-demand bassist has appeared on more than 100 recordings, including platinum and gold-selling records of Rod Stewart, Natalie Cole and Elton John. Today, his career extends beyond performing and into the roles of producer, arranger and songwriter, most recently on the Christy Baron album, “Take This Journey.”

Drummer/percussionist Ernie Adams woos audiences with his brilliant technique and magnetic personality. The Chicago-based artist has played professionally since age 15 and his long list of performance, touring and recording credentials includes collaborations with Ramsey Lewis, Stanley Turrentine, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Patricia Barber, Dianne Reeves, James Moody, Rufus Reid, Joe Zawinul, Slide Hampton, Frank Morgan, Arturo Sandoval, Wycliffe Gordon, Clark Terry, Pharoah Sanders, Ahmad Jamal and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Performing on more than 100 recordings along with a host of radio and television jingles, Ernie’s perfect timing, solid groove and masterful technique render him relevant – and highly in-demand – in all musical genres. Devoted to arts education, Ernie currently serves on the faculty at the University of Illinois-Chicago and teaches at Orbert Davis’ Music Alive program, The Jazz Institute of Chicago, Ravinia and the Music Institute of Chicago.

Tim Horner began playing the drums at the age of ten. His influences rest primarily with musical parents. His introduction with music began by singing in the church choir at a very early age and by the 4th grade he began playing violin, viola, and drums in his public school music programs. This continued through high school while also joining The Roanoke Civic Orchestra and attending numerous summer music camps. Upon entering Berklee College of Music in 1974 he made drumming and the goal of being a professional jazz drummer his dream.

Terell Stafford Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller - Shake It for Me

Terell Stafford - Carolyn (Album: Brotherlee Love 2015)

Jazz from the Big Screen

From Hollywood’s heyday through today, Big Band music has been featured in cinema, and tonight we’ll feature selections from films including Black Orpheus, Paris Blues, Cherokee, and many others.  

Guest trumpeter Terell Stafford will join the NYYS Jazz band at this performance.

Drive by Evan Weiss will receive its world premiere through the First Music Commissioning Program. 
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola's Seating Policy 
Seating begins at 6:00pm for the 7:30pm set. Seating for the 9:30 set begins at approximately 9:00pm. Your reservation will be held until 7:15 for the first set, 9:15 for the second set. Reservations for guests arriving after these times will not be guaranteed. You will be seated upon availability.

Cancellations
Should you be unable to attend the performance you selected, or if the number of people in your party changes, please notify Dizzy's at least 24 hours prior to the start of the set.

Reservations
Reservations are available approximately 30 days prior to the concert through the Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola website, or by calling 212-258-9595.

Guest Artist - Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner.

Known for being a gifted and versatile player with a voice all his own, Stafford combines lyricism and a deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. This uniquely expressive, well-defined musical talent allows Stafford the ability to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads.
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Terell Stafford Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard

The composer Billy Strayhorn was responsible for some of the most exquisite melodies in the history of jazz. You've surely heard some of his tunes, if not necessarily his name: He mostly wrote them for the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Jazz musicians know of his genius, though. The trumpeter Terell Stafford certainly does; his upcoming album This Side of Strayhorninterprets nine Strayhorn tunes as straight-ahead jazz, circa 2011.

He and his quintet will celebrate the release of this recording live at the Village Vanguard in New York, and WBGO and NPR Music will be on hand on opening night for a live audio/video broadcast and webcast onTuesday, March 15 at 9 p.m. ET. This page will host the audio/video feed, a live chat and archived recording.

This Side of Strayhorn largely features Strayhorn's more celebrated tunes — "Lush Life," "Day Dream," etc. — in a plainspoken, tasteful style. Stafford's band, however, has also workshopped a number of lesser-known tunes, which will hopefully crop up in performance. Pianist Bruce Barth had an important hand in these arrangements; he's part of Stafford's regular cast, which also includes the busy Peter Washington on bass, Tim Warfield on saxophones (coming in from rural Pennsylvania) and Dana Hall on drums (coming in from Chicago).

Complete on: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134366694/terell-stafford-quintet-live-at-the-village-vanguard?sc=nl&cc=jn-20110315

Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player”....

Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Known for being a gifted and versatile player with a voice all his own, Stafford combines lyricism and a deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. This uniquely expressive, well-defined musical talent allows Stafford the ability to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads.

Stafford picked up his first trumpet at the age of thirteen, and even though he was drawn to jazz, initially studied classical music. While pursuing a music education degree at the University of Maryland, Stafford played with the school’s jazz band. It was during this time that he began to immerse himself in jazz, listening to everything that he could get his hands on. He cites as one of his most profound musical influences Clifford Brown’s rendition of Cherokee.

In 1988, Stafford had the good fortune to meet and receive advice from Wynton Marsalis who suggested that Stafford study with Dr. William Fielder at Rutgers University. During his time at Rutgers, Stafford was invited to join Bobby Watson’s group, Horizon. Over the next five years, Stafford was able to balance his offstage education with the incredible knowledge and experience he gained from performing alongside Watson, co-leader Victor Lewis, and Shirley Scott. Stafford credits this time with teaching him to be an effective arranger, a composer, and a bandleader, all things that Bobby Watson himself learned from his time with the late Art Blakey while performing with the Jazz Messengers. Stafford’s time with Horizon led to his joining McCoy Tyner’s Latin All-Star Band which featured some of the best Latin jazz players, including trombonist Steve Turre, flutist Dave Valentin and percussionist Jerry Gonzalez.

Since the mid-1990’s Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, the Kenny Barron Sextet, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, and the Jon Faddis Orchestra. Currently he is a member of the GRAMMY award winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (GRAMMY 2009, Best Large Ensemble, Live at the Village Vanguard), as well as a member of the Clayton Brothers Quintet and the Frank Wess Quintet. Between 2006 and 2007 Stafford played an integral part on several albums including Diana Krall’s Grammy nominated From this Moment On (2006) for which Stafford joined with the Hamilton-Clayton Jazz Orchestra. In celebration of Jimmy Heath’s 80th birthday, Stafford recorded with the Jimmy Heath Big Band for the album Turn Up the Heath (2006). A regular member of drummer Matt Wilson’s group “Arts and Crafts,” Stafford is featured on the album Scenic Route (2007). As a member of drummer Alvin Queen’s band, “Alvin Queen and the Organics,” Stafford is heard on the album I Ain’t Lookin’ at You (2006).

Stafford has also been an integral part of bands led by such venerable artists as Cedar Walton, Sadao Watanabe, Herbie Mann, and Matt Wilson. He has appeared on television (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and You Bet Your Life with Bill Cosby) and can be heard on the soundtrack for the feature film, A Bronx Tale. He has also performed as a guest artist with the Billy Taylor Trio on National Public Radio’s Billy Taylor’s Jazz at the Kennedy Center.

Stafford has recorded five albums as a leader with his debut album in 1995 entitled Time to Let Go (Candid). In 1997, he followed this album with the critically acclaimed Centripedal Force (Candid). His third album as a leader was the popular Fields of Gold (Nagel-Heyer) featuring the talents of Bill Cunliffe, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Antonio Hart, and Rodney Green. His fourth release was the enthusiastically received New Beginnings (MaxJazz 2003) and features Mulgrew Miller, Derrick Hodge, Dana Hall, Steve Wilson, Dick Oatts, Harry Allen, and Jesse Davis. Stafford’s latest release which features his working band is entitled Taking Chances (MaxJazz 2007) and has been called his best album yet. As a sideman Stafford has been heard on over 80 albums.

An educator as well as a performer, Stafford currently holds the positions of Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia where he was a recent recipient of the University's “Creative Achievement Award.” He is also a clinician for the prestigious Vail Foundation in Colorado and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Program. Formerly, Stafford served as a member of the faculty for the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies in New York.

Stafford was born in Miami and raised in Chicago and Silver Spring, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Maryland in 1988 and a Masters of Music from Rutgers University in 1993.
http://www.terellstafford.com/biography.php

Program
March 2010
08 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Village Vanguard, NY
11 Generations Band - Scottsdale, AZ
12-14 Frank Wess Group - University of New Hampshire
15 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Village Vanguard, NY
21 Guest Artist w/Temple Orchestra - Kimmel Center Verizon Hall, PA
22-28 Guest w/David Lyttle Group - Ireland
31 Clayton Brother Quintet - Swing Central Jazz Festival-Savannah, GA

April 2010
01-03 Clayton Brothers Quintet - Swing Central Jazz Festival-Savannah, GA
05-08 Clayton Brothers Quintet - Jazz at the Bistro-St Louis
09 Guest Artist w/Temple Orchestra - Alice Tully Hall, NY (Premier of Bill Cunliffe Composition)
10 Clayton Brothers Quintet - Jazz at the Bistro-St Louis
11 Clayton Brothers Quintet - Murray's-Columbia, MO
12 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - Village Vanguard, NY
16-17 Clayton Brothers Quintet - Gem Theater-Kansas City, MO
18 Guest Artist/Clinician - Michigan State University

Buika and Terell Stafford (trumpet) "My one and only love"

Terell Stafford - Trumpet

Born in Miami to musically inclined parents, Terell Stafford picked up his first trumpet at the age of thirteen. Growing up in Chicago and later in Silver Spring, Maryland, Terell studied classical music, but was always drawn to jazz. While he pursued a degree in Music Education at the University of Maryland, Stafford played with the school's jazz band. He began to immerse himself in jazz, listening to everything he could get his hands on. "One of my first and most profound musical influences was and is Clifford Brown," notes Terell. "When I first heard him play 'Cherokee' I was in total awe of his playing."
In 1988, Terell had the good fortune to meet and talk with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who suggested that Stafford study with Dr. William Fielder at Rutgers University. Soon after, Terell entered the Masters Program at Rutgers, where he received his Graduate Degree in Music Performance in 1993. During his time at Rutgers Terell met saxophonist Bobby Watson, who invited him to join his group, Horizon. Over the next 5 years, the knowledge and experience he gained on the bandstand performing with such stellar players as Watson, co-leader Victor Lewis and Shirley Scott, balanced Stafford's education off the bandstand. "These guys passed along the lessons they learned from the 'Blakey' school of music," offers Stafford, referring to the late jazz drummer/bandleader, art Blakey, and his ever evolving ensemble, the Jazz Messengers. "I learned how to be effective as an arranger, as a composer, and how to lead a band, just as Bobby Watson learned from Blakey." Terell's time with Horizon led to his joining McCoy Tyner's Latin All-Star Band, which featured some of the best Latin jazz players of our time, including trombonist Steve Turre, flutist Dave Valentin and percussionist Jerry Gonzalez.
Since the mid-1990's Terell has been performing as an integral part of various jazz groups led by such stellar performers as Cedar Walton, Sadao Watanabe, the Clayton Brothers, Herbie Mann, Kenny Barron, Matt Wilson and many New York based big bands including Jon Faddis' Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band and the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Stafford has appeared on television (Tonight Show w/Jay Leno, You Bet Your Life w/Bill Cosby); the soundtrack for the feature film, "A Bronx Tale," and on NPR's Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center, where he performed as featured guest artist with the Billy Taylor Trio.
Stafford's recording debut as a leader came in 1995 with "Time to Let Go" (Candid) followed in 1997 with the critically acclaimed, "Centripedal Force" (Candid). He followed that up with the popular "Fields of Gold," (Nagel-Heyer) featuring Bill Cunliffe/piano, Kiyoshi Kitagawa/bass, Antonio Hart/saxophone and Rodney Green/drums. His newest CD for the MaxJazz label, will be released June, 2003. It features Mulgrew Miller, Derrick Hodge, Dana Hall, Steve Wilson, Dick Oatts, Harry Allen & Jesse Davis.
In addition to his work as a performer, Terell maintains a high profile in jazz education. He is currently full-time Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, the prestigious Vail Foundation in Colorado and Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington Program. He also served as a member of the faculty for the Juillliard Institute for Jazz Studies in New York,
This most gifted and versatile player combines lyricism and his deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. The end result is a uniquely expressive, well-defined musical talent who stands read to carry on the rich trumpet tradition established by his predecessors.
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