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Marvin Stamm Trumpet
Throughout his distinguished career, Marvin Stamm has been praised for both the art and the craft of his trumpet playing. Leonard Feather stated that Mr. Stamm is “an accomplished performer whose technical skill is used as a means of stimulating original ends.” While attending North Texas State University, a school noted for its innovative lab bands, Mr. Stamm was discovered by Stan Kenton. After graduation, he joined Kenton’s orchestra as his jazz trumpet soloist, touring with him in 1961-1962 and recording five albums with the orchestra. In 1965-1966, he toured worldwide with Woody Herman.
Settling in New York in late 1966, Marvin Stamm quickly established himself as a busy jazz and studio trumpeter. New York was bustling with jazz activity during that period, and Stamm performed at key venues with many of the significant players in the business. He gained considerable recognition for his playing with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (1966-72) and the Duke Pearson Big Band (1967-70), as well as performing with Frank Sinatra (1973-74) and the Benny Goodman Sextet (1974-75) among others. Stamm was also a recognized first call studio player (1966-89), and he recorded with: Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Duke Pearson, Thad Jones, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Patrick Williams, Michel Legrand, Frank Foster, Paul Desmond, George Benson and many more.
Eschewing the lucrative studio scene in the late 80’s, Mr. Stamm focused his attention on his first love: playing jazz. Since that time he has been a member of John Lewis’ American Jazz Orchestra, the Bob Mintzer Band, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Louis Bellson’s big band and quintet, and the big band of composer Maria Schneider.
Currently, Mr. Stamm’s activities include performing as a soloist, touring with his jazz quartet and in duo with pianist Bill Mays. He has embarked on a new and quite successful venture, that of performing with symphony orchestras throughout the country and abroad. He continues to maintain his ties with George Gruntz’ Concert Jazz Band, and, when time permits, also travels with other all-star units.
The critical response to Stamm’s work has been highly enthusiastic. Downbeat reported that “Stamm has a gorgeous tone on the trumpet and flugelhorn, and he flies through the changes.” JazzTimes said that “the Memphis native has chops and talent in abundance. He can burn on bebop changes, or mellow out on a ballad, all the time maintaining the lucid consistency that enthusiasm and experience engenders.” Jazz Review states, “It is a pleasure listening to the work of Marvin Stamm, anytime! Stamm is a musician’s musician, performing flawlessly on his trumpet and flugelhorn.”
Consciously acknowledging his debt to the influence and guidance of former teachers and fellow musicians, Marvin Stamm also commits a good deal of his time and energies to helping young music students develop their own voices. His involvement in jazz education takes him to universities and high schools across the U.S. and abroad as a performer, clinician and mentor, perpetuating the traditions of excitement and innovation that jazz represents.
Don Aliquo Baritone Sax
Saxophonist Don Aliquo is currently the Director of Jazz Studies and assistant professor of saxophone at Middle Tennessee State University. His latest CD, Another Reply, received critical acclaim and extensive national airplay this past summer. Aliquo is an accomplished performer and teacher and has performed recent concerts and/or recordings with many of the nation’s leading jazz artists including Rufus Reid, Gary Burton, Dave Liebman and Clay Jenkins.
Marcus Arnold Tuba
Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, Marcus studied music, between farming and freelancing, at Tennessee Tech University. While at Tech, he was taught by Winston Morris and performed extensively with the famed Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble including their first performance at New York City’s Carnegie Recital Hall. Active in the recording industry of Nashville as both musician and producer Marcus has also played tuba with the Nashville, Alabama and Chattanooga Symphonies. He joined Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band in 1985 as tubist, and was given the task of owner and producer of the group by the Jack Daniel Distillery in 1992.
Tom Artwick Alto Sax
Tom Artwick has been a professional saxophonist since 1976. A graduate of Augustana College, he has been active in the musical communities of Seattle and Honolulu as well as his home town of Chicago. He has performed in concert with jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme, Louie Belson, Clark Terry, Dianne Schuur and Bill Watrous, as well as popular artists Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis and many others. In Honolulu he was co-founder and musical director of the sixteen-piece Jazz Hawaii Big Band. Since settling in Lexington in 1997, Tom has continued to perform in a variety of musical settings, including both jazz and popular music. He regularly performs at concert venues, clubs and resorts, as well as teaching saxophone and jazz improvisation at Washington and Lee University, Southern Virginia University and his private studio.
Harold ‘Rusty’ Holloway Bass
Harold Holloway is Instructor of Music and coordinator of the string program at the University of Tennessee. He received the B.M. degree from the University of Tennessee and has taught at the Eastman School of Music. He is an artist performer and teacher both in the classic and jazz areas, an active clinician in improvisation and rhythm section technique, and gives master classes in orchestral and solo bass performance. Mr. Holloway has performed as bassist with leading U.S. jazz artists including Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Gap Mangione, Joe Williams and Stan Getz; and in concert with Paul McCandless, Dave Samuels, Dan Gottlieb, and many more, as well as shows and television appearances with Bob Hope, Pete Barbutti, Della Reese, Liza Minnelli and Jerry Lewis.
Tom Lundberg Trombone
Tom serves on staff at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee and is the band director at Covenant Christian Academy in Chestnut Hill. He is a member of the Symphony of the Mountains, based in Kingsport as well as the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. He is also a frequent performer with the Knoxville Symphony. He has made several Sonoklect appearances and is delighted to be back performing in Lexington.
Tony Nalker Piano
Tony is currently the pianist with the U.S. Army Blues, the premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Army. He did his undergraduate work at James Madison University, and then went on to receive his M.A. from the University of Iowa. He has performed on more than 70 recordings in a variety of styles including three Grammy finalists in the children’s music category. Tony is currently on staff as an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Calvin Smith Horn
Calvin Smith is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He teaches horn, directs the Horn Ensemble, coaches chamber music and performs in the BrassWind Quintet, the faculty brass quintet. He is also Principal Horn of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra (in California!) and is an active recording hornist in Nashville. In the summer he teaches at the International Music Camp and performs in the International Brass Quintet.
Michael Vosbein Drums
Originally from New Orleans, and raised in the Atlanta area, Michael Vosbein moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to began freelancing in a wide variety of live and studio settings. While living in L.A. he studied privately with Joe Porcaro, Roy Burns, David Garibaldi and Jeff Hamilton. He left L.A. in 1989 to serve as an artist-in-residence at Saint Francis Xavier University's School of Music in Nova Scotia, considered to be Canada’s leading jazz-studies program. He returned to Atlanta the following year where he remains an in-demand freelance artist.
Terry Vosbein Conductor/Arranger
New Orleans born composer, Terry Vosbein has received numerous commissions to write new works from such organizations as the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He has composed works for orchestra, wind ensemble, various chamber ensembles and choir. And his compositions have been performed all over the world.
Vosbein has been awarded five summer residencies at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. In the fall of 2001 he was awarded a fellowship at University College in Oxford, where he composed Masque for Cello and Orchestra. And his composition A Prayer for Peace, a reaction to the events of September 11th, has received performances worldwide. A more recent work, Village Scenes for Alto Saxophone and Piano, was premiered by James Bunte and David Riley at Carnegie Hall in early 2006.
When not spending his summers composing in exotic corners of the world, Vosbein teaches music composition at Washington and Lee University in beautiful Lexington, Virginia. He received his Masters in Composition from James Madison University under the tutelage of John Hilliard, and his Doctorate in Composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was a student of Donald Erb.
In addition to his activities as a composer, Vosbein was an active jazz bassist and arranger for over twenty-five years. He performed and arranged for a variety of ensembles, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Atlanta Pops. And he traveled “on the road” for many years, performing in a wide range of genres: country western twang, big band swing, disco fever, country club wallpaper, plus a never ending assortment of jazz combos and studio encounters.
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