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Fri e n d s o f Ja z z , In c . Fall 2016
News and Notes from Friends of Jazz, Inc. Volume 17, Issue 4
JIVE TALKIN’
Doc Severinsen blows roof off of Clayes open house
Cal State Fullerton may have
devoted an entire day’s worth
of events to celebrate the 10-
year anniversary of its Joseph
A.W. Clayes III Performing
Arts Center, but it was Doc
Severinsen who literally blew
the roof off the Meng Concert
Hall in the late-afternoon con-
cert that was the culmination
of the occasion.
The afternoon of Sunday,
Nov. 6, was promoted as a Doc Severinsen and, above,
“Community Open House” for vocalist Vanessa Thomas.
the center – which broke
ground as a building project in
spring 2003 and officially
opened on Jan. 13, 2006 – and Photos by Cindy Yamanaka
included Marc Cherry, an
alumnus of the theater arts gram served as a showcase for “Carmelina.”
department known as the crea- a history of the center “from A
to Z,” a dance presentation, a the talents of both students and The student orchestra fea-
tor and executive producer of faculty.
cello performance, and a tured Severinsen and, as a
the ABC series “Desperate
“View From Above” tour of The 4 p.m. concert, which special guest vocalist, soprano
Housewives,” as the second
Meng Hall’s “acoustic cano- featured the Fullerton Jazz Or- Vanessa Thomas, a regular
featured guest besides Sev-
py” in venues named for long- chestra under the direction of performer in Doc’s symphony
erinsen. time FOJ members and sup- Bill Cunliffe, opened with a pops shows and holiday pops
Events preceding the concert porters James D. Young, Jerry performance by Cherry of concerts whom Doc discov-
included excerpts from up- Samuelson and William J. “One More Walk Around the
coming theater productions, McGarvey. The varied pro- Garden” from the musical Please see CLAYES on pg. 4.
FOJ hoists up another great Oktoberfest celebration
For the fourth consec- were awarded after
utive year, FOJ held an dinner, at which time
Oktoberfest party as an FOJ president Colleen
annual Friends of Jazz Wadsworth thanked
fundraiser/pre-Mardi Oktoberfest chairs
Gras Ball party. Since Dottie Batinich and
last year’s event was so Charlotte Henderson
successful, its format for all their efforts in
and ingredients were putting the event to-
replicated: Los Coyotes gether – including the
Country Club was the many phone calls they
site, authentic German made to the member-
cuisine was served up, ship at large. Photos by Doug Catiller,
and authentic Bavarian A total of 65 guests True Image Studio
music was delivered by attended the Oktober-
The Alpine Quintet. fest, which netted FOJ For more Oktoberfest
The opportunity prizes $2,400. ♪ photos, see page 4.Page 2 F al l 2 0 16
FOJ lends a hand to Amazon
Library’s recorder program
♪♪♪♪♪ Quarter Notes ♪♪♪♪♪
FOJ wants to extend a hearty THANK YOU to
its volunteers, especially in the area of helping
with mailings. Jean Klinghoffer, who with Bar-
bara Fischer organizes and oversees the mail-
ing of every flyer, announcement and even
this newsletter, says “Our members are won-
derful in stepping up and volunteering to help
with the Friends of Jazz mailings.” And if you’d
like to help out with future mailings, please
contact Jean Klinghoffer (714-870-6342) or
Barbara Fisher (714-526-5667).
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If you still haven’t reserved your spot at this
year’s Sponsors Party, it isn’t too late. The
party is on Sunday, December 11, from 2 to 5
p.m. at Los Coyotes Country Club, and is FOJ’s
way of saying thank you to all members who
have joined in the past year at the $250 level
or higher. Please contact Dottie Batinich (714- While touring the northern Amazon region in October, Jerry Wolf and oth-
525-6669) or Charlotte Henderson (714-870- ers discovered a remote village with a library that offers a recorder in-
struction program similar to FOJ’s. Here, Jerry poses in front of the in-
9067) for information or to reserve your spot. struction charts posted on the library’s wall. Photo by Linda Duarte Wolf
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Friends of Jazz’s high school jazz band pro- A real surprise awaited Jerry and Linda Wolf during their three-week visit to
gram for spring of 2017 is close to being final- South America when they discovered a recorder instruction program, similar to
ized. The first Saturday afternoon concert is FOJ’s, at a library in a remote village in the northern Amazon.
scheduled for January 28 and the final one for The Wolfs were in South America from Oct. 16 through Nov. 7, spending the
May 20. Kennedy, Long Beach Poly, El Dora- first week in the Amazon region, second at Machu Picchu, and the third at the
do, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, Valencia, Katella, Galapagos Islands. Jerry said he and Linda and six others were in the Amazon
Mission Viejo, Esperanza and Irvine high with a group known as OAT (Overseas Adventure Travel). In touring a little vil-
schools are signed for next spring. lage Jerry said was “in the middle of nowhere,” the group came across a library
whose after-school programs include recorder instruction. The nearest populous
All 10 performances are on Saturdays from area is Iquitos, Peru, the city that serves as a gateway to the jungle lodges and
12:30 to 2 p.m., are free to the public, and will tribal villages of the northern Amazon.
be held at Florentine’s Grill, 102 N. Harbor
Blvd. in downtown Fullerton. Doors open at Jerry said that schoolchildren come to Amazon Library “from all over” for,
among other subjects, art instruction, reading classes, and playing the recorder.
noon. For more information, contact FOJ’s Jim The recorder classes, he said, draw an average of 30 kids. The library had a total
Harlan, jim@jim-harlan.com. of 30 recorders but no instruction books – just a chart on the wall.
Upon returning home, Jerry, seeing that this well off-the-beaten-path program
This publication is produced by Friends of could use some help, turned to FOJ, which authorized sending 30 recorders and
Jazz, Inc., an educational, Orange County- 60 music books to the library (plus two “extra” recorders as backups in case one
based, all-volunteer, non-profit corporation or two of the 30 are damaged).
in operation since March, 1999. Please con- Jerry said that with the new totals of 60 recorders and 60 instruction books,
tact us at 714-871-6342 or PO Box 5671, “each child in the program has two recorders and music books” – one of each at
Fullerton CA 92838-0671. the library, one of each at home, allowing them to practice at home and not have
www.friendsofjazzinc.com to carry their recorders and books back and forth to and from school.
“Hopefully,” Jerry said, “FOJ will make this an annual gifting event.” ♪
Eric Marchese, Editor. 714-836-1104Jive Talkin’ P ag e 3
At FC, scholarships highlight warm November night
By Eric Marchese The Jazz Band returned with a
On Tuesday night, November fiery, brassy “Whatever Lola
Wants,” featuring Partida on
8, while many were casting their
votes or watching election night guitar and guest artist Chad
returns at home, the Fullerton Willis on trumpet; the slow,
College Music Department held sensual “Committed,” with
its annual late-fall concert at the incredible solo sax work by
Campus Theatre featuring the J Grover; and “Karma Police,”
Train Vocal Jazz group and the featuring Park on piano and
Fullerton College Jazz Band. with a cool, mellow big-band
sound through an arrangement
The focal point of the evening, by its composer, Nathan York,
of course, was the awarding and who Bruce Babad said had
dispersal of Friends of Jazz studied jazz at Fullerton Col-
scholarship funds to a total of 26 lege.
students, many of whom are past
recipients of FOJ monies. All Bruce then announced the
were nominated by Bruce Ba- scholarship presentation by
bad, coordinator of the jazz saying “Let’s welcome the
band, jazz combo and the jazz beautiful Jamie Shew, the
studies program; Dr. Joe Jewell, equally beautiful Chad Willis,
coordinator of the jazz combo and Friends of Jazz’s Nick Ba-
and the guitar studies program; tinich and Colleen Wadsworth”
Mike Scott, jazz combo and to the stage.
jazz/classical guitar instructor; Colleen noted that since its
and Chad Willis, jazz lab band inception, FOJ has awarded
and brass studies coordinator. more than $1 million in monies,
Babad and the 17-member Jazz with Nick adding that 400 of
Band got things rolling with the those scholarships went to
famed Buddy Rich big band Fullerton College students. On
number “Standing Up In A this night, those figures were
Hammock,” featuring Kaylah increased by a total of $10,000
Ivey on drums, Deandre Grover and 26 scholarships. Photos by Eric Marchese
on tenor sax and Miguel Partida The following instrumentalists
on guitar. Along with alto sax came up on stage, shook hands
player Ben Sachs, Grover was with Bruce, Jamie, Chad, Col-
again featured on “Screaming
leen and Nick, and were handed
Seeding Protagonists,” com-
a check by Nick and Colleen:
posed and arranged by Joey
Grover, Ivey, Partida, Park,
Sellers.
Sainburg and Sachs, and Joshua
Glynis Davies, interim vocal Chavez (trumpet), Giulio
jazz instructor and J Train direc- Figueroa (drums), Sam Gonza-
tor, thanked the students and lez (trombone), Spencer Hinkle
staff of Fullerton College before (bass), Madison Holland
introducing the 14 vocalists (7 (guitar), Miles Nalasa (guitar),
women, 7 men), who launched Luke Ray (drums), Jose Rios
into “My Melancholy Baby” (guitar), James Teubner
arranged by Phil Mattson, Zachary Nalezny (bass), Amy “Brazasia,” a fusion of Asian
(trumpet) and Carlos Zagal Piao (alto), Neyva Sandoval and Brazilian sounds by com-
known as “the grandfather of (bass). Their checks total
vocal jazz.” Done in an up- (first soprano), Kendall Ste- posers Yutaka and Oscar
$6,750. phens (alto) and Gio Thomas Castro-Neves, featuring nu-
tempo style with much scat sing-
ing, the song was followed by Of the 14 vocalists, 10 were (first soprano). merous J Train soloists; and
the slow, mellow, soft and intro- nominated by Davies and re- J Train concluded the even- Davies’ arrangement of Ste-
spective “Old Friends/ ceived checks totaling $3,750: ing with three selections: An a vie Wonder’s “Knocks Me
Bookends” by Paul Simon. The Alexandra Campero (second capella rendition of “What’s Off My Feet,” given a big
singers were accompanied by soprano), Travis Ciortan In Your Heart” by the elec- sound by the group and fea-
the rhythm section of Ivey, Par- (baritone), Laurena Corona- tronic funk-pop duo Knower turing the scat singing of
tida, Tina Park on piano and McNeill (alto), Nathan Diaz in an up-tempo yet mellow eight soloists and great piano
Cole Sainburg on bass. (bass), Gian Manahan (tenor), arrangement by Davies; playing by Park. ♪Page 4 Fall 2016
A gallery of memorable Oktoberfest moments
Photos by Doug Catiller,
True Image Studio
CLAYES, continued from page 1 voice akin to Sarah Vaughan.”
Judi said that the soprano, who has a
ered in a small town in her home state four-octave vocal range, “wowed ’em
of Kansas. by singing up into the Mariah Carey
The 89-year-old but still youthful range and staying there – unbelieva-
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, ble,” which resulted in a standing ova-
wearing what one audience member tion.
described as “a loud, rockin’ hot pink The program included “Here’s That
rhinestoned suit,” and the student mu- Rainy Day,” “September Song,”
sicians did a few selections before “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Georgia on My
bringing on singer Thomas. Mind,” “Jumpin’ at the Woodside,” and
FOJ’s Judi McDuff described Thomas the “Johnny Carson Theme” composed Final bows: Thomas, Doc and Bill Cunliffe.
as “phenomenal, with a deep, throaty by Paul Anka. ♪ CSUF photos by Cindy YamanakaJive Talkin’ P ag e 5
September a great time to be a member
Photos by Eric Marchese
The annual Friends of Jazz Members Party was held at Los Coyotes Country Club
on Sunday, September 11. The 70 attendees enjoyed wonderful food and live mu-
sic provided by student jazz musicians from Cal State University Fullerton.
This photo gallery illustrates some of the evening’s highlights, which included FOJ
president Colleen Wadsworth’s inviting all of the Friends of Jazz board members to
take the stage (top row, center) and receive recognition for their ongoing efforts on
behalf of FOJ and in fulfilling the mission of keeping music in our schools.
RagFest’s ‘sweet 16’ generates top-notch ragtime music
RagFest 2016, the 16th Fullerton rag- bringing with him the dynamite vocal tal-
time festival put on by FOJ, filled an ents Suzy Williams, Mews Small and
entire afternoon and evening at FCLO Dutch Newman.
Music Theatre’s rehearsal hall space on Young pianist-composers Andrew Bar-
Commonwealth Ave. on November 15. rett, Vincent Johnson and Ryan Wishner
Attendance was fairly low, but the event all had multiple smash sets and contribut-
drew many new patrons and generated a ed several striking original ragtime com-
slight net profit due to low overall ex- positions.
penses and a tight budget. A pleasant surprise was the appearance of
Highlights included the all-new string Chris Fisher, a CSUF student and class-
Paul O’Neil’s “RagFest Model T” parked in
trio of Tom Marion, Frank Fairfield and front of the FCLO Music Theatre rehearsal mate of Barrett’s who did some outstand-
Dave Jones; the sensational pianistics of hall in preparation for RagFest 2016. ing playing during “open piano” sets and
Paul Orsi; and a wide variety of obscure was offered a spot in the 8 p.m. revue
vaudeville songs, jokes and patter by the tively Mr. Shean.” show. His selection: a low-down, improv-
duo of Evans & Rogers, including a re- Founding artistic director Eric Marchese sounding version of “Maple Leaf Rag,”
creation of Gallagher and Shean’s famed said that crowd favorite Brad Kay returned the 1899 hit that’s considered “the grand-
song “Absolutely Mr. Gallagher, Posi- after having missed the festival in 2015, daddy of all rags.” ♪Page 6 Fall 2016
FRIENDS OF JAZZ, INC.
Second Decade of Keeping Music in Our Schools
Membership Categories for July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
Gold Benefactor ($2,500+) All benefits of Benefactor level plus two complimentary tickets to
annual FOJ Mardi Gras gala dinner-dance.
Benefactor ($1,000) All benefits of Patron level plus two additional complimentary
tickets to annual FOJ Sponsors party (12/11/2016).
Patron ($500) All benefits of Sponsor level plus recognition at a student
scholarship presentation.
Sponsor ($250) All benefits of Friend level plus two complimentary tickets to annual
FOJ Sponsors party (12/11/2016).
Friend ($100) All benefits of General level plus two complimentary tickets, when available,
to a jazz event at CSUF or Fullerton College.
General ($50) Invitation to Friends of Jazz events plus recognition in FOJ newsletter.
Student ($20) Invitation to Friends of Jazz events plus recognition in FOJ newsletter.
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merchandise donated to FOJ.Jive Talkin’ P ag e 7
Friends of Jazz mourns the passing of Roger Shew
By Eric Marchese “The Answers Are You,” and
Roger Shew, husband of Cal her 2012 album, “A Place For
State Fullerton vocal jazz in- Me.” The couple have a nine-
structor Jamie Shew, died on year-old son, Simon.
Aug. 30 at the age of 42 after a Everyone connected with
battle with a rare form of can- Friends of Jazz knows Jamie
cer. Shew as the Director of the
At the time of his death, Rog- Vocal Jazz Studies Program
er, the jazz band teacher for at Fullerton College.
the Laguna Beach School Dis- In her position at the college,
trict, had already undergone Jamie has assisted FOJ in
three major surgeries and awarding and distributing
chemotherapy and radiation thousands of dollars each
treatments and was undergoing year to vocal jazz students
immunotherapy to fight who show the most promise
MPNST, a cancer of connec- Roger, Jamie and Simon Shew and whose talents have blos-
tive tissue that surrounds somed through her instruction
nerves that had spread to his the most impactful members “His passion for teaching and
his work ethic went well and guidance. Like husband
spinal cord. of our Laguna Beach commu-
above and beyond the expec- Roger, Jamie is also a per-
nity, year after year inspiring
Roger taught for 12 years at students and enriching them tations of any music teacher. former, appearing at and
both Laguna Beach High with the joys of music. There Teaching Jazz Combo before singing for a wide variety of
School and Laguna Beach are no words to truly express class and staying after when events throughout Southern
Middle School. His Laguna what a positive impact he has students need extra help was California.
Beach faculty colleagues had had on the lives of so many in proof in itself of his drive to Funeral services for Roger
set up a fundraiser on the Go- our community. His ability to better the lives of his stu- Shew were held Sept. 25 at
FundMe website to help cover not only be a teacher to every dents.” the Fullerton College Campus
his medical costs, raising a one of his students but a true Theatre. Any donations to
Roger was not only a jazz
total of $63,660. Those fellow friend created one of the help Jamie and Simon would
instructor but an accom-
teachers had this to say about greatest environments for be greatly appreciated and
plished jazz bass player as
him: developing a lifelong love for can be directed to the Go-
well, joining wife Jamie on
“Roger had served as one of music.” both her 2003 debut album, FundMe website. ♪
Cal State University Fullerton
musicians get FOJ cash awards
A total of $10,000 is dis- Christine Araoka (piano),
persed to 17 students. Michael Barrera (drums),
Each year, as the fall se- Michael Bautista (trumpet),
Zach Caplinger (guitar),
mester at Cal State Universi-
Max Cogert (percussion),
ty draws to a close, student
Shawn Graham (bass), Ed-
jazz musicians are selected
gar Guardiana (tenor saxo-
to receive scholarship funds
phone), Josh Jerome
from Friends of Jazz.
(saxophone), Christian Liss-
For 2016, a total of 17 stu- ner (trumpet), Andrew Mar-
dents were announced as telle (bass), Sean Mehaffy
this year’s recipients, rough- (baritone), RJ Root (guitar),
ly half of whom are mem- Erika Takagi (guitar), Fred-
bers of the Fullerton Jazz dy Uyehara (bass), Ryan
Orchestra and big band. The Weller (alto sax) and Brian
news was announced at a Wright (bass).
special presentation at CSUF While the individual sums
on Friday night, Dec. 2. of each award vary, the total
The student musicians are donated by Friends of Jazz
Danny Anaya (guitar), was $10,000. ♪F r i en d s o f J a zz, I n c. Nonprofit Org.
PO Box 5671, Fullerton, CA 92838-0671 US Postage
PAID
Fullerton, CA
PERMIT NO. 77
Dec. 11, 2016:
SPONSORS PARTY,
LOS COYOTES COUNTRY
CLUB, BUENA PARK
Upcoming Events:
Dec. 11, 2016 Sponsors Party, Los Coyotes, Buena Park
March 12, 2017 FOJ’s 16th annual Mardi Gras Ball,
Embassy Suites Hotel, Brea
Phone: 714/680-6684
Fax: 714/680-0743
News & Notes
THE NEXT major AROUND T OW N
Friends of Jazz event On Friday night, Dec. 16, the Hart and Soul Band is at Adele’s in the San Clemente Inn featuring
is the upcoming annual Jennifer Hart, vocals; Mark Isbell, sax; Benjamin May, piano; Will Lyle, bass; and John Lec-
Sponsors Party on ce, drums and featuring the music of December-born Bette Midler, Ira Gershwin, Sammy Davis
Sunday, December 11, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick plus loads of holiday music for just a $5 cover. On Tuesday
night Dec. 20, the Port Restaurant in Corona del Mar presents Jennifer as guest vocalist with pia-
devoted to those who nist Ron Kobayashi. You can also spend Christmas Eve hearing Jennifer sing, accompanied by
have joined FOJ at the pianist Mahesh Balasooria, while enjoying dinner at Baci Italian restaurant in Huntington Beach.
membership level of Mark your 2017 calendars now for Friends of Jazz’s biggest event of all: Our annual Mardi Gras
$250 or higher. Ball, in the ballroom at Brea’s Embassy Suites on the evening of March 12, 2017. The festivities
will give you the chance to hear a ton of great Dixieland jazz, dance in a New Orleans-style pa-
Be sure to contact rade, bid on super silent auction items and enjoy great company and great food. Stay tuned to Jive
FOJ asap to RSVP for Talkin’, because our next issue will feature a preview of this spectacular, one-of-a-kind event.
the evening by calling You’ll also want to start setting a few Saturday afternoons aside for Friends of Jazz’s springtime
Charlotte Henderson at high school jazz band program at Florentine’s Grill in downtown Fullerton. Performances are free
714-870-9067 or Dottie to the public, so be sure to set aside Jan. 28; Feb. 11, 18 and 25; March 25; April 8, 15 and 22; and
May 13 and 20. Which bands appear on those dates has yet to be finalized, but El Dorado, Es-
Batinich at 714-525- peranza, Fullerton, Irvine, Katella, Kennedy, Long Beach Poly, Mission Viejo, Valencia and
6669. Yorba Linda high schools are all set to perform. ♪You can also read
