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Soundslides
John Gronberg brings high note to WSU Jazz Festival
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
Photos by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services
Soundslides by Robert Frank, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. - WSU Jazz Festival 2011, featuring acclaimed trumpet player John Gronberg and the WSU Jazz Big Band, drew an enthusiastic crowd during the lunch hour Wednesday at Bryan Hall. Gronberg and the WSU Jazz Big Band, directed by Greg Yasinitsky, also featured faculty soloists Brian Ward, piano; Frederick "Dave" Snider, bass; David Jarvis, drums and Yasinitsky, saxophone.
Gronberg, a WSU alum, has performed all over the world, including numerous European tours and many years as a Los Angeles studio musician and performer for top shows in Reno and Tahoe.
The program included:
- "Autumn Bells" by Gronberg
- "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" by James F. Hanely as arranged by Yasinitsky
- "You've Changed" by Bill Carey and Carl Fischer as arranged by Mark Taylor
- "Newport," a classic from the Maynard Ferguson library composed by Slide Hampton
The daylong festival also featured school groups from throughout the Northwest who performed and attended clinics at Kimbrough Concert Hall.
The WSU Jazz Festival is supported by the WSU School of Music, the Jazz Society at WSU and a Student Programming Grant from Campus Involvement.
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Source:
Gregory Yasinitsky, Regents professor and director of the WSU School of Music, 509-595-0839, yasinits@wsu.edu
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