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2006 Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Week Events
Thursday, May 4, 2006, Noon, Portland State Lincoln Hall, rm. 75
(1620 SW Park Ave.)
“The Mel Brown Trio plays Leroy Vinnegar,” free and open
to the public.
Friday, May 5, 2006, 3 p.m., Portland State Lincoln Hall, rm.
37 (1620 SW Park Ave.)
“Jazz Workshop with Marcus Shelby,” free and open to
the public.
Friday, May 5, 2006, 7 p.m., LV's Uptown (310 SW Lincoln St.)
“Marcus Shelby with Darrell Grant,” free and open to
the public.
Saturday, May 6, 2006, 7 p.m., LV's Uptown (310 SW Lincoln St.)
“Marcus Shelby with Darrell Grant,” free and open to
the public.
Sunday, May 7, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Portland State Lincoln Hall (1620
SW Park Ave.)
“Walking the Line: The Legacy of Leroy Vinnegar,” featuring
Ed Bennett, Dave Captein, Andre St. James, Dan Schulte, Tom Wakeling,
and the PSU Jazz Ensemble. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the
door on the day of show, and are available at the PSU box office
(1825 SW Broadway), by calling 503-725-3307, or at any Ticketmaster
outlet.
About the Artists
Ed Bennett-has long been considered one of the West Coast's premiere
string bass players. Originally from California, Bennett has
performed and recorded with many legendary jazz figures, including
Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, Bud Shank, Anita
O'Day, Ernestine Anderson and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra.
Dave Captein-a native Oregonian, Captein is an accomplished performer
on both bass guitar and acoustic bass. He has appeared with such
diverse artists as Richie Cole, Tal Farlow, Red Holloway, Ernestine
Anderson, Marlena Shaw, Larry Coryell, Jessica Williams (appearing
on 4 of her CDs) and Joey DeFrancesco. Dave is also an adjunct
professor of bass at the University of Oregon.
Dan Schulte-has appeared on recordings with Blue Note pianist
Andrew Hill, guitarists Jerry Hahn and John Stowell, Bert Wilson,
Gordon Lee, Alan Jones Sextet and Christopher Woitach. He has appeared
at the Monterey, Earshot, Mount Hood Jazz festivals and with the
Oregon Symphony and Portland Opera. Schulte is adjunct professor
of jazz bass at Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College
and Western Oregon University.
Marcus Shelby-award winning composer and bassist, Shelby is nationally
recognized for his innovative, creative and collaborative approach
to combining spoken word, dance and music. His latest release is “Port
Chicago,” commissioned by the Equal Justice Society. This
recording is a 14-part suite for Jazz Orchestra, which pays tribute
to the U.S. Naval soldiers who perished in the single worst disaster
on U.S. soil during World War II.
Andre St. James-a native of Berkeley, CA, St. James relocated
to Portland in 1986, and over the past twenty years has become
one of the best-known and respected fixtures of Portland’s
jazz scene. He has performed with jazz masters such as Harold Land,
Blue Mitchell, Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Joe Pass and Bobby Hutcherson.
He leads the Andre St. James/Roger Woods Nonet, and teaches at
Portland’s Northwest Academy. Tom Wakeling-has performed with a wide range of artists in jazz
and pop music including Arturo Sandoval, Mel Torme, James Moody,
Mose Allison and Diane Schuur. He has toured throughout the US,
Canada and Europe, and can be heard on recordings with New York
pianist Lynne Arriale, award winning singer Nancy King and composer/pianist
Steve Christofferson. He is chair of the Music Department at Clackamas
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