[NEohioPAL] 42nd Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival |February 21 - 23, 2014

Jessica Novak JNovak at lakelandcc.edu
Wed Feb 12 13:51:22 PST 2014


42nd Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival 
February 21 - 23, 2014

Internationally-acclaimed, jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy will perform at the 
42nd Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival.
The festival will also include a Big Band Spectacular featuring the 
Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra and the Case Western Reserve Big Band. 
Additionally, Columbus-based, saxophone sensation the Dan White Sextet 
will open the festival. 

Lakeland's 42nd Annual Jazz Festival event schedule: 

Friday, February 21 
8:00 p.m.
The Dan White Sextet 
Featuring Theron Brown on Piano 
Pre-Concert Performance at 7:15 p.m. by the CSU Jazz Combo under the 
direction of Bill Ransom 
$12 general public; $7 students 

The Dan White Sextet is a band that blends soul, jazz, rock, R&B, and 
hip-hop, in a style intended to create fresh, honest and feel good music. 

The group began in 2010 when Dan White, Chris Ott and Jon Lampley met at 
The Ohio State University. The group quickly developed into a sextet band 
driven to write original compositions, and craft inventive interpretations 
of American pop music. 

“DW6,” as they have come to be known, have garnered an eclectic musical 
background. White has received awards from Downbeat magazine for 
composition as well as solos. He also played saxophone in the Disneyland 
All-American College Band with Ott, who has earned accolades for his 
trombone playing and his arrangements for small instrumental and vocal 
ensembles. Lampley comes from the gospel-music tradition, and has recently 
gained experience playing trumpet on tour with the platinum-selling, rock 
band O.A.R. 

Rather than trying to adhere to today’s constantly changing pop culture 
climate, the Dan White Sextet strives to define its own path: to create 
genuine, original music that is inspired by the voices of the past and the 
soundtrack of the present; the music for life in the next ten minutes as 
well as in ten years. 

Theron Brown will be featured on piano. Brown is a recent graduate of The 
University of Akron jazz studies department and recently finished tours 
with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. 

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Saturday, February 22 
8:00 p.m.
Carmen Lundy 
Featuring an All-Star Line-Up with Patrice Rushen on piano, Ralph Peterson 
on drums, and Kenny Davis on bass 
$25 general public; $10 students 

Carmen Lundy began her professional career in Miami as a jazz vocalist and 
composer when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz 
vocalists on the horizon. Over three decades later, she is celebrated 
throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her 
jazz innovation. 

Grammy winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album of 2011, Terri Lyne Carrington’s 
Mosaic Project features Lundy's composition “Show Me A Sign,” with her 
original performance from the album “Solamente” reinvented on the 
arrangement. 

The Grammy-nominated and highly-regarded 2012 release “Changes” (Afrasia 
Productions) is on several "Top 10 Albums of 2012" lists, and continues to 
garner both critical and popular acclaim. Juan Rodriguez of The Montreal 
Gazette said she is “a classic jazz singer–not retro, but the real 
deal–with an adventurous style and imposing voice. Always a rare treat.” 

Lundy has had several top ten albums on JazzWeek (“Jazz and the New 
Songbook-Live at The Madrid,” “Come Home,” and “Changes”) and a #3 spot on 
Billboard’s Jazz Chart for 23 weeks with her debut album “Good Morning 
Kiss.” 

Having recorded more than twelve albums as a leader, her far-reaching 
discography also includes performances and recordings with such musicians 
as brother and bassist Curtis Lundy, Ray Barretto, Kenny Barron, Bruce 
Hornsby, Mulgrew Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kip Hanrahan, Courtney 
Pine, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, Marian McPartland, Regina 
Carter, Steve Turre, Geri Allen, Robert Glasper, Patrice Rushen, and the 
late Kenny Kirkland. 

Patrice Rushen 
On piano will be Patrice Rushen. Rushen has spent a lifetime honing the 
skills that make her one of the music industry’s most versatile and sought 
after artists. In 1998, she was honored by the music industry when her 
adult contemporary CD, “Signature,” received a Grammy nomination. The CD 
also received an NAACP Image Award nomination and also landed in the top 
ten of the adult contemporary jazz charts. The critically lauded, chart 
topping style she championed in the 70s and 80s, a jazz/R&B/pop fusion 
that combines melodic accessibility with instrumental prowess became her 
signature style and continues to be a mainstay of popular radio. 

Rushen has amassed an impressive list of “firsts.” She was the first woman 
to serve as musical director for the 46th, 47th & 48th Annual Grammy 
Awards, the first woman in 43 years to serve as head composer/musical 
director for television’s highest honor, the Emmy Awards, and the first 
woman musical director of the NAACP Image Awards, an honor she held for 12 
consecutive years. Rushen has also been the only woman musical 
director/composer for the People’s Choice Awards and HBO’s Comic Relief. 
She was the only woman musical director/conductor/arranger for the CBS 
late-night television talk show, “The Midnight Hour.” In addition, Rushen 
was named the musical director/composer for Newsweek’s first American 
Achievement Awards, broadcast from the Kennedy Center and she served as 
the musical director for Janet Jackson’s World Tour, “janet.” 

Rushen's feature film composing credits include “Men In Black,” “Waiting 
To Exhale,” Sandra Bernhardt's “Without You I'm Nothing,” and Robert 
Townsend's breakthrough film, “Hollywood Shuffle.” 

Considered one of the world's top jazz pianists, Rushen has performed 
with, and produced for, such esteemed artists as Stevie Wonder, Herbie 
Hancock, Prince, Lionel Hampton, Carlos Santana, Boys II Men, George 
Benson, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Jones, Nancy Wilson, Michael Jackson, Dianne 
Reeves, Sheena Easton, Stanley Turentine, Joshua Redman, and many more. 
She has played at some of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals and 
events. 

She has 14 solo albums to her credit and a greatest-hits anthology 
released on Rhino Records in 1997. 

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Sunday, February 23 
5:00 p.m.
Big Band Spectacular 
Featuring the Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Dave 
Sterner and the Case Western Reserve Big Band under the direction of Paul 
Ferguson 
Tickets $10 general public, $7 students 

The Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra is under the direction of Dave Sterner 
and will feature a wide variety of songs from arrangers and composers Paul 
Ferguson, Bob Curnow, Les Sabina, Billy Eckstine, John Fedchock, Gregory 
Yasinitsk. 

The Case Western Big Band is under the direction of Paul Ferguson and will 
feature music from composers & arrangers: Bill Dobbins, Thad Jones, Billy 
Strayhorn, and Oliver Nelson. 

All performances are held in Lakeland’s
Dr.  Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center
7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland OH 44094
(I-90 and Rt. 306 exit)
Free parking
For tickets and information, call 440-525-7134 or email 
artsatlakeland at lakelandcc.edu. 


About the Lakeland Jazz Festival 
The 42nd Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival, is a presentation of the Creative 
& Liberal Arts Division. The annual event was founded by Lakeland 
Professor Charles M. Frank (retired), who also served as the music 
department coordinator. Lakeland's Jazz Festival has remained true to its 
original mission of instilling the excitement and magic of jazz education 
to the younger generation of musicians. Over 25,000 middle and high school 
musicians from throughout the state have participated in the festival in 
celebration of this uniquely American art form, jazz. In addition, 
Lakeland promotes music education with its summer jazz camps every year. 
The camp concludes with evening concerts, which allow students performance 
experience in a collegiate setting.

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