Jazz Band - Kamiak, Bobby Shew

Jazz band traveled in the District Suburbans on Saturday the 2oth to Mukilteo for the Kamiak Invitational Jazz Festival.

Hal Sherman and the Bellevue College big band performed in addition to trumpet legend bobby shew.

He led the trumpet clinics. Here is some of his bio:

Born In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bobby Shew began playing the guitar at the age of eight and switched to the trumpet at ten. By the time he was thirteen he was playing at local dances with a number of bands and by fifteen had put together his own group to play at dances, occasional concerts and in jazz coffee houses. He spent most of his high school days playing as many as six nights a week in a dinner club, giving him an early start to his professional career.
he joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Sam Donahue, which, among other things, gave him the chance to perform quite a bit with trumpet legend Charlie Shavers. After his stint with Tommy Dorsey, Bobby was asked to play with Woody Herman's band upon Bill Chase's recommendation.

Many other similar situations followed and Bobby played lead trumpet for a number of pop stars. This brought Bobby to live in Las Vegas where he became prominent in various hotels and casinos. By this time Bobby was widely known for his strong lead playing rather than as a jazz soloist. So late in 1972 he decided to make a move to the Los Angeles area in order to get reinvolved in developing as a jazz player.
Once in Los Angeles, Bobby quickly found what he was looking for, and in the years to come he spent time with the groups of Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Horace Silver Quintet, and Frank Strazzeri-Sam Most, as well as numerous big bands such as Bill Holman, Louie Bellson, Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin, Oliver Nelson, Bill Berry, Nat Pierce-Frank Capp Juggernaut, Ed Shaughnessy, Terry Gibbs, Benny Goodman, Maynard Ferguson, Neal Hefti, Don Menza, and Bob Florence.
In addition to being a sideman, Bobby also became a leader around this time, recording many of his own albums. Several of these received very high accolades from critics and high placement on the airplay charts. One of his albums, 'Outstanding In His Field' was nominated for a Grammy in 1980, while, 'Heavy Company' was awarded the Jazz Album Of The Year in 1983.

During this time Bobby also found a great deal of studio work, including TV shows like 'Hawaii 5-O', 'Streets Of San Francisco', 'Bob Newhart', 'Mary Tyler Moore', 'Midnight Specials', 'Don Kirschner Rock Concert', 'Happy Days', 'Laverne And Shirley', and 'Eight Is Enough.' His work on soundtracks includes 'Grease I and II', 'Rocky I and II', 'Six-Pack', 'The Muppet Movie', 'The Drivers', and 'Taxi'.

The jazz band did a great job and are continuing to learn about jazz music!

Concerts

CONCERT DATES!!!!

March 18th -MS

March 24 - HS

May 20 - MS/HS

CONTEST DATES!!!!

March 24 - HS

APRIL 20 - MS

March upcoming events

March 18th - Middle School concert - TMS Gym
March 2oth - Jazz Band to Kamiak Jazz Festival - Mukilteo, WA
march 22nd - Middle School Massed Band @ Adna HS - Adna, WA
March 24th - High School Band Contest - Longview, WA
March 24th - High School Band Concert - HS Stage

LEVY

Please VOTE YES FOR TENINO SCHOOLS!

Feb. 9th. This levy will help out our program as we prepare to purchase new uniforms!

Your vote can be the difference!

Band Stuff

Greetings! I've been trying to update parents through email this year as much as needed (not every week...but every few) but I have neglected to update the band blog. So here are a few informational tidbits for everyone.

MS Concert - Nov. 19th
HS Concert - Dec. 8th
MS Concert - March 18th
MS Massed Band - March 22nd
HS Band Contest - March 24th
HS Band Concert - March 11th

Last Booster Meeting of Year

Booster Meeting May 10th - 6pm. HS Band Room.

Discussions to include:

Band Camp: Meals/Chaperones/Activities

Marching Competition: Delegation of responsibilities, Point people

Reflection on the year.

2009-2010 planning

MS/HS Concert/BBQ

On May 20th at 530 PM there will be a BBQ benefitting the band programs at THS and TMS at the HS. Following the BBQ the two schools will combine to present their spring concert. Performances include the 6th grade Concert Band, 7th and 8th grade Symphonic Band, HS Symphonic Band, Marching Band, and jazz band. The end of the evening will conclude with a massed band performance of all the students. Please dont miss out on this opportunity to support your students!