CLC Music Presents

46th Annual
"ART OF JAZZ" CONCERT

Sunday, November 20, 2022
4 p.m.

JLC Mainstage

Passion.  Innovation.  Exploration. Connection.  Excellence.

These are some of the hallmarks of the artistic enterprise -- they are also central to the mission of the College of Lake County in providing,"equitable, high-quality education, cultural enrichment and partnerships to advance the diverse communities [we] serve." Indeed, the Communication Arts division is committed to providing transformative learning experiences all Lake County residents. We believe the arts are fundamental to this transformation.

We're proud to offer a diverse range of artistic, intellectual and cultural experiences -- including music, dance, theatre, gallery exhibitions, film series, literary readings and a host of scholarly and cultural presentation.

We also invite you to explore our many outstanding courses in literature, creative writing, film studies, digital media and design and the visual and performing arts that enable students to experience personal exploration and growth. Please visit www.clcillinois.edu/campus-life/arts for information on these educational offerings and the exciting events planned for the 2022-23 season.

Again, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the college ... and we hope you enjoy the show!

Dr. Sheldon Walcher
Dean

TIME CHECK
Composed by Don Menza

Program with Composer/Arranger/Pianist Bill Cunliffe
to be selected from the following:

MINNESOTA
Composed by Bill Cunliffe

NO EXIT
Composed by Bill Cunliffe

QUEENSWAY
Composed by Bill Cunliffe

BONE CRUSHER
Composed by Bill Cunliffe

SOPHISTICATED LADY
Composed by Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington

IBERIAN FANTASY
Composed by Bill Cunliffe

Michael Flack - Director

SAXOPHONES
Mike Garippo - Alto
Sam Rivera - Alto
Joe Ott - Tenor
Alan Schramm - Tenor
Kurt Anderson - Baritone

TRUMPETS
Bryan Grabowski
Mitch Warren
Andre Rivera
Larry McWilliams

TROMBONES
Evan Lyons
Rick Simmons
Tracy Nielsen
Joe Kuzmanoff

RHYTHM
Bill Chapin - Piano
Paul Nielsen - Bass
Dan Prowse - Drumset

ST. LOUIS BLUES MARCH
Composed by W.C. Handy
Transcribed by Joe Ott

DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
Composed by Brown, Tobias & Stept
Arranged by Collins

MOONLIGHT SERENADE
Composed by Miller & Parish
Transcribed by Joe Ott

A STRING OF PEARLS
Composed by Jerry Gray
Transcribed by Collins

AMERICAN PATROL
Composed by Meacham & Gray
Transcribed by Collins

TAIL END CHARLIE
Composed by Finegan
Transcribed by Collins

EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY
Composed by Williams & Palmer
Transcribed by Glassock

Joseph Ott - Director

SAXOPHONES
Tony Licocci - Alto
Steve Loerch - Alto
David Rainish - Tenor
Tim Reust - Tenor
Marjorie Newman - Tenor
Megan Gabler - Bari

TRUMPETS
Gary Gerlach
A.C. Buehler
Paul Hawn
Paul Velez
Sam Licocci
John Petschelt

TROMBONES
Jeff Slepak
Jackie Graham
Louis Thoms
Alan Gerlach

RHYTHM 
Jill Unrein - Drums
Richard Bothmann - Drums
Adam Gerlach - Drums
Jess Smith - Bass
Kai Funahashi - Piano

BILL CUNLIFFE

Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. He has since established himself as a solo artist and bandleader, with more than a dozen albums under his name.

Bill currently plays with his trio; his big band; his Latin band, Imaginación; and his classical-jazz ensemble, Trimotif. He performs in the U.S. and around the world as a leader and sideman as well as a soloist with symphony orchestras.

His latest recording is the Bill Cunliffe Trio album “River Edge, New Jersey,” with bassist Martin Wind and drummer Tim Horner, released in April by Azica Records.

Other recent releases include his Overture, Waltz and Rondo for jazz piano, trumpet and orchestra (BCM+D Records, 2012). Bill performed the work with trumpeter Terell Stafford and the Temple University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Luis Biava. The recording won Bill his fifth Grammy nomination, in the Best Instrumental Composition category.

Also released in 2012 was his Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra, with tubist Jim Self and the Hollywood Ensemble, with Bill conducting (Metre Records, 2012). Bill’s album of solo improvisations on Christmas carols, “That Time of Year” (Metre Records, 2011), was described as a “tour de force” in the Los Angeles Times.

Bill’s other recordings show his affinity for Latin rhythms (“Bill in Brazil,” Imaginación” and his Grammy-nominated trumpet concerto “fourth stream … La Banda”) and pay tribute to some of his musical heroes, including Bud Powell, Oliver Nelson and Paul Simon.

Bill wrote the score for the film “On the Shoulders of Giants,” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s homage to the Harlem Rens basketball team of the 1920s and ’30s. The movie recently received an NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary. Bill’s soundtrack was nominated for Best Album.

He recently completed scoring a film noir by Singaporean director Ying J. Tan and is producing a jazz album for singer Freda Payne.

Bill’s books “Jazz Keyboard Toolbox” and “Jazz Inventions for Keyboard” (Alfred Music Publishing) have become standard reference works. His most recent publications are “Uniquely Christmas” (2012), a book of arrangements inspired by his CD “That Time of Year,” and “Uniquely Familiar: Standards for Advanced Solo Piano” (2010).

Bill was awarded a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for “West Side Story Medley,” on the album “Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson” (Resonance Records, 2009). In addition to receiving five Grammy nominations,          he is a two-time Emmy nominee.

The Los Angeles Jazz Society honored Bill in 2010 with its Composer/Arranger Award. That year he was also named a Distinguished Faculty Member of the College of the Arts at Cal State Fullerton, where he is a jazz studies professor. He also teaches at the Skidmore Jazz Institute and the Vail Jazz Workshop.

Bill grew up in Andover, Mass. He studied jazz at Duke University with pianist Mary Lou Williams and received his master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music.  He was the 1989 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition.

All Events are on the JLC Mainstage

Winter Dance Concert CLC Dance
Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 3 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Holiday Choral Concert CLC Music
Saturday, December 10 @ 4 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Holiday Concert CLC Music
Sunday, December 11 @ 4 p.m.

Concert Band Holiday Concert CLC Music
Wednesday, December 14 @ 4 p.m.

Ruth Page's "The Nutcracker"
Saturday, December 17 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

BUY TICKETS:
Online:  https://www.jlcenter.clcillinois.edu/
Phone:  (847) 543-2300, Option 5

We hope to see you at a future event!

  Email for questions: clcboxoffice@clcillinois.edu

Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Masks are optional in public spaces. 
We will continue enhanced cleaning procedures in the theatre, restrooms and common touch points.
The JLC reserves the right to make changes based on health, safety and the ongoing pandemic.

College of Lake County
Board of Trustees

Amanda D. Howland, J.D., Chair 
Julie B. Shroka, M.A., Vice Chair 
Torrie Mark Newsome, J.D., Secretary  
Gerri Songer, M.A. 
Matthew J. Stanton, J.D. 
Robert J. Tomei, Jr., J.D. 
Paul G. Virgilio, B.S., S.E., P.E. 
German Xiuhcoatl Tuz, Student Trustee
Lori Suddick, Ed.D., President 

Trustees Emeriti  

Richard A. Anderson, J.D. 
William M. Griffin, Ed.D. 
Patricia Jones, M.Ed. 
Barbara D. Oilschlager, M.Ed.   

We respectfully acknowledge that the College of Lake County is on the ancestral homelands of the Kickapoo, Peoria, Potawatomi and other native peoples. We recognize the longstanding significance of these lands for indigenous peoples past, present and future. Historical awareness of indigenous exclusion and erasure is critically important to preventing further atrocities. The College of Lake County pledges to acknowledge the grave injustices of the past and pledges to create awareness and advance education that invites truth.

James Lumber Center Staff

Alisa Baum
Executive Director

J. J. Avers
Office Manager

Leslie Baraboo
Marketing & Communications Analyst

Kim Dizzonne
Accounting Associate

Jeremy Eiden
Technical Coordinator

Peter Hansen
Technical Production Assistant

Judie Katz
Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Matt McNabb
Patron Services Coordinator

Jianni Newsome
Box Office Assistant