FALL 2014 The Brubeck Institute Newsletter | University of the Pacific, Stockton CA | BrubeckInstitute.org hree GRAMMY Award-winning artists wowed audiences at locations throughout the city during Stockton’s 2014 Brubeck Festival. Al Jarreau’s headline performance at Stockton’s Bob Hope Theater included “Take 5”—with the lyrics Iola Brubeck wrote for Paul Desmond’s famous tune—and a vocalized version of Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo à la Turk.” Percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington played on Pacific’s campus, bringing the contemporary jazz style for which she is known, and Eddie Palmieri performed his Latin jazz piano at Delta College’s auditorium. Brubeck Institute Executive Director Simon Rowe says, “The caliber and variety of musicians we were able to host at this year’s Brubeck Festival was a real testament to how this festival has grown and become a city- wide celebration.” Nightly concerts at Take 5 Jazz Club continued the fun for jazz fans, especially when musicians from Eddie Palmieri’s band came to sit in on a set. ust weeks before he died, Dave Brubeck helped plan a collaborative Jazz at Lincoln Center event, and this April his vision was realized in New York City, with sold-out crowds for all performances. Wynton Marsalis led the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in concerts honoring Brubeck’s musical legacy, and nightly performances in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola featured Brubeck Institute Fellows and alumni, the Brubeck Brothers’ Quartet, and other special guests. Pianist Peter Martin led the first-ever New York staging of Dave Brubeck’s jazz musical The Real Ambassadors, including a reading by Yolanda Bavan, one of the original cast members from the one live performance of the musical in Monterey in 1962. Dave’s life and work, including his commitment to social causes, were showcased in the exhibit, “Dave Brubeck: Jazz Ambassador,” within Lincoln Center, detailing Dave’s illustrious 70-year career. “It was fabulous to celebrate Dave’s life and music in a city known for its vibrant jazz scene,” says University of the Pacific Director of Jazz Studies Patrick Langham, who performed at the NYC Festival. “Audiences clearly appreciated both the contributions of Dave Brubeck and fresh reinterpretations of his work by other musicians.” Top: Catherine Yaghsizian, Chris Brubeck, Darius Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Dan Brubeck and Simon Rowe Bottom: “Dave Brubeck: Jazz Ambassador” Exhibit at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014 BRUBECK FESTIVAL A SMASH HIT IN STOCKTON! Clockwise from top left: Eddie Palmieri performs at San Joaquin Delta College; Terri Lyne Carrington performs at Faye Spanos Concert Hall; Al Jarreau performs at Bob Hope Theatre; Jazz Symposium featuring Chris Walker, Robert “Doc” Morgan, Simon Rowe, Al Jarreau, Terri Lyne Carrington and Helen Sung and The Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band at San Joaquin Delta College T New York, New York J
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The Brubeck Institute Newsletter | University of the Pacific, Stockton CA | BrubeckInstitute.org
hree GRAMMY Award-winning artists wowed audiences at locations throughout the city during Stockton’s 2014 Brubeck Festival.
Al Jarreau’s headline performance at Stockton’s Bob Hope Theater included “Take 5”—with the lyrics Iola Brubeck wrote for Paul Desmond’s famous tune—and a vocalized version of Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo à la Turk.” Percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington played on Pacific’s campus, bringing the contemporary jazz style for which she is known, and Eddie Palmieri performed his Latin jazz piano at Delta
College’s auditorium.
Brubeck Institute Executive Director Simon Rowe says, “The caliber and variety of musicians we were able to host at this year’s Brubeck Festival was a real testament to how this festival has grown and become a city-wide celebration.”
Nightly concerts at Take 5 Jazz Club continued the fun for jazz fans, especially when musicians from Eddie Palmieri’s band came to sit in on a set.
ust weeks before he died, Dave Brubeck helped plan a collaborative Jazz at Lincoln Center event, and this April his vision was realized in New York City, with sold-out crowds for all performances.
Wynton Marsalis led the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in concerts honoring Brubeck’s musical legacy, and nightly performances in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola featured Brubeck Institute Fellows and alumni, the Brubeck Brothers’ Quartet, and other special guests. Pianist Peter Martin led the first-ever New York staging of Dave Brubeck’s jazz musical The Real Ambassadors, including a reading by Yolanda Bavan, one of the original cast members from the one live performance of the musical in Monterey in 1962.
Dave’s life and work, including his commitment to social causes, were showcased in the exhibit, “Dave Brubeck: Jazz Ambassador,” within Lincoln Center, detailing Dave’s illustrious 70-year career.
“It was fabulous to celebrate Dave’s life and music in a city known for its vibrant jazz scene,” says University of the Pacific Director of Jazz Studies Patrick Langham, who performed at the NYC Festival. “Audiences clearly appreciated both the contributions of Dave Brubeck and fresh reinterpretations of his work by other musicians.”
Top: Catherine Yaghsizian, Chris Brubeck, Darius Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Dan Brubeck and Simon Rowe
Bottom: “Dave Brubeck: Jazz Ambassador” Exhibit at Jazz at Lincoln Center
2014 BRUBECK FESTIVAL A SMASH HIT IN STOCKTON!
Clockwise from top left: Eddie Palmieri performs at San Joaquin Delta College; Terri Lyne Carrington performs at Faye Spanos Concert Hall; Al Jarreau performs at Bob Hope Theatre; Jazz Symposium featuring Chris Walker, Robert “Doc” Morgan, Simon Rowe, Al Jarreau, Terri Lyne Carrington and Helen Sung and The Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band at San Joaquin Delta College
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From the Executive Director
Photos courtesy of Brubeck Collection, University Library
New Face joining the BIJQ!
ear Friends,
Below is my letter written for our 2014 Brubeck Festival, which was dedicated to the life and memory of Iola Whitlock Brubeck who passed away on March 12, 2014.
“Iola was the wife and creative partner of American icon Dave Brubeck during their seventy-year marriage. As manager, producer, lyricist, librettist, writer, educator, mother and wife, Iola created the environment and opportunities around which their life together took root, grew and flourished. While it is easy to look at the accomplishments of a long, successful partnership and career and check the boxes, i.e. world tours, successful recordings, a catalogue of original works, presidential performances, it is more difficult to assess the qualities and traits that drove such an accomplished and prolific team.
Adjectives such as “conviction,” “courage,” “resourcefulness” and “resilience” only begin to describe the attributes of a young mother who, in an effort to find new playing opportunities for her jazz musician husband, wrote countless letters to student associations at colleges up
and down the west coast. The result of her vision was the beginning of a new, young audience for Dave Brubeck and his groups and the creation of best-selling album releases such as "Jazz goes to College," "Jazz at Oberlin," and "Jazz at the College of the Pacific.”
And to keep searching for the next challenge, the next hill to climb,
seems to have been an ever-present theme in the Brubeck journey. Why write a controversial musical on segregation and
cultural exchange when one is enjoying unparalleled global success with the Dave Brubeck Quartet? Yet, in an effort to speak out against the racial injustices of post-war, "modern" America, Iola and Dave created their 1962 musical The Real Ambassadors starring Louis Armstrong and Carmen McRea.
The Brubecks continued pursuing universal themes by embracing sacred music and issues of social justice through the creation of cantatas, oratorios and a mass. For these works Iola was librettist and lyricist and always, general counsel. And in between world tours and concert performances with the
London Symphony, Iola and Dave were able to step back and consider their impact on society, and in doing so began to contemplate how their art, created together across genres and over decades, might be carried forward to future generations.
Fortunately their values and integrity, artistic and otherwise, are in safekeeping through the talents of Dave and Iola's children Darius, Christopher, Daniel, Matthew and Catherine, and their
families. But beyond family, Dave and Iola sought to share their life's work with future generations by donating a vast collection of correspondence, tapes, scores, arrangements, photos and
memorabilia to the University of the Pacific. This gift inspired the University to established The Brubeck Institute which
builds on Dave and Iola's life-long commitment to music, creativity, education and the advancement of important social issues, including civil rights, social justice and the environment.
College tours, a broadway musical and concerts of sacred music comprise just a few of the myriad moments of Dave and Iola's artistic life together. However, it cannot be overlooked that while the creative
output of their shared 70-year career is formidable, it was Iola who created the harbor, the safe haven from which all expeditions of artistic discovery were launched.
In my recent work at the Brubeck Institute, I have had the privilege of working closely with Iola and the Brubeck family and from this vantage point, I have glimpsed the inner workings of a true artistic community, molded by the qualities and values of a creative life, well-lived. This community may well be a microcosm of a utopian society, fostering democracy, respect and kindness, again fashioned by the
benevolent matriarch, Iola.
However, I learned over time that whenever a definitive voice was needed during a
dialogue or an exchange of e-mails, Iola would always close a discussion by signing off simply as ‘Mom’.”
Joining the Brubeck Fellows this fall is saxophonist Lucas Bere, a graduate of Rio Americano High School in Sacramento. Bere was a member of the Mondavi Center SFJAZZ High School All-Stars, and he joins continuing Fellows Jalon Archie, Sean Britt, Sarah Kuo and Joel Ross. Max Boiko, a Fellow during the 2013-14 year, is now attending the Manhattan School of Music.
DownBeat Magazine named the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet the best in the category for undergraduate small jazz combos in its 37th annual Student Music Awards poll, published in the June issue. This is the 7th Downbeat award for the Institute.
The winning group included 2012-2013 Fellows Rane Roatta, Thomas Kelley, Paul Bloom, Adam Goldman, and Malachi Whitson.
“Over the past 13 years, we have built a reputation for producing fine jazz musicians,” says BI Executive Director Simon Rowe, “and the string of Downbeat awards is one reflection of this.”
Tracks submitted for the Downbeat award are on the recently released Brubeck Institute CD, available at the website. The CD was produced by Joe Gilman, the BI’s artist-in-residence, and Nick Fryer, Associate Director of the Institute. It was recorded in March 2013 at Fantasy Records in Berkeley and mastered at Art House Sound.
2012-2013 BIJQ Tom Kelley, Paul Bloom, Rane Roatta, Adam Goldman, and Malachi Whitson
DOWNBEAT: BIJQ BEST IN CATEGORY
“We’re especially proud of this CD,
as it demonstrates the talent and musicianship
of the students in the
Fellowship program.”
— Nick Fryer, Associate Director
“Iola Brubeck was a keenly intelligent
woman, a talented artistic collaborator, and a gifted manager of her husband’s career. The long life shared
together by Iola and Dave Brubeck was a true
partnership in every sense of the word.”
— Simon Rowe,
Executive Director
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Iola, Dave Lambert and Dave rehearsal recording for The Real Ambassadors
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Iola at VIP reception, 2013
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Shirley DozierPatty Fensterwald ’48Carole GilbertsonMarlene HnathBob HnathStuart I. JacobsRon Kass
Marion SachsPaul SachsCarol SimsTasha Stadtner ’42Stephanie StevensonDenny Stilwell ’88
HONORARY BOARD The Brubeck Institute would like to thank its Honorary Board members for their generosity and service to the Institute:
Herb AlpertDavid N. Baker Jr.James R. BancroftDavid BenoitKen BurnsDonald V. DeRosaClint Eastwood
Clive GillinsonRalph Guild ’50Tom HallTim JacksonAl JarreauQuincy D. Jones Jr.Dame Cleo Laine
Norman M. LearLarry Leasure ’63Dennis A. LeVett ’61Ramsey E. Lewis Jr.George LucasYo-Yo MaWynton Marsalis
Christian McBrideDoug RamseyLarry RosenHedrick SmithA. Earle WeatherwaxGeorge T. WeinGordon Zuckerman
AMBASSADORS
The Brubeck Institute thanks its volunteer group of Ambassadors for their ongoing support:
In its 13th year as a venue for some of the best high school jazz musicians in the country to come together, the BI Summer Jazz Colony in August included international students for the first time and was held at a new location.
“The presence of the international students at the Summer Jazz Colony was invigorating and truly reflected what Dave Brubeck always believed: that music is a language that helps bring us all together,” reported BI Director Simon Rowe.
From August 3-8, young musicians from the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia gathered in Incline Village, Nevada, at Sierra Nevada College. The redwood-filled campus on the north shore of Lake Tahoe provided a beautiful
setting for talented students to work with Brubeck Institute faculty, guest artists, and master jazz educators in rehearsals and classes.
Guest artists at this year’s Colony included Steve Wilson, Alec Dankworth, Bob Morgan, Marvin Stamm, Steve Cardenas, Jiggs Whigham, Russell Gloyd, Simon Rowe, Nick Fryer, Joe Gilman, Patrick Langham, Brian Kendrick, Ricki Malet, and former Brubeck Fellows Zach Brown and Colin Stranahan. Colonists were also treated to a performance by The Youth Jazz Orchestra of Brandenburg, an all-star youth jazz orchestra based in Brandenburg, Germany, and conducted by famed jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham.
Brubeck Institute Presents: More Great Live Jazz!
Top, clockwise: The Youth Jazz Orchestra of Brandenburg; Guest Artist Steve Cardenas perfroms with Nathan Pence, Luca Mendoza and Alex Laurenzi; and Colonists enjoy some downtime at the lake
For two years the Brubeck Institute has partnered with Stockton’s Valley Brewing Company to present great live jazz at Take Five Jazz at the Brew, and an exciting new season is underway.
The Brubeck Institute Presents series adds major guest artists to a schedule of continuing performances by band leaders Patrick Langham, Nick Fryer, Simon Rowe and Brian Kendrick and their groups.
2014 Fall Program
*These artists will also be featured guest artists with the Pacific Jazz Ensemble on Wednesdays prior to their Take Five performances (October 22, November 19, and February 18) at Faye Spanos Concert Hall at the University of the Pacific.
Some guest artists will also participate with the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet and their education outreach with local schools. Follow updates on the Brubeck Institute website for the latest information!
Chris Brubeck 11/10/14and Jazzarium
Steve Allee* 10/23/14
Christian McBride 3/5/15
Stefon Harris* 2/19/15
In a world where schools are eliminating music education programs, the Institute has accelerated the jazz careers of more than 250 young musicians. Through your support, we can grow our outreach programs in schools and provide more opportunities for the Brubeck Fellows to perform around the globe. We can host more Summer Jazz Colonists, digitize the Brubeck Collection and continue to bring jazz greats to the annual Brubeck Festival.
Your generous gift will provide the resources necessary to champion the legacy and work of Dave Brubeck by demonstrating the power of the arts to transform lives, young and old and to enhance and enrich our community.
Support the Brubeck Institute today!
KOTO CLUB: $100-$499• Notice of Brubeck Events and Ticket
Sale opportunities• Brubeck Bi-Annual Newsletter• Brubeck E-Newsletter• The Pacific Review Magazine- 3
issues per year
RECUERDO CLUB: $500-$999Includes all of the above plus
• Private tour of Brubeck Collection with archive specialist
BLUE RONDO CLUB: $1,000-$2499Includes all of the above plus
• Recognition in Summer Jazz Colony Program
• Recognition in Brubeck Festival Program
• Reserved VIP seating at Jazz club upon request
TAKE FIVE ENSEMBLE: $2500+Includes all of the above plus
• Invitations to Exclusive VIP artist events during festival
• Invitations to Exclusive additional private events-featuring live performances with The BIJQ and other guest artists.
• Reserved Priority seating at festival Concerts upon request
• Select number of tickets to Brubeck Festival Concerts upon request (*face-value benefits can be declined)
Make your gift today by contactingBriana Ezzell, Director of [email protected](209) 946-7635
Or gift online at: go.Pacific.edu/BrubeckGiving
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Peter Epstein 9/11/14 Jamie Baum* 11/20/14
“Teaching those talented youngsters last week was one of the best educational experiences I have had in over 50 years of working with young people. It was an amazing experience!”-Marvin Stamm
HAPPENINGS2014Brubeck Institute Presents Take 5 Jazz Club
October 23rd
Steve Allee
November 10th Chris Brubeck and JazzariumNovember 20th
Jamie Baum
30th International Jazz Festival of Havana Cuba December 13th-20th
University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95211
The website is more modern than before, and information about the Institute and our programs is clearer and easier to find. The new website, still found at BrubeckInstitute.org, links users to Brubeck Institute programs, social media feeds, a multimedia gallery, and scheduling for Take 5 Jazz at the Brew, the joint-venture jazz club housed in Valley Brewing Company just off Stockton’s Miracle Mile.
The Brubeck Institute Website has a new look!
Love travel and love jazz? Join Executive Director Simon Rowe and a small group of jazz lovers on a trip to Cuba in December!
Earthbound Expeditions is leading a cultural and musical journey to the 30th International Jazz Festival of Havana. Sponsored by famed Cuban musician Chucho Valdes and the Cuban Institute of Music, the Jazz Festival showcases some of the biggest names in jazz, along with talented new artists. In addition to the festival, the trip will
include a visit to the National Museum of Fine Arts and Hemingway’s haunts, an evening at the Buena Vista Social Club, and a special jazz workshop with Cuban musicians.
Deadline to register for the trip is soon! For full details of the trip, see the Brubeck Institute website.
