PULLMAN, Wash. — The 2004 Washington State University Jazz Festival is set for Nov. 3 on the WSU campus in Pullman and will feature jazz trumpeter and leader of the Sacramento Jazz Orchestra Tim Acosta.
The festival will include a concert by WSU faculty group Jazz Northwest from noon to 12:30 p.m. followed by a gala concert from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. featuring Acosta and the award-winning WSU Jazz Big Band directed by Greg Yasinitsky. Both concerts will be in Bryan Hall Theatre and are free to attend.
Acosta has appeared with a number of jazz luminaries, including Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, George Shearing, Ella Fitzgerald, the Woody Herman Orchestra and Tito Puente. Acosta also has performed as lead trumpeter on more than 65 Broadway musicals and is featured on numerous recordings, including the Linda Ronstadt’s platinum record “Cry Like a Rainstorm.”
The program for the gala concert will include Argersinger’s arrangement of Sigmund Romberg’s “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise,” Sammy Nestico’s “Rachael,” Daniel Barry’s “A View from the Top” and Yasinitsky’s “Park City Express.”
WSU jazz faculty members scheduled to participate include Jennifer Scovell, vocals; Horace-Alexander Young, saxophone; Charles Argersinger, piano; David Turnbull, trumpet; and David Jarvis, percussion.
Additionally, the festival will feature school groups from throughout the Northwest performing in Kimbrough Concert Hall from 7:40 to 11:40 a.m. and from 2-5:20 p.m. Acosta and WSU faculty members will also present clinics throughout the day. All events are free and open to the public.
The WSU Jazz Festival is supported by the WSU School of Music and Theatre Arts, the WSU Jazz Society and the ASWSU Student Entertainment Board.
