2012 JazzTrax Festival Program

JAZZTRAX 2012Person Ingredients CREDITS

JazzTrax Creator & ProducerArt Good

Palm Springs, California

Production Manager & Stage DirectorGregg Hudson

Anaheim Hills, California

Ballroom Audio & SoundU.S. Audio

North Hollywood, California

Ballroom LightingPacific Coast EntertainmentHuntington Beach, California

Program & Website GraphicMichael MassoudDigital Color Works

Woodland Hills, California

Ticket ManagerCristina Gorka

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Chief of SecurityJack Tolofogo

San Diego, California

Merchandise ManagerMary Kay Von BrendelMinneapolis, Minnesota

Poster & Program Cover DesignMix Marketing

Aliso Viejo, California

BUDDY ROGERS AND HIS 15-MAN ORCHESTRA,THE CALIFORNIAN CAVELIERS, PERFORMING IN

THE CASINO BALLROOM, 1935. E A R LY AVALON BAY, CIRCA 1914.

Even though Art Good’s JazzTrax Radio Show disappeared in a lot of cities that lost theirSmooth Jazz Radio Stations it’s still on the Air EVERYWHERE. You can listen at Anytime from

Anywhere In the World by streaming it on your computer 24/7 at www.JazzTrax.com.

25 years of doing something. Must be ac a reer and somehow it became that for me.I'm guessing you've got your own thing thatyou've been doing for 25 years. Else youcouldn't aff o rd to be here.....this weekend.

As one of the individuals first involved in cre-ating the genre of Smooth Jazz. First to putit on Radio. The West Coast version. 1982in San Diego. First to syndicate it. LaborDay Weekend 1985. First to create an allc o n t e m p o r a ry jazz festival. October 1987.I've commented many times in this space onthe current 'State of Smooth Jazz.'

Smooth Jazz is totally ALIVE. It's just DIF-FERENT now. There are still some faithfullong abiding Smooth Jazz Radio Stations,but in most major markets where SmoothJazz Radio RULED for 2 decades it's gone,cept by Internet. I think 'the bosses' whoflipped those stations kind of knee jerk re a c t-ed. As recently as 5 years ago this form a tin key markets was No. 1 adult rated andg rossing great advertising dollars. As ourdemographic got into their 50's the adver-tisers who are famous for desiring“YOUNG” got 'those bosses' into believingit was over for smooth jazz radio.”

Not sure what they were thinking.Considering the younger generation hadabandoned traditional radio long ago fortheir I Pods and I Tunes I'm not sure whothey thought they were deserting us middleagers for. Nonetheless Smooth Jazz Radio,long dominant, went away in places likeMilwaukee, Los Angeles, New Yo r k ,Chicago, Denver, Sacramento and finallyeven where it began on the West Coast, inSan Diego. Without even a phone call or e-mail, San Diego took me off the air last fallafter 31 years, as even they too flipped.

I was first heard on San Diego radio,Summer 1979, doing overnights as aSummer Relief disc jockey on what wasthen a Mellow Rock station patterningafter KNX-FM. The station, in LosAngeles, that inspired me into radio.Listening during my early 70's collegedays. September 1979 came my bigb reak as KIFM's new Morning DriveAnnouncer. My 1st big market big gig.In 1981 I became their Program Director.March 8, 1982 was the evening my cre-ation, 'Lites Out San Diego' began takingthe city by storm, even leading to one ofthe most successful concert series,Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay. Therewas hardly a concert on that stage I didn'thost through the 80's and into the 90's.

I departed San Diego to “try” marriage inLos Angeles in 1998, later relocating toPalm Springs, but the syndicated JazzTraxRadio Show continued to air everySunday Night in San Diego, until last fall.I'm also not making any phone calls norsending any e-mails, but in this spacewould like to thank all who ran KIFM fromthat June night in 1979 until October2011. For three decades plus, you gavemy voice on San Diego's airwaves. Atone point in the 80's I was ranked the 4thmost recognizable name and voice onSan Diego Television and Radio. 32years. That's a Damn 'Good' run.

But hey, it ain't over yet. Remember I saidthe State of Smooth Jazz is ALIVE. Just DIF-F E R E N T. I used to get asked by anys t r a n g e r, “what do you do for a living?”For 35 years I'd answer, “ I'm in Radio.”And whereas I still produce the 5 hourJ a z z Trax Showcase of the Absolute Newestand Classic Old, each week. Now pro-ducing it on computer. This radio showused to dominate my time, taking half theweek. Now I accomplish a show in am o rning's time. The entire musical catalogof contemporary jazz 1974 to 2012 nowresiding in my I Tunes library. Whiles it stillgoes out to about 15 radio stations byupload then download across America andS t reams 24/7 at www. J a z z Tr a x . c o m .Now my answer to that question of what Ido has become. “I produce Jazz Festivals.”

Maybe just like you, as I've gotten up intomy 50's and tried to evaluate my life, my

work and what the hell I'm doing withmyself. The interesting thing about thro w-ing festivals is that a vast majority of thework happens long BEFORE the event itself.My job as a festival pro d u c e r, and it's takenme 26 years to understand this, is to cre a t esomething, before it occurs, that gets YOUto come. Like it was yesterday I re m e m b e ra moment in divorce court 4 years ago.The judge was “trying” to understand whatI did and how I spent my time, even thoughit was clear I was simply making a livinglike everyone else. The opposing attorn e yof course painting me as close as he couldto being everything bad it seemed except am u rd e re r. But the relevant line here was.' M r. Good. You show up on an Island onthe Friday (or Thursday) the day the festivalbegins and you throw a 3 weekend festivalover the next 2 weeks and then you're doneuntil the next October. I can still feel myjaw dropping. That was the gist of it.....forHis Honor.

With all due respect your Honor that's notquite how it goes. There are 30 diff e re n tbands to carefully select, according toWho's Hot, Who's Not, Who will SellTickets, Who can I Discover. And Can Ieven Get Them......at a fair price. Andagents and artist managers to negotiatewith and ain't THAT FUN. Never mind allthe eff o rt the past few years to get a KennyG, a George Benson, a Dave Koz, a BoneyJames, a Herb Alpert, a Chris Botti, that fellt h rough after great eff o rt or a Basia youfinal got, contract and all, only to have hers i m p l y....cancel her tour 5 months later.Hope this isn't too complicated for the courtbut then you spend every day all year mar-keting what you've created. The hard e s twork, and it takes all year, is getting peopleto COME. To spend money on what is notan inexpensive weekend because this is anIsland you have to get to. Fact is as youwell know, the cheapest part of the week-end is the actual JazzTrax Tickets. And youhave continued to spend and come, for aq u a rter century, even through the worstrecession and economy of our lifetimes.

I say this in part to explain that I have jus-tified to myself fully, what I do. My par-ents are both gone so I don't have thatend of the justification to worry about. Ifeel pretty good about it in fact. I feel

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25 Years, a Qu a rter Ce n t u ry of Ja z z Trax on Catalina Island 1987-2012 www. Ja z z Tra x . c o m 1continued on page 2

rather American and whiles I, like all ofyou struggled to make it through the reces-sion, I generated a hell of a lot of touristbusiness for Catalina Island and Big BearLake during the worst and hardest oftimes. I drove people, tourists, and theirdollars for 26 years now to an Island sur-rounded by ocean, in a month that beforeOctober 1987 had been “off season.”Keeping summer workers in their jobsthrough October for a quarter centuryinstead of their season ending inSeptember just after Labor Day. I've beentold the jobs JazzTrax created here eachOctober helped some struggling couplesbe able to buy their little childre nChristmas presents. I've been told the jobsYOUR festival tourism dollars generatedhere helped the local infrastructure andthrough the Great Recession kept somelocal businesses going.

As I've thought back it's been good for mysoul to know that even as I barely made itthrough a combo of great recession andgreat divorce, I did my small part to helpdrive the U.S. Economy through it's recov-ery from the Great Recession at least inAvalon and Big Bear Lake, California.That helps me sleep at night, even withless money in the bank.

Actually as I put my pen down. (writingthis with a pen Art?) Sorry, I'm readingthe new book on President JamesGarfield, so that sounded good. Here inJuly 2012 as I write this, I am already plot-ting the Artist Line-Ups for all of 2013.Thinking, eating, sleeping Catalina Islandand Big Bear Lake every day all yearlong, just as you do the same with your lifelong line of work. It's what we do, right?

I think of it now this way and it's helped myaging and creativity process. The mer-chants of Avalon have long counted on meto fill their hotels, restaurants and ferry boatst h rough most of October. Although CatalinaIsland tourism picked up dramatically againin 2011-2012, during the Great RecessionAvalon merchants told me things were sobad, summer tourism then so down, thatthey literally counted on JazzTrax inOctober to keep them going. Without yourdollars spent here during the festival, manydidn't know how they'd make it through thedismal off season winters.

Now in Big Bear Lake, Calif., as ourSummer Music Festival has grown, I dis-tinctly am feeling the merchants up thereat this mountain resort have a new foundrespect for not only the increased tourismJazzTrax is creating ahead of their normal4th of July to Labor Day tourism boom, butthe type of people Smooth Jazz Musicbrings in and the amount of dollars youdrop while at the Lake.

What's Ahead?As you can tell from the overhead helicop-ter shots Above this past June's JazzTr a xFestival from the air above Big Bear Lake,our Summer JazzTrax Setting in theS o u t h e rn California Mountains with ourfloating stage right on the lake, is stunning.We surged to almost Sell-Out on Saturd a ythis past June. We will be expanding ourseating capacities a bit so we can handlethe more of you wanting to come upAbove the Clouds while still retaining ourintimate and open space Lakeside feeling.W h e re else can you buy a ticket on a boat,a floating suite, and sit alongside a float-ing stage on a lake watching Smooth Jazzp e rf o rmance. The Table Sections in theback will all be under umbrella or tent nexty e a r. The Tent area is being expanded.You who came experienced our new din-ing tent right on the beach and ONLY forthose with Reserved Ti c k e t s .

Our host hotels where you could walk toeverything in the Village of Big Bear Lake,sold out for the first time while othersfound Cozy Quaint Mountain Cabins,some large enough to share with othercouples to have a real smooth jazz week-end all around get together. Or the comfymountain bed and breakfasts, one evenon the lake. Others in the forests.

The JazzTrax 'signature mix' of the 'ClassicA rtists of our Genre' while always serving upsome just opening bottles of brand new Upand Comer new young Lions of SmoothJazz. Nobody has introduced more futureStars of Smooth Jazz on festival stages thanJ a z z Trax. Rippingtons and David Benoit in1987. Acoustic Alchemy in 1988. KeikoMatsui in 1989. Mindi Abair all the wayback in 1994. Jesse Cook in 1995, his firstU.S. Concert appearance. Peter White cre d-its his 1991 JazzTrax appearance as his veryfirst major stage solo concert. Paul Brown in

2003. Jessy J, 2 years BEFORE her 2008debut in 2006. I always wondered if theNew Talent would dry up as we aged, butlook this year at Jonathan Fritzen and JulianVaughn, still in their 20's. And saxophonistVincent Ingala who just this summer went To p5 on the smooth jazz radio charts at Age 19.Or Nicholas Cole, age 18.

The 1929 Avalon Ballroom continues toage like fine wine. One of the few placesyou can 'step back in time' as you walk in.The Wrigleys just a couple years ago dida major multi million dollar renovation onthe outside and inside of the Casino. Justlook at the transformation of DescansoBeach. The Zip Line which is now one ofthe most popular in the world and beingexpanded, including Night Zipping.(come on....you can do it....at least once).

Smooth Jazz Island sits just far enough, 26miles, off the Southern California coastline,but where between Santa Barbara andSan Diego and Palm Springs, zillions live.While a growing number of you fly in fro mway Up North and Way Back East. Nowf rom even places like London and Sydneyand Athens. Because Catalina Island is aworld famous tourist destination andJ a z z Trax is now ready to go beyond theQ u a rter Century Big Band Era that inhab-ited here in the Avalon Ballroom thro u g hthe 30's, 40's and into the 1950's.

As for YOU on this our Quarter CenturyCelebration of JazzTrax, here on the Island.I know you're going nowhere. This is Yo u rMusic. Radio managers be damned. Andthis has been Your Sound, Your Songs for20 to 30 years. This is what you love. Thisis what you listen to. This is a huge part ofYour Life's Heritage. This is what you fell inlove and had children to and spent yourmoney on and your vacations enjoying.Some of you for most of our JazzTrax histo-ry. A few of you for All Of It. We ' re goingn o w h e re without our Smooth Jazz. Let thecritics be Damned too. All set to enjoyanother Quarter Century of October's onCatalina Island? Start making your plansfor the 50th annual. It's almost here .October 2036.

And by the way.................THANK YOUArt Good Creator/Producer/Hostof Everything JazzTrax

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25 Years, a Qu a rter Ce n t u ry of Ja z z Trax on Catalina Island 1987-2012 www. Ja z z Tra x . c o m2

MINDI ABAIR(also Appearing Weekend 2)

Ballroom Performance:Saturday Evening, October 6

J a z z Trax Producer Art Good 1st metMindi in 1991. Fairly fresh out ofBerkeley School of Music, in a Jazz Clubin La Jolla, California. Intrigued by herlook and her playing, he helped her bandline up a host of San Diego area dates.She made her 1st JazzTrax stage appear-ance in a 1994 All Star Session onCatalina Island and many remember herjamming late into that night at the longgone Blue Parrot Bar with Rick Braun. Shewent on to play Sax for the likes of JohnTesh, Jonathan Butler, Backstreet Boys,and Mandi Moore. Named the JazzTrax2003 Debut Artist of the Year. 2006 'LifeLess Ordinary' named the JazzTrax Albumof the Year. She's all over the SmoothJazz Cruises these days and all overAmerican Idol this past spring helpingPhillip Phillips win. After Idol JudgeStephen Tyler named her that 'MysteriousSaxophonist' he invited her this Summeras featured saxophone on the AerosmithGlobal Warming Tour. Guested one nightthis Spring in the Paul Schaeffer Band onCBS 'Late Night with David Letterman.'Claims Tampa as hometown. Has longlived in an old Hollywood bungalowwhere she writes her tunes. ..near 'Lucy's'Mexican Adobe.

SAXOPHONISTMARCUS ANDERSONBallroom Performance:

Friday Evening, October 5

Raised in Roebuck, South Carolina. Afterstudying Jazz at North Carolina CentralUniversity, and settling in Durham, 2011saw him moving to the Raleigh, NorthCarolina suburb of Cary. 1st spotted win-ning 2009's Capitol Jazz Fest Ta l e n tChallenge in Washington D.C. WonNorth Carolina Gospel Announcers Guild2011 Prestige Awards for Gospel JazzA rtist of the Ye a r. Current Album,released 2011, 'NOW,' is his 3rd. 2012saw him replace Kim Waters in The SaxPack All Star Saxophone Trio Band withJeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY (BAND)Ballroom Performance:

Sunday Evening, October 7

This is the Island Debut of the Group who'sBig Band Sound is gonna Fit Right In to the

heritage of the Avalon Ballroom that show-cased the Biggest Big Bands in the Wo r l dt h rough the 1930's, 40's and 50's.C o n t e m p o r a ry Swing Revival Band howev-er is their own personal description. Orsimply CONTEMPORARY SWING BAND.They debuted in Southern California in1994. Originally formed in 1989 up theSanta Barbara Coastline above L.A. inVentura by leader Scotty Morris and KurtS o d e rg ren who concentrated on the Swingof the 1940s and 50's. Playing clubs andlounges in their early years. The bandnamed after Scotty met blues guitar legendA l b e rt Collins at one of the latter's con-c e rts. “He signed my poster 'To Scotty, thebig bad voodoo daddy,' Morris explains.“I thought it was the coolest name I everh e a rd on one of the coolest musical nightsI ever had. I felt like the name was hand-ed down to me. The band played at theSuper Bowl XXXIII half-time show in 1999when the Denver Bronchos and John Elwaywon their 2nd consecutive NFL title. TheyHit the Island with a Brand New Album‘Rattle Them Bones’ released right at LaborDay in September.

SAXOPHONIST ERIC DARIUSBallroom Performance:


Born in New Jersey. Raised in Tampa.Father is from Haiti. Mother fro mJamaica. Released his first solo album atAge 17 and arrived for his JazzTraxIsland Debut at Age 19 in 2004. HisKnock-Out Perf o rmance, Friday Night,October 10, 2008 earned him theJazzTrax Honors of Best Live Performance

Stranded on an Island with 30 Different Stars of Smooth JazzA Quarter Century of Smooth Jazz in the Avalon Ballroom...looking out to Sea

25 Years, a Qu a rter Ce n t u ry of Ja z z Trax on Catalina Island 1987-2012 www. Ja z z Tra x . c o m 3

WEEKEND 1 ~ Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 4-7

of the Year when he figuratively Lifted theRoof OFF the Avalon Ballroom and almostsent it sailing out across the ocean waters.4th album, 2010's 'On a Mission' still hismost current from which came his No. 1Radio Hit “Uptown Swagger.” No longerWesley Chapel, Florida based where he'dbeen a Business Grad at the University ofSouth Florida. Eric this Summer movedWest to the Center of Entertainment, LosAngeles to be right in the Thick of it All.

KEYBOARDIST J O N ATHAN FRITZENBallroom Performance:

Saturday Evening, October 6

B o rn in Stockholm to a Swedish Motherand American Father, Pianist SteveD o b rogosz. His formal music educationcame from the Royal Swedish Academy ofMusic. Debuting in 2008 and playing all8 diff e rent instruments on 'Love Birds.' His1st Hit Single, “Friday Night” last Fallmade it to No. 1 on the Smooth JazzC h a rts just as he was making his CatalinaIsland Debut. This August brought his 3rdSolo Album, 'Magical,' on which BoneyJames, Jackiem Joyner and Paul Bro w nmade guest appearances so while still call-ing Stockhom home, L.A. has become the2nd home for perhaps the fastest risingBrand New Star in Smooth Jazz. Namedthe JazzTrax 2011 Debut Artist of the Ye a r.

GORDON GOODWIN'SBIG PHAT BAND

Ballroom Performance:Friday Evening, October 5

G o rdon Goodwin as a HollywoodComposer and Arranger won the 2006GRAMMY Award for his arrangement of“ I n c redits” from the Pixar Film TheIncredibles. Add to that 3 Emmy Awards,and 13 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS. 18musicians are what make this, a BIG PHATBAND. A LARGE Jazz Ensemble perform-ing in a veritable Grab Bag of Styles:Swing, Latin, Blues, Classical, Rock andMore. Established in 2000, featuredguests in studio have ranged the range.From Eddie Daniels and Arturo Sandovalon that first project which instantly startedgarnering the GRAMMY nominations. ToJohnny Mathis and Michael Brecker on2003's 'XXL.' to Dianne Reeves, DavidSanborn and Take 6 on the 3rd, 'The PhatPack.' On 2008's 'Act Your Age,' PattiAustin, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, ChickCorea, and the late pianist Art Tatum.2011's 'That's How We Roll' was the BigPhat Band's 5th recording and brought inDave Koz, Gerald Albright and MarcusMiller. A BIG PHAT Band in our BIG PHATIsland Ocean Side Ballroom. Perfect!

H I R O S H I M A (BAND)Ballroom Performance:

Saturday Afternoon, October 6

Formed in East L.A. In 1974. Then mak-ing their album Debut in 1979. Their sig-nature has always been their specific,most unique instrumentation, beginningwith the KOTO of June Kuramoto, and theTaiko Drum of Johnny Mori. Blending theL.A. Contemporary jazz sound to theirAsian Heritage. Dan Kuramoto the long-time leader as front man while on WindInstruments. Whiles the band membersa re mostly 3rd generation JapaneseAmericans, mostly born in Los Angeles,including having parents that were forcedinto Manzanar, the World War IIConcentration Camp along Interstate 395just below Mammoth Lakes, California.Kotoist June Kuramoto, while growing upin L.A. from her earliest childhood years,was the one member actually born in theGreater Tokyo area of Japan. Havingcaught fire in the mid 80's playing topacked venues, in 1990 they served asthe opening act for the Miles Davis WorldTour. Grammy nominated in 2010. ThisApril releasing their Newest, 'Departure,'representing after almost 4 million recordssold and more than 30 years in theRecording Industry, a departure from thattraditional way, to releasing their new CDon their own. Offering it first “on theirown Face book Page.”

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GUITARIST RONNY JORDANBallroom Performance:

Sunday Afternoon, October 7

Grammy Nominated in 2000 in the BestContemporary Jazz Album Category for'A Brighter Day.' He was born in Londonin 1962 and came to the forefront of theAcid Jazz Movement in the 90's. Son of apreacher man, his early musical historywas rooted in gospel but his fascination

was with jazz. Self taught on his instru-ment. When Hip Hop took off, heexplored ways of fusing Jazz and Raptogether. Rapper Guru's breakthrough1993 album Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 promi-nently featured Jordan's guitar workthroughout. His 1993 song “The Jackal”gained prominence when C. J. Cregg lip-synched it in an episode of The WestWing. He sounds like none other thanhimself. His latest: 2009's 'The Roughand the Smooth.'

THE PRODUCERSBallroom Appearance:


This newest All Star Show brings togetherthe Guitar of PAUL BROWN a n dSaxophone of DARREN RAHN.

2 of the Smooth Jazz Genre's most soughtafter PRODUCERS, but rendering theirown Solo Instruments and Solo Hit Songs.

GUITARIST PAUL BROWN

He was already firmly established as TheSmooth Jazz Super Producer havinghelped forge most of Boney James super-star career from his Producer's ro l ethrough the entire 90's and half the 00's.He had already won 2 Grammy Awardsas a Producer when in 2004 nearing theage of 50, he decided to make his state-ment as a solo artist. As a Guitarist and

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occasional Singer. He was the JazzTrax2004 Debut Artist of the Year off his Debutsolo album, 'Up Front.' His first hit single(total between solo artist and producernow nearly 50 No. 1 Songs to his credit)as a solo artist “24/7” was named the #2Airplay Cut of the Year by Radio andRecords Magazine. As the “behind theboards producer master” he has scoredover 40 #l airplay hits by the likes ofB o n e y, Rick Braun, Peter White, KirkWhalum, Euge Groove, Norman Brown,Patti Austin, Larry Carlton, Al Jarreau andGeorge Benson. Before he became the'go to producer in smooth jazz' he'dalready established himself as an engi-neer on numerous Luther Vandross record-ings. From his new 2012 'The FunkyJoint,' he found his familiar territory oncemore at No. 1 on the Radio AirplayCharts with it's title track this past Summer.

SAXOPHONIST DARREN RAHN

Canadian Born but Residing in Denver heis perhaps at the Top of the New, Hottest,Young, Smooth Jazz Producers. In the lastquarter of 2008, as Producer he had 3consecutive #1 songs on the Smooth JazzCharts with 3 different artists (Dave Koz,Eric Darius & Tim Bowman.) Other artistshe's produced include Toby Keith,Jonathan Butler, Najee, Bob James, KirkWhalum, Jeffrey Osborne, Phil Perry, JeffLorber and Michael Lington. It was hisproducing of Wayman Tisdale's 2004 #1song, “Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now,” thatbrought Darren from behind the scenesand into the forefront of the smooth jazzmusic industry. One of his sweetest pro-ducing moments came Summer 2009when Najee's “Sweet Summer Nights”went No. 1. Since releasing his 1st solo

project in 2007, he has juggled betweenProducer and Solo Saxman Hats. 2012has brought forth his 3rd solo project'Speechless.'

SAXOPHONIST MICHAEL LINGTONBallroom Performance:

S AT U R D AY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he cameto America at age 21 settling in the musiccapital of the world. Hollywood has beenhis home since and in 2008 he became aU.S. citizen. The grandson of jazz pio-neer and Danish composer Otto Lington.He has toured extensively with RandyC r a w f o rd, Bobby Caldwell and mostrecently Michael Bolton. Making his solodebut in 1997. In 2008 he earned theJazzTrax honor of Best Album of the Yearwhich included his No. 1 song, “You andI.” His duet to the voice of Aaron Neville,“That's When You Save Me,” tied for2008's JazzTrax Best Vocal Song of theYear. 7 albums deep with the release lastwinter of 'Pure,' his debut on his newrecord label Trippin N Rhythm. He isfounder of Michael Lington Cigars, afavorite of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He isalso a voting member of the NationalRecording Academy. He is also workingtowards a helicopter license.

GUITARIST PETER WHITEDescanso Beach Unplugged

Appearance: Thursday Evening, Oct 4(also appearing Weekend 3 in Ballroom)

Born in London mid 50's he gained his ini-tial fame on guitar (20 years) for AlStewart (although Al hired Peter originallyas keyboardist.) Peter co-wrote suchStewart hits as 1978's “Time Passages”and migrated along with Al and the Bandto Los Angeles in the late 70's residing inSmooth Jazz Valley, better known as L.A.'sSan Fernando Valley ever since. In thelate 80's early 90's Peter session ed andtoured with Basia as his younger brotherDanny is the Polish's singer's musical part-ner. Danny pulled Art Good aside April1990 at the KIFM studio's in San Diego tofirst tip him off that his older brother wouldshortly be releasing a first solo album andasked Art to listen. 'Reivellezvous' andPeter's 1992 follow-up 'Excusez-moi' wereeach named JazzTrax Best Album of theYear. Named Guitarist of the Year 4 con-secutive years at the National SmoothJazz Aw a rds 2000-2003. Also BestSmooth Jazz Musician at the 2007Canadian Smooth Jazz Aw a rd s .Throughout his 13 Album solo career hehas achieved No. 1 status on America'sTop 20 Smooth Jazz Countdown countlesstimes. Most recently with the title track to2012's 'Here We Go,' this past Summer.



Did you know Art Good takes a Glance onJazzTrax each week at the Top 5 Songs onAmerica’s Top 20 Smooth Jazz Countdown?

MINDI ABAIRDescanso Beach Unplugged

Appearance: Thursday Evening, October 11(read Bio in Weekend 1listings)

VIOLINIST KAREN BRIGGSBallroom Performance:

Friday Evening, October 12

B o rn in Manhattan but raised in Port s m o u t h ,Vi rginia before attending Norfolk StateU n i v e r s i t y. By 1983 playing with the Vi rg i n i aSymphony Orchestra for 4 years. Return i n gto New York City in 1987, but only for 1 yearb e f o re marriage pulled her We s t w a rd to LosAngeles. That connected her with Soul IISoul, her first professional tour thro u g hAmerica and Japan. Then 13 years on tourand re c o rding with YANNI. She is seen onhis popular live music videos, “Yanni Live atthe Acropolis...at Royal Albert Hall...and inTribute perf o rmed both at the Taj Mahal inIndia and the Forbidden City, in China. 1992and 1996 saw her first solo releases. Hermost recent: 2009's “Soulchestral Gro o v e .

KEYBOARDIST NICHOLAS COLEBallroom Performance:


At age 17, January 2011, this young nativeN o rth Carolinian, from Goldsboro, madehis solo debut with 'A Journey of One.'Now still in his teens he became a Tr i p p i n'N Rhythm re c o rding artist with album No.2. 'Endless Possibilities,' released in lateS u m m e r. He travels West to make hisJ a z z Trax Festival Debut while when back athome in Goldsboro still perf o rming at Mt.Zion Church Ministries where he's playedpiano and organ since age 4.

GUITARIST AND VOCALISTNICK COLIONNE


He is The Big Windy Cat. Chicago Bornand Brewed and close to his Fishing Holeson the Northern Illinois lakes. He justwaits to get that call he's been bookedagain by JazzTrax as he always arrives

on the Island several days before per-formance to get in some Ocean Fishing.For 2 years running he's won one ofJazzTrax Highest annual honors. Best LivePerformance of the Year. 2011 for stirringup even the Mermaids outside in hisB a l l room perf o rmance. Best LivePerformance of the Year, 2010 for hisUnplugged Under the Stars at the WrigleyRanch performance. His humor was rag-ing. Also recently winning the WaymanTisdale Humanitarian of the Year honorsat the American Smooth Jazz Awards forhis ongoing commitment to mentoring chil-dren and his work in the community andnational support of breast cancer causes.Often referred to as “the best dressed manin jazz.” 2011's 'Feel The Heat' is hiscurrent album release.

KEYBOARDIST/ TROMBONISTBRIAN CULBERT S O NBallroom Performance:


Raised in Decatur, Illinois by a trumpetplaying Dad who sometimes joins him onSummer Tours. Debuting Age 20.JazzTrax was the first to interview him onRadio and to put him on a major stage inthe early 90's. After graduating fromDepaul University, based in Chicagodoing jingle work, he then relocated Westto the Los Angeles suburb of WoodlandHills in 1998. Now 13 albums deep. HisNew 'Dreams' released this past June. Asa major headliner now in Smooth Jazzwhy would he still OPEN for anyone?

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BIG BAND DANCE IN THE CASINOBALLROOM, CIRCA 1930S.

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA PERFORMING IN THE CASINO BALLROOM, 1971.

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The Catalina Island Museum is Avalon's sole institution dedicated to art, culture and the rich

history of Santa Catalina Island.

Well, only for Barry Manilow shows outsideLas Vegas as he is re p resented by StilletoManagement, Barry's own company. Hislatest No. 1 Song, “Your Smile” (his 13thNo. 1 Song) raced to the Top of the SmoothJazz Charts, as he shared Stages acro s sAmerica this past Summer with DavidS a n b o rn, on The Dream To u r. A year agohe nabbed 6 Oasis Jazz Aw a rds includingBest Entert a i n e r, Best Keyboardist, BestSong, Best Album, Best Collaboration, andBest Male Artist of the Ye a r.

D O T S E R O (BAND)Ballroom Performance:

Saturday Afternoon, August 13

Having taken their name from a smallRocky Mountain town. DOTSERO means'something unique' according to Ute NativeAmerican legend. It was spelled DOT-ZERO on earliest geographical railro a dmaps. Led by 2 brothers, Stephen Watts onSaxophone. David Watts on Guitar. Firstspotted off their 1990 debut 'Off theBeaten Path,' even as the town namet h e y ' re derived from is, just off the path ofInterstate 70 headed into the Rockies forVail and Aspen. You are most likely to findthe band at the Jazz Club in downtownDenver they forged in 1998. Jack@Jacks,located in the heart of the Mile High city'sexclusive downtown entertainment Mecca:The Denver Pavilions Mall. Not only high-ly involved in the club's ownership. Theya re the house band, creating their compo-sitions and live perf o rmance from the centerof Denver's nightlife. Last year Dotserowon 2 of the most highly sought after ofJ a z z Trax NODS. JazzTrax Best Album of2011 for 'Storyhouse,' and JazzTrax BestSong of 2011 for 'Kansas Ballet Song.'

SAXOPHONIST EUGE GROOVEBallroom Performance:


Steven Eugene Grove is a native ofHagerstown, Maryland, but graduate ofUniversity of Miami School of Music in1984. His self titled solo debut came in2000. His first hit single “Vinyl” instantlyput him on the air across the boomingSmooth Jazz Radio and “Sneak A Peak”garnered a Song of the Year nod by the2001 Oasis/Smooth Jazz Awards. Buthis No. l hits just kept on and keep oncoming. “Slam Dunk,” “Rewind,” “Livin'Large,” “XXL,” “Get Em Goin” (no. 1 for 2months,) “Born 2 Groove,” Religify,” ALLhit No. 1 on the Smooth Jazz Charts.First spotted when he replaced RichardElliot in Tower of Power late 80's. JoeCocker next hired him. Then the mother ofall gigs. He has been Tina Turner's tour-ing saxophonist for over a decade, on herWorld Tours of 2000 and most recently2008. 2011's '7ven Large,' representedhis 7th release. But it was his blockbuster'Born2Groove' that grabbed the JazzTraxBest Album of 2007 highest of high hon-ors. Including a JazzTrax Top 10 Song in“Slow Jam.” In September he releasedAlbum No. 8 ‘The House of Groove.’

SAXOPHONIST JACKIEM JOYNERBallroom Performance:


Born in Norfolk, but graduated from highschool in Rochester, New York. He cameback to Virginia briefly where at age 21Keyboardist Marcus Johnson hired him onas saxman in his band, 2001-2004.Jackiem and his new bride Lola thenmigrated to Los Angeles in 2003, to seeif he could make it in the West CoastSmooth Jazz scene. Spotted by RichardElliot and Rick Braun for their new recordlabel he was the first signed to ArtizenMusic Group. His solo debut 'BabySoul'which earned him the 2007 JazzTraxDebut Artist of the Year honors camesimultaneous to being hired as saxman inKeiko Matsui's band. He juggles that jobto this day with his hit making solo career.'Lil Man Soul,' his 2nd solo project con-tained 2 of Smooth Jazz Radio's biggestNo. l songs 2009/2010. “I'm Waitingfor You,” written for the families of soldiersserving in Iraq, sat at No. 1 for 12 con-secutive weeks, literally 3 months and wasranked the No. 2 Song of the entire yearfor 2009 by Billboard. “Take Me There,”had a 6 week run at the top of the Charts.In a 1 year period Jackiem ruled the top ofthe charts with these 2 songs for over 3months, one fourth of the year. End ofOctober will see the release of a brandnew CD, ‘Church Boy.’



Brian Culbertson continued

Don’t Miss the Stars of Smooth Jazz on the Floating Stage on Big Bear Lake next June.

Artist Line-Up will Unfold Nov., Dece., Jan.

BASSIST JULIAN VA U G H NBallroom Appearance:

Sunday Evening October 14

Still residing in Kansas City with it'sHistorical Jazz Heritage which he Mixedwith his Musical Beginnings in his Church.First pastored by his Grandfather and laterby his own Dad. As he got deeper anddeeper into The Bass in High Schoolyears, his influence came from across thefar state line and the late (basketball and)Bass Playing Wayman Tisdale. He enjoyswearing that comparison. He also is nowperhaps the TALLEST of all Smooth JazzStars, just as Wayman had been. He isGospel, and he is Jazz and he is R&B. His2nd solo album, released in August,'Breakthough,' now has him label matesamongst others with Paul Hardcastle andthe Jazzmasters and a host of others onTrippin 'N Rhythm Records.

SAXOPHONIST N A J E EBallroom Performance:


B o rn Jerome Najee Rasheed in theGreenwich Village of New York City andraised in Jamaica, Queens. After highschool he traveled the world with a groupbacking Miss Black America, and thenwith Ben E. King, famed for his song,“Stand by Me.” He then attended NewEngland Conservatory of Music in Boston.He toured with Chaka Khan 1983-83. Hecame to solo prominence in 1987 with“Najee's Theme.” Next found himself ontour with singer Freddie Jackson. Over hisquarter century solo career achieving 2Platinum and 4 Gold Albums. He stillbelieves one record session date made hiscareer as a solo artist ignite. At CapitolRecords in Hollywood playing sax onMelisa Morgan's 1st album, a song called“Do You Still Love Me?” Her managerknew Najee as an auxiliary keyboardistfor a group called Change. When heheard him on sax in that recording sessionhe asked for some demos. 2 weeks later

Najee had a record deal with CapitalRecords/EMI. 14 solo albums deep nowwith the release this past January of 'TheSmooth Side of Soul.

GUITARIST ROB TA R D I C KBallroom Appearance:


The Newest International Newcomer tothe Scene he watched his first U.S. Hit,“Shakin' the House” go Top 20 on theSmooth Jazz Charts this Spring. He isCanadian and resides near To ro n t o ,Canada. Voted 2010 Canadian SmoothJazz Guitarist of the Year. First spottedlast Fall doing the JazzTrax Late NightAfterParty at 'The M' on Main Street. Hesold out both shows Opening Night ofJune's Big Bear Lake JazzTrax SummerMusic Festival, performing Unplugged onMiss Liberty. A classic Stern wheeler as itcruised around Big Bear Lake.

continued on page 10



JazzTrax After Partyat Descanso BeachEach Weekend Immediately after

Saturday Evening's Final Performance

with dj Jonathan Phillips. Full Bar & Food

Service & dancing on the beach 'till 1am

SAXOPHONIST GERALD ALBRIGHTDescanso Beach Unplugged

Appearance: Thursday Evening,October 18 with daughter

Gerald is currently one of the mostrenowned saxophonists of the genre. Hislife began in the South Central neighbor-hood of Los Angeles. Locke High Schoolwas a breeding ground for many youngWest Coast musicians. College was onthe other end of the L.A. Sprawl at theUniversity of Redlands where he receiveda B.S. Degree in Business Management.Already a polished saxophonist by thetime he enrolled in college, Gerald sud-denly switched to Bass Guitar after seeingLouis Johnson in concert. Immediatelyafter college though he switched back tosaxophone to join Patrice Rushen's band,but when the bass player left in the middleof the tour, he replaced him and finishedthe tour on Bass. Spotted in Anita Baker'sBand in our late 80's surge it was on BassGuitar, but when he debuted solo with1987's 'Just Between Us,' and hit thesmooth jazz radio airwaves with his hitversion of Luther Vandross, “So Amazing,”it was as Saxophonist. 2010's 'Pushingthe Envelope' his 14th. Gerald andGlynis have for a decade now lived in theDenver suburb, Castle Rock.

SINGER SELINA ALBRIGHTDescanso Beach Unplugged

Appearance with Father: Thursday Evening, October 18

Vocalist for Denver based Jakarta, a funkbased band. She was first spotted onJ a n u a ry's Smooth Jazz Cruise in theCaribbean where after singing with oth-ers on the Main Stage, Art Good cameacross her doing “her” own thing in a sidelounge to DAT recording. When sheasked her Dad to come up and join her fora few songs, Art stepped over to Gerald'smanager Steve Chapman and said,“Could this happen in OctoberUnplugged on the Beach on the Island.?”She was a member of the Rick Braun &Friends group with Rick, Benoit, RichardElliot, the Berks Jazz Fest Horns and BerksJazz Fest Strings at last Winter's Berksjazz Festival. She has recorded originalsongs that can be found on her MySpacepage. Her solo recording debut is mostlikely imminent. This will be the first timeGerald and daughter Selina have head-lined TOGETHER at a Major Jazz Festival.

FRENCH CLASSICAL GUITARISTMARC ANTOINE

Ballroom Performance:Saturday Afternoon, October 20

B o rn early 60's in Paris, France where atage 13 he received classical guitar lessonsat Conserv a t o i re de Paris. At age 17 hechose music over his other passion, com-petitive swimming. 1988 saw Marc moveto London where he joined Basia as part ofher re c o rding band. When Basia made herU.S. Debut August that year at Humphre y ' sin San Diego, a show hosted by Art Good,M a rc was on guitar. In London he re c o rd-ed as well with Soul II Soul and becamep a rt of the budding Acid Jazz scene beforerelocating again, this time to Los Angelesfor 12 years in the early 1990's. Helaunched his solo career from there in1994. He owned the honor of 1998J a z z Trax Song of the Ye a r, “Sunland,” offone of his biggest sellers, 'Madrid.' Hismost current CD: 2010's 'My ClassicalWay' followed his 2009 Collaborationwith Guitarist Paul Brown, 'Fore i g nExchange.' Finally departing America withhis new Spanish wife and their little babyboy Alexandro to live in her hometownw h e re once Rebecah had been cro w n e dMiss Madrid. He continues to commuteback to America from Spain for concert s .


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BONA FIDE FEATURING SLIM MANBallroom Performance:


Native of Baltimore, only recently relocat-ing to Nashville. Slim Man was originallysigned to Motown Records as a song-writer. One of the first tunes he wrote,“Summer Days” made it onto AngelaBofill's first CD. While working atMotown in NYC, he wandered downstairsand got signed as an artist by StiffR e c o rds. His project released asBootCamp which became one of the firstbands on MTV. Disbanding after comingin 2nd in the MTV Basement Ta p e sContest. Next Slimmie organized andMC ed nation-wide COUNTRY music tal-ent contests sponsored by Marlboro. Hisbig discovery in these contests was RonnieDunn who later joined Kix Brooks tobecome the Grammy-winning countryduo, Brooks and Dunn. Next switching toproducing songs for a rock singer, butwhen his career failed, Slim Man sang thesongs he'd written, himself, and the firstSlim Man CD, 'End of the Rainbow' gavehim his solo debut in 1995 with an imme-diate Top 10 hit, “Faith in Us.” The artistrelations director at the famous GRPR e c o rding Company and best friend,said, “give me an instrumental album andI'll release it. ' Thus the Funky BaltimoreBased Bona Fide Band with 3 releasesbetween 1999 and 2005, and hopefullyanother one soon. His most recent SlimMan album, 2011's 'Thousand MilesAway,' from which he redid and reword-ed the song “Hey Carolina” to “HeyCatalina.” Lyricked towards Avalon andour Isle of Romance. Remember whateverhappens here....stays here!

DOWN TO THE BONEBallroom Appearance:


An Acid Jazz Groove British project. Mix ofjazz, funk, soul, created by a British DJ,S t u a rt Wade, who can play not a singlei n s t rument and yet still comes up with thesongs by humming his melody thoughts intoa Dictaphone (maybe an I phone thesedays,) then having his band players finish upthe rest. He formed DTTB in 1996 with ChrisM o rgans who left before their bre a k o u t1997 CD 'From Manhattan to Staten' thatincluded instant smooth jazz radio hits,“Staten Island Groove,” and “Bro o k l y nHeights.” So many song/album titlesAmerican based because Stuart's father'sjob had brought the family to America whenS t u a rt was a young boy, and thus theWe s t e rn influence. These days most if not allof the touring band members Stuart choosesto tour his tunes, come from Los Angeles.2011's 'The Main Ingredients,' DTTB's 9th,s e rves as their most curre n t .

D W 3 (Band)Ballroom Appearance:


'On the Floor' released early 2011 wasthis Southern California band's Debut. Ledby Eric Mondragon they have been allover the Sea's on the various Smooth JazzCruises. And now finally on Smooth JazzIsland.

Stranded on an Island with 30 Different Stars of Smooth Jazz.......continued from page 10


Did you know you can DOWNLOAD Art Good’s

weekly syndicated radio showat JazzTrax.com and take italong with you and if you

stream or download JazzTrax,when you hear a Song you

like, simply Browser the showbackwards and listen to the

song again?

HAMMOND B 3 ORGANISTBOOKER T. JONES

Ballroom Appearance:Friday Evening, October 19

No one can forget the 60's and Booker Tand the M.G.'s 1962 breakout from theMemphis scene. He wrote the ClassicInstrumental “Green Onions” while still inhigh school. As a multi instrumentalist(including organ, oboe, saxophone andtrombone and vocals,) songwriter, recordproducer and arranger and front man ofthe M.G.'s. He was born in the 40's inMemphis and named in honor of BookerT. Washington. T. though is literallyBooker's entire middle name. In 1970 hemoved to California. In 1981 making thecharts as a solo artist with “I Want You.”He has produced Rita Coolidge, BillWithers, Willie Nelson and more .Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame in 1992. In 1995 Booker T. & TheM.G.'s won their first Grammy Award forBest Pop Instrumental Perf o rmance for“Cruisin”. In 2007 Booker T. earned theLifetime Achievement Grammy Aw a rd .Then a Grammy for Best InstrumentalAlbum for 2009's 'Potato Hole.' 2011saw Booker T. NOT slowing down, releas-ing 'The Road From Memphis' and 'In theChristmas Spirit.' This year's 2012 54thGrammy Awards saw Booker T. winninghis 4th Grammy for Best Pop InstrumentalAlbum for 'The Road from Memphis.'Receiving an honorary doctorate degreefrom Indiana University's School of Musicon May 5, 2012 as he had originallyattended I.U. in the 60's, even after hav-ing recorded his first hits for Stax Records.

BRIAN O'NEALBallroom Appearance:


A self taught pianist who received a fullmusical scholarship to Alcorn StateUniversity. Born and still Brewed in Detroithe recorded the piano and keyboards forKEM Album II after beginning his careersoaring into the world of jingles, workingwith companies such as McDonald's. The80's saw him touring with Rock Bandsand Top 40 Bands and R&B and JazzBands. He is Executive Director andfounder of the DO Foundation. Whosemission is to alleviate and endHomelessness. Now owner of BCOMedia, a multi-media company in busi-ness over 10 years. After making his solodebut in 2003, 2007's 'Daisy' serves ashis most current release.

SAX AND THE CITY starring PaulTaylor, Vincent Ingala, Marion Meadows


In 2012 what formerly was the All Star

Saxophone Band ‘Gentlemen of theNight,’ evolved to ‘Sax AND the City.’Young Vincent Ingala just this Fall joiningPaul and Marion.

PAUL TAY L O R

B o rn in Denver but long based in his UNLVcollege town of Las Vegas. Big Break camewhen Jeff Lorber hired Paul on Sax for a gigat the 1993 Catalina Island JazzTr a xFestival. Keiko and Kazu Matsui havingsailed their boat over to the Island duringJ a z z Trax spotted Paul on Stage in theAvalon Ballroom. They asked Art Good fora backstage introduction. He became akey component of Keiko's shows andalbum sound before making his own SoloDebut in 1995. Most 10th and most re c e n trelease, 2011's 'Prime Time,' came with hisbiggest No. l Song. “Push to Start . ”

VINCENT INGALAA native of Connecticut. At age four, hisparents bought him a Drum Set. Latergiven his first Guitar and after only ninemonths of lessons in third grade, he was

A Quarter Century of Smooth Jazz in the Avalon Ballroom...looking out to Sea ......continued from page 14




strumming Elvis tunes that he had perfect-ed by ear. He mastered the keyboard infifth grade before trading it in for a sax.Saxophone is his trade, but he may justcome walking onto the stage guitarstrapped over his shoulder, or settle at thed rums, or keys. An amazing Multi-Instrumentalist and at just 20 years of agehas already appeared on the Dave KozCruise at age 18 after first opening forDave at age 16. He comes from a largeextended Italian family This is his JazzTraxFestival debut.

MARION MEADOWS

Born in West Virginia. Raised in Stamford,Connecticut. Lives now between Phoenixand Maui. There on the Hawaiian Islandhis home is halfway UP the volcano, Mt.Haleakala. Despite living on a volcano itis his Saxophone that SMOOTHS this AllStar Band out. He has a gigantic ArtisticSTRETCH. Includes Professional Cyclingand Art on the Digital Canvas. Throughthe Lens of a Camera, Graphic and WebDesign. 11th and most recent releaseremains 2009's 'Secrets.'

THE SAX PA C K starring Jeff Kashiwa,Steve Cole, Marcus Anderson

Ballroom Performance:Saturday Afternoon, October 20

The idea of The Sax Pack originated in2004 as Jeff Kashiwa watched a movieabout the “Rat Pack,” a group of leg-endary Hollywood entertainers led byFrank Sinatra, Dean Martin and SammyDavis, Jr. He called on some of his saxo-phone peers to start this new group thatwould feature 3 All Star Saxophonists inlive performance. 4 years on stage andthen in 2008 they debuted on CD with'The Sax Pack' and claimed their first No.1 radio hit, “Fallin For You.” They fol-lowed with 2009's 'The Pack is Back.'Original member Kim Waters in 2012replaced by young Saxophonist MarcusAnderson. Their live perf o rm a n c e sinclude their own original music com-posed for their 2 group albums plus eachindividual player's signature hits.

JEFF KASHIWAHe left hometown Seattle for a space in L.A.Only to re t u rn with new bride Chante, nowyears ago and their daughter Catalina.

Catalina named for where her parents met.While a decade in L.A. he was hired byRuss Freeman to replace Brandon Fields assaxophonist for the Rippingtons. At the Rips1989 JazzTrax Festival appearance Jeffspotted Chante in the 4th row of the Av a l o nB a l l room and played straight towards hisf u t u re mate he was yet to meet. After theshow they connected and together eversince. In 1999, after a decade, Jeff left theRips to pursue his own solo care e r, onceagain his JazzTrax experiences leading himto title his solo debut 'Remember Catalina.'He is 1 of 2 professors in The Sax Pack,teaching Music Technology courses atS h o reline College. August saw the re l e a s eof his newest solo project, ‘Let It Ride.’

STEVE COLE

The other professor in The Sax Pack. Aclinical professor at The University of St.Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota after begin-ning that “care e r,” teaching MusicBusiness at Columbia College Chicago.A native Chicagoan and huge spokesper-son for The Windy City his MBA camefrom The University of Chicago and thecity where he met Keyboardist BrianCulbertson in who's band he was firstspotted at jazz festivals across America inthe late 90's before branching into hisown solo career with 2000 'Stay Awhile,'that earned him the Prism Award for BestNew Artist at the Oasis Smooth JazzAwards. His most recent album: 2011's'Moonlight' is classics, recorded to fullStrings with the Chicago MillenniumChamber Players.

MARCUS ANDERSON(also appearing with his band October 5

Read bio in Weekend 1 listings)


continued on page 19E A R LY AVALON BAY, CIRCA 1914

Vincent Ingala continued


TROMBONE SHORT Y& ORLEANS AVENUEBallroom Performance:


Nobody has had his Star rising any fasterthan this young 26 year old singer/trom-bonist. Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrewsonly made his solo CD debut 'Backatown'2 years ago (2010). GRAMMY nominat-ed! Followed by 2011's 'For True.' His

nickname 'Trombone Shorty' since age 4when he marched in a New Orleans streetband wielding a Trombone twice as longas he was high. Describing his sound as'Supafunkrock,' has not stopped him frombecoming the newest darling of SmoothJazz Festivals across the land as OrleansAvenue stirs together old-school NewOrleans jazz, funk and soul, laced withhard-rock power chords and hip hopbeats, continually pushing the envelope.Keeping to his New Orleans roots, specialguests on the albums have included Ivanand Cyril Neville and bounce rapper 5thWa rd Weebie and the Rebirth BrassBand. Other guests include Lenny Kravitz,J e ff Beck and Kid Rock. The SanFrancisco Chronicle hailed Troy as “NewOrleans' brightest new star in a genera-tion.” The New York Times asserted,“Trombone Shorty had clearly set out topresent New Orleans as a city whoseglory days aren't over.” Andrews hailsfrom the Treme neighborhood in NewOrleans' 6th Ward and has held a recur-ring role on the hit HBO series Treme, on

which he plays himself. He did theNational Anthem for 1 of January's NFLconference championship games. Theattention towards this band just keeps ong rowing as they make their JazzTr a xFestival debut.

GUITARIST PETER WHITE(also appearing Unplugged on

Descanso Beach Oct. 4. Read bio in Weekend 1 listings)


50 THINGS TO DOOTHER THAN JAZZTRAX INOCT. ON CATALINA ISLAND

ENJOY THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND1 . Hike the NEW Trans Catalina Trail,opened in 2009, right down through themiddle of the Island. Takes 2 days to com-plete it's 37 miles, seeing ocean nearlyentire way, or just take the Southern Loopfrom the Airport. 2 . Camp at multiple locations acro s sIsland. Hermit Gulch is the in town camp-ground.3 . Visit Airport in the Sky for lunch,maybe a Buffalo Burger. Watching smallaircraft landing or taking off. Includingonce a day DC9 arriving with day'sPostal/UPS/Fed Ex. 4 . Go to Two Harbors (also called theIsthmus,)where Natalie Woods drowned.The Banning House is only hotel in this tinytown of 298 inhabitants. 5 . Take a 60 minute Island Fixed WingAirplane Tour of the entire island.6. Take a Buffalo Safari7 . Tour the Island in a helicopter8 . Take a 2 hour Inner Island Bus Tour Spectacular Canyons, scenic wild coast-line, unspoiled countryside with buffalo,d e e r, wild boars, wild turkeys, baldeagles, or Catalina Island foxes. 9 . Mountain Bike through the Inner Island

ENJOY THE TINY SEAPORT VILLAGEOF AVA L O N

1 0 . Rent a Golf Cart and tool around townand up into the hills.1 1 . Rent Bicycles and do all the abovewhile getting some exercise.1 2 . Zip Line, day or night. From Gate toInterior all the way down to DescansoBeach. In 2013 a cable bridge overDescanso Canyon will be added withBungee Jumping, Canyon Swinging andFree Falling. 1 3 . Do some shopping. Stores up anddown Front Street. 1 4. Get a massage. In 2013 El Encantowill be an entire new Day Spa. 1 5 . Visit the Catalina Island Museumunderneath Casino. Fall's new exhibit. ADemocratic Dream: Wiliam Wrigley, Jr.and Catalina Island. Exploring the chew-ing gum magnate's life and how he madethe Island a “vacation spot. Admissionfee is only $5.

1 6 . Tour the Casino (never ever gamblingthere, just entertainment and dancing). 1hour Tours of the Casino Theater andBallroom throughout every day. Pay morefor the Behind the Scenes Tour.1 7 . Catch a Movie in Casino Theater onground level, underneath the Ballroom.Nightly showings of First Run Hollywoodmovies. Built for silent movies in 1929.Still has original orchestra pit and pipeorgan. 1 8 . Play Golf where Howard Hughes andKatherine Hepburn once played togetherat the historic Catalina Country Club. 9holes.1 9 . Play Tennis. Catalina Country Clubhas courts to rent. Hamilton Cove has 2lit courts for those staying there.2 0 . Play Miniature Golf in town or if stay-ing at Hamilton Cove, find their 18 holemini putting green course next to the ten-nis courts.2 1 . Visit Wrigley Memorial Gard e n s .Wrigley Memorial built in honor of thefounder of Wrigley Chewing Gum. Builtfrom flagstone and local stones. A quietmeditative refuse overlooking botanicalgardens. 2 2 . Hang at Descanso Beach Club. Allafternoon Bar. Rent a private cabana orchaise lounge for the day right on thebeach. 2 3 . Take a Segway Tour2 4 . Take a Ghost Tour2 5 . Visit the Pet Cemetery. Take yourStephen King book along.2 6 . Have lunch in a millionaire's man-s i o n . . . . . Wrigley Mansion.....Inn at Mt.Ada. Former home of William Wrigley Jr.Now a Bed & Breakfast, all of 7 rooms.Or call and see if there is an opening forlunch. 350 feet above town and harborwith unique overlook of Ocean. 2 7 . Take in an Art Gallery.....or 2.2 8 . Visit the Nature Center2 9 . Take a Trolley Ride3 0 . Jog along the Ocean3 1 . Stay in a famous novelist's house(Zane Grey Hotel).

3 2 . Watch any of 130-plus movies and TVshows filmed on Catalina Island.

3 3 . Find Lisa Marie Presley's $500,000Diamond Ring. Not sure where to point youbut somewhere in the ocean or harbor watersin Avalon is where she tossed her HALF MIL-LION DOLLAR ring into the waters after afight with then boyfriend Nicolas Cage.

3 4 . Go Whale Watching. March besttime to catch the migrating whales. Butsometimes spotted by JazzTrax festivalgoer's in October.3 5 . Walk the residential FLATS of Avalon.At first glance homes seem so jammedtogether, but take a leisurely walk and seesome really pricey incredible homes herein the FLATS. One house made fromremains of a ship itself. One local youmight run into. British Rocker SpencerDavis. Remember “Gimme Some Lovin?”

ENJOY THE OCEAN.....3 6 . Join the Fish and go Scuba Divingright behind Casino off Casino Point.3 7 . Snorkel in Lover's Cove, off HamiltonCove or off Casino Point.3 8 . Try your hand at Kayaking offDescanso Beach or take guided kayaktour or kayak camping trips. 3 9 . Hop on a Jet Ski and act like JamesBond.4 0 . Go Boating. Sailboats, Power Boats,Fishing Boats. 4 1 . Go Ocean Rafting4 2 . Go Swimming in the Ocean. OffDescanso Beach. Off Hamilton Cove. 4 3 . Show the grand kids you are n ' tscared to Para-Sail. Find yourself higherthan even the Casino itself, then start pray-ing.4 4 . Go Fishing. Sport Fishing by boat.Deep Sea fishing. Or just stand on theHamilton Cove Dock, the Mole, or GreenPier and toss your line in. 4 5 . Take a Glass Bottom BoatTour.....especially at NIGHT!4 6 . Take a daytime or nighttime underwa-ter Submarine Tour.4 7 . Rent a Paddle board....the new rage.4 8 . Take the Sea Lion Cruise to Seal Rocksfor an up close view of up to 400 frolick-ing sea lions in their natural habitat. The“showmen of the sea.” 4 9 . Rent a Pedal Boat5 0 . Take a Snuba Tour

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONINGALL THE FABULOUS DINING ALONGFRONT STREET, INCLUDING COFFEE, ICECREAM AND WINE SHOPS. OR JUSTBRING A BOOK. DO EVERYTHING ORDO NOTHING AT ALL.

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